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I'm a Caver who lives in the HEART of TAG near Nickajack Lake in Tennessee. My husband, Jason, and I are active cave surveyors & have produced dozens of maps for local landowners. We have also helped on countless other survey/cave science projects (dye tracing/biological inventories) in this region. We are both National Speleological Society LIFE Members & both recognized as Fellows of the Society.
We have surveyed caves for the Appalachian Power Company in VA, The famous Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg, TN, & locally numerous mile-plus-long caves for private landowners. We have a love for caving & the outdoors and giving back to our community. When we are not surveying, we are having fun caving!
In addition to all of the caving we do, I love to explore the outdoors and everything around me. Come along with us on caving adventures and above-ground adventures such as hiking, kayaking, skiing & more!
You can email me at rowland7840@bellsouth.net
We have surveyed caves for the Appalachian Power Company in VA, The famous Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg, TN, & locally numerous mile-plus-long caves for private landowners. We have a love for caving & the outdoors and giving back to our community. When we are not surveying, we are having fun caving!
In addition to all of the caving we do, I love to explore the outdoors and everything around me. Come along with us on caving adventures and above-ground adventures such as hiking, kayaking, skiing & more!
You can email me at rowland7840@bellsouth.net
The Ultimate Pull Down Trip: Descending a 510' Deep Cave & Walking Out the Bottom
Come along with us as we visit a cave here in Alabama where we enter at the top of the mountain and descend our way down over 500 feet in depth via 10 vertical drops and then walk out the bottom. This cave was discovered and first explored by cavers during the 1970's and is considered to be one of the best sporty wet multi drop caves in the TAG region. Most cavers will visit when the water is up as it makes for a lot more adrenaline, however today we have 12 year old Brody with us and we want him to be able to do the cave in a more safer, dryer condition.
Jason and I are both experienced cavers as we have been caving in this region known as TAG for 21 years. We have both visited this cave numerous times as well as Jason helping install the current stainless steel bolts, rigging chains, and rings in the cave almost 15 years ago. Also both of Brody's parents, Kevin & Jamy who are also experienced cavers were along on the trip.
Once you enter this cave you start by a short climbdown and are quickly at the first pit. This is where you truly begin committing yourself to the cave as once you are down the first drop, you pull down your ropes behind you and there is no going back up. Each drop we descend, we then pull the rope and continue on our journey to the bottom of the cave. For our rigging, we are using 9mm ropes and a carabiner block. This is a very popular style of rigging pull down trips for cavers as well as for canyoneering. Before cavers were using carabiner blocks, they would use the double rope technique.
After talking with the landowners, they confirmed to their knowledge that Brody is the youngest to have ever completed this pull down trip. What a great and excited trip this was for him and will be a lifelong memory as well.
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Email: rowland7840@bellsouth.net
Jason and I are both experienced cavers as we have been caving in this region known as TAG for 21 years. We have both visited this cave numerous times as well as Jason helping install the current stainless steel bolts, rigging chains, and rings in the cave almost 15 years ago. Also both of Brody's parents, Kevin & Jamy who are also experienced cavers were along on the trip.
Once you enter this cave you start by a short climbdown and are quickly at the first pit. This is where you truly begin committing yourself to the cave as once you are down the first drop, you pull down your ropes behind you and there is no going back up. Each drop we descend, we then pull the rope and continue on our journey to the bottom of the cave. For our rigging, we are using 9mm ropes and a carabiner block. This is a very popular style of rigging pull down trips for cavers as well as for canyoneering. Before cavers were using carabiner blocks, they would use the double rope technique.
After talking with the landowners, they confirmed to their knowledge that Brody is the youngest to have ever completed this pull down trip. What a great and excited trip this was for him and will be a lifelong memory as well.
Connect with us on our other platforms:
Facebook ⮕ undergroundearthcaving/
Blog ⮕ www.tagcaver.com
TikTok ⮕www.tiktok.com/@tag_caver
Email: rowland7840@bellsouth.net
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Light Up Your Adventures: Armytek Wizard C2 Review
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Come along with us as we take this LED light provided to us by Armytek caving to see how it performs underground. While Jason and I use hard mounted Rude Nora's as our main lights, we do use smaller LED lights as our backups and quite often for cave photos as well. Armytek reached out and wanted us to try out their Wizard C2 so we were very happy to give it a go. USE THE CODE CAVING FOR A 15% D...
Hidden Cave Reveals Miles of Unreal Borehole Passage in Tennessee!
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Come along with us as we take you on a trip deep into this beautiful multi mile long massive river cave here in Tennessee. This cave has been mapped to over four miles (20K feet) in length and has plenty of large passage to explore and formations to see. But don't let all that BOREHOLE blind you as there are still some small gnarly one foot high crawls as well that lead off to an area in the ca...
