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The Longest Cave
Brucker, Roger W., Watson Ph.D., Professor Richard A.
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Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
In 1925 the geological connection between Flint Ridge and Mammoth Cave was proved when dye placed in a Flint Ridge spring showed up in Echo River at Mammoth Cave.
That tantalizing swirl of dye confirmed speculations that were to tempt more than 650 cavers over half a century with the thrill of being the first to make human passage of the cave connection. Roger Brucker and Richard Watson tell not only of their own twenty-year effort to complete the link but the stories of many others who worked their way through mud-choked crawlways less than a foot high ... Read more
In 1925 the geological connection between Flint Ridge and Mammoth Cave was proved when dye placed in a Flint Ridge spring showed up in Echo River at Mammoth Cave.
That tantalizing swirl of dye confirmed speculations that were to tempt more than 650 cavers over half a century with the thrill of being the first to make human passage of the cave connection. Roger Brucker and Richard Watson tell not only of their own twenty-year effort to complete the link but the stories of many others who worked their way through mud-choked crawlways less than a foot high ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809313228
SKU
V9780809313228
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About Brucker, Roger W., Watson Ph.D., Professor Richard A.
Roger W. Brucker is president of Odiorne Industrial Advertising. Inc., in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Past president of the Cave Research Foundation, he is an Honorary Life Fellow of the National Speleological Society. He has written adventure and technical articles related to caves and is the co-author of two other books on caving: The Caves Beyond (with Joe Lawrence) and Trapped! ... Read more
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