Landowner Strikes Caver Gold Digging Open a Cave with a Track Hoe
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Come along with us as we return to a local landowners property here in Franklin County, Tennessee where he has dug open a spring cave with a track hoe for us to explore! We visited this property back in May and had explored some known caves and even starting digging on a good blowing lead. One of the caves that we were not able to get into that day was a spring cave. It was pushing out a lot of...
Journey Deep Underground Exploring the Beauty of this Alabama Cave
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Come along with us as we take you along our trip deep underground into a very beautiful and special Alabama Cave. This particular cave has lots of hidden treasures, however it can also be very dangerous and risky during times of potential rain. It is not advisable to enter this cave if any type of rain is in the forecast. Not far after the initial drop, you come to what is known as the knee rip...
After Work Adventures: Rappelling Into A Trashy Roadside Pit
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Come along with us on one of our ladies Friday Night Cave Trips after work as we check out a local roadside pit here in Tennessee. This pit is about 84 feet deep on the low side where we chose to rig it from. Unfortunately, there was a lot of trash inside this pit, which most likely washed in from the nearby road. As Dylan was climbing out, he noticed a large rock near the lip of the pit was lo...
The Ultimate Tour Of Tennessee's Century Old Underground Marvel
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Come along with us as Jason and I take you on a WONDERFUL tour of Tennessee's Second Oldest Show Cave, Wonder Cave. Wonder Cave was long considered by many to be one of the State's premier show caves and for more than a century Wonder Cave operated as a commercial show cave. Jason and I had the most awesome opportunity to survey Wonder Cave about ten years ago. Now that we have a CZcams Channel...
Massive Flowstone Draperies Inside this East Tennessee Cave
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Come along with us as we visit this Southeastern Cave Conservancy Cave (SCCi) near the Smoky Mountains here in Tennessee. It has a vertical entrance pit of 130' as well as numerous massive and beautiful flowstone formations inside. Some of the flowstone formations are draperies with some really cool ribbons. There is also a very nice, approximately 60 foot tall column that you can see in the up...
Beyond the Surface: Exploring a Cave Connected to a Mine
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Come along with us as we explore a multi drop cave located not far from our home with our good friends Kevin, Jamy, & Brody as well as our friend Ashley who was in the area visiting from South Carolina. This cave has a beautiful sinking 80 foot waterfall entrance, followed by two additional fun and wet drops. The cave then exits through a local mine, or what some might call a quarry. While in t...
Cave Exploring Gone Wrong: We Were Both Injured by Rock Fall
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Come along with us as we visit a blowing lead that we found earlier this year in January during a snow & ice storm. We've been eager to get back out here and work on this promising lead. We spent very little time working on it before we were able to get in. After checking it out, we moved our attention to the nearby known cave that also blows a lot of air. After we all got in the cave and just ...
Exploring Hidden Caves with a Cave Landowner
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Come along with us as we explore some caves for a nearby landowner in Franklin County, Tennessee. We were recently contacted by a local landowner who has several caves on his property. He wanted to know what was inside them so we headed over the mountain to check them out. While there we explored known caves as well as worked one very promising lead with massive cold air flow. One of the known ...
Surprise Discovery of an 8 Point Buck in this Cave
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Come along with us as we visit two caves here in Tennessee. One horizontal that was discovered just a few short years ago as well as a nearby deep vertical pit where we discovered an 8 point deer skeleton. From looking at the patina on the bones, it seems it has been down in the cave for a while. Connect with us on our other platforms: TikTok ⮕www.tiktok.com/@tag_caver Facebook ⮕ u...
Full Body Contact Caving In A Remote Section of Cave
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Come along with us as we venture DEEP into this Alabama Cave. While it has a very beautiful nearly 200 foot pit not far inside the entrance, the rest of the cave is somewhat of a challenge and what we describe as Full Body Contact Caving. Once you get through the tight parts, you eventually make your way to a second deep pit inside the cave that is over 100 feet deep. Once you reach the bottom ...
Exploring the Hidden Depths of this Stunning Florida Cave
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Come along with us as we venture south into a Florida cave with our good friends, Kevin, Jamy, & Brody. They arranged a trip for us with a Tampa Bay Area Grotto member Derick who showed us all the special things this cave has to offer. One of the biggest differences between this cave and one in TAG (Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia) is the temperature! This cave was 72 degrees, which is about 14 deg...
Unveiling the Beauty Inside Tennessee's Most Beautiful Cave
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Come along with us as we visit a very special cave here in Tennessee. This cave is one of the most highly decorated caves in the state. It has some awesome flowstone draperies, cave pearls, aragonite, gypsum crystals, gypsum needles, gypsum flowers, soda straws, spider helictites, and more. What a treat it was to be able to visit this cave again as we had not been here since 2019. Connect with ...
From Tight Entrance to Tighter Exit: The Ultimate Cave Challenge
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From Tight Entrance to Tighter Exit: The Ultimate Cave Challenge
Incredible Discovery: Saber Tooth Tiger Or American Lion Fossil Unearthed In Cave!
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Incredible Discovery: Saber Tooth Tiger Or American Lion Fossil Unearthed In Cave!
Uncovering A Mysterious Blob Of Worms In This Hidden Cave
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Uncovering A Mysterious Blob Of Worms In This Hidden Cave
Dye Tracing A Cave Watershed With Fluorescein
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Dye Tracing A Cave Watershed With Fluorescein
Intact Civil War Saltpeter Mining Artifacts Discovered in a Cave
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Intact Civil War Saltpeter Mining Artifacts Discovered in a Cave
Being Resourceful When Forgetting Our Caving Ropes
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Being Resourceful When Forgetting Our Caving Ropes
Mapping A Massive Underground Room and Found The Holy Grail
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Mapping A Massive Underground Room and Found The Holy Grail
Caving Secrets: How We Find Undiscovered Cave Passage
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Caving Secrets: How We Find Undiscovered Cave Passage
JACK DANIEL'S Whiskey Secretly Owns This Cave
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JACK DANIEL'S Whiskey Secretly Owns This Cave
Ancient Rock Art in Alabama Unnamed Cave 19
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Ancient Rock Art in Alabama Unnamed Cave 19
Calcified DEER SKULL Discovered at the Bottom of this Cave
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Calcified DEER SKULL Discovered at the Bottom of this Cave
Caving During A RARE Tennessee Snow Storm
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Caving During A RARE Tennessee Snow Storm
Exploring A Cave with Hanging Death Rocks
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Exploring A Cave with Hanging Death Rocks
An AMAZING Quilt made Of Neversink Pit, Fackler Alabama
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An AMAZING Quilt made Of Neversink Pit, Fackler Alabama
I bet you would have a really bad day if you were to fall on that climbdown above the 90' pit :P
There has been at least one broken ankle there that I know of but that was before it was hard rigged.
@@tag_caver My tone of "I recognize the spot" needs to be honed.
@@SpareTimeShowI'm not following? There is a 6' climb down just before the 90'. It's hard rigged now.
@@TAGCaverShorts There was a rescue there years ago (which is likely why that spot is now permanently rigged) that I was referencing by being vague instead of naming the cave. It was late so I might have worded that weird. Great video, by the way. This one is on my list.
@@SpareTimeShow oh yes, I am very aware of the history of this cave & the rescue as I know all but one of them who were on that trip and am good friends with the one who saved Gerald's life by staying with him on that ledge. We have been visiting here for a long time and Jason even helped with the re rigging of the cave and current hardware.
Earth produces air. How else does air pour from all cave entrances.
Multiple entrances and large cave passages can create air flow in a cave.
How old are the beams seen in the movie? At 11 minutes into the video
What beams?
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And she loved the dafidiles in Febuary, yes!
Johnny Garner was my aunt, the headstone name Garner, married to my uncle Glenn William Bonner.
Makes me miss Pelham, Tn.
Um dia essa pedra não vai cair ??
No, this is limestone. It's a sedimentary rock. The caves are carved out by water over time.
Yes i also thank you so very much for sharing. I watch a lot of cave exsporing vodeos Very cool. ❤
Thank you
If you survey ? Would that put the cave on gov. Radar. If it were mine , I would just keep it private
No, it does not put it on the government's radar. They're almost 12,000 known caves in the state of Tennessee. No way the government's going to try to take them all. And the state survey is run by cavers not government.
Sad to hear that it is no longer open to the public. Fortunately, in the mid 90's, some friends and I drove up to Monteagle from Florida for some backpacking and camping and were able to tour the cave. Young couple were the owners of the property at the time and the wife took us on a personal tour. Nice lady, very informative. They were hoping to open the cave tours back into full operation.
Oh nice! It's a really special place.
Excellent video about the cave. I saw it close to its closing but you all bring out to best in it. I used to cave around Chattanooga but I’m now a little too old for that but it’s good to see you folks exploring and enjoying it as well as protecting the beautiful caverns in our State. Sincerely, Carbaugh Mann
Thank you! I wish I had been able to visit it before it closed. I'm fascinated with the history. We live out here in South Pittsburg and cave mostly in Marion, Grundy, and Franklin counties.
Wow that's a very good cave I am also interested for cave we are also doing expedition
As a fellow caver from up here in NE Tennessee, I would very much like to arrange a pull-down trip into this one. Is this a SCC managed cave or otherwise, how can we arrange a guided trip into this?
Thanks. No, this is a privately owned cave so you would need to get a caver who has been there to lead a trip for you.
@@tag_caver Which grotto should I approach about getting someone to lead us on a trip through this one?
@@timluttrell1095 You are going to need to make some friends. This isn't the type of cave that a grotto will normally lead a led trip through.
Did he get his set? Which one was it?
I'll have to ask!
He did! It was a large pirate ship and he put it together yesterday. He has a lot of interest in boats and would like to sail one some day.
Not too smart in my opinion
This wasn't his first trip. He's trained and qualified and he was ready. Sorry you don't know him.
All it would take is an earthquake while somebody's down there and splat,your done
You have no idea how rare that even is. Earthquakes have been documented while cavers are underground and there is no shift in the cave. You drive your car everyday and take a greater risk in someone else hitting you, and splat you're done! So yeah, I'll stick to caving where it's much safer underground.
@@tag_caver very true
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Sinkhole no cave.
Correct! It's just a pit.
Someone really exploring with a cell phone,interesting.
Isn't that what everyone does 🤷
Wow… awesome cave.. can you imagine the first person that went in that cave not knowing it came out somewhere… they would have to have a bunch of ropes… they couldn’t pull their rope down’ not knowing they might have to climb back out… I miss caving… thanks for the video…
Right. I can only imagine how exciting and scary that was for them. And climbing back out of all that sure would be a chore! Thank you for watching and I appreciate the comments too :)
That was a cool cave. I imagine parts of it can be a bit miserable during high water. Brodie however, I can just imagine when he goes back to school and the teacher says, "Gosh kids what did you do this summer?" ROFL The kid has moxie!
Can't wait to take him back during higher water when he's a bit older too!
During the summer time do have any problems with snakes in any of these caves?
No as it is always 58 degrees inside the cave so it is too cold for snakes. We are more likely to see them on the hike
The 90 ft drop was killer. Especially with the young one. Good stuff.
Thanks
That was fun. To be honest though, pull down trips always make me a little nervous. I’ve never been through one with so many drops. You guys certainly have the system down though. I was thirteen the first time I did a vertical cave. Congrats to Brodie on this. It always helps to have good teachers, and I was lucky there. Great video.
Thank you. I appreciate the comments and you watching along. It was an exciting trip for Brody for sure! I love how he handled it but still kept his 12 year old kid spirit by singing in the cave, and then doing the polar plunge for a lego set! Jason and I have been visiting this cave for over 15 years and he knows it really well. Some folks can get lost in this cave in between drop #3 and #4. We survey a lot so Jason is like a natural compass underground. Honestly, I never worry with him.
It never gets old, does it...Amazing through trip team! Keep em coming.
Thank you!
Rigging has advanced a bit since the first On Rope book was written! I like the simplicity of that biner lock setup.
Yea no more double ropes!
My favorite cave of all time!
It is a good one!!
I dont recognize that pit, how deep is it?
High side right at 100... Low side where we rigged is about 80
@@tag_caver thanks, havent been to that one! keep em coming.
@@ar-15techtipsinunder5minut8 it's near Chattanooga :)
I have lived here my whole life I'm almost 63 years young I love ❤ Tennessee 🇺🇸
I love it here too! More to see than I can in my lifetime here.
I'd be checking the silt for gold
Only gold we got is the virgin cave!!! We do not have real gold in our ground around here so it would be a waste of time.
The water is probably as valuable as the gold, have it checked and bottle it
@@AjWard-nh5tp springs are very common around here. Lots of locals still get their water from caves :)
Ron Jeremy?
Not sure I understand your comment??
Nevermind...he's just being rude
@@gregdowd939 yea that is what I was thinking, a troll....
You should make a video on your gear set up. Im really interested in all the grar you guys are using and any recommendations you have. Also itll be good content.
Thank you for the feedback. I will take that into consideration in our next videos.
Wow what a special place. I am amazed at God' creation which existed way before anyone saw it. It was there hiding waiting for eyes to see. A great gift from our loving Father.. Thanks for sharing this amazing place!
Thank you for the comment and for watching along :)
10:13 nice hole
Right... Thank you to the track hoe for sure for making this one easy!
Its a melted red brick building! Nothing to do with the indians 😂
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@6!01 or there about..the ceiling couldn't could have only been made like that if only the water came through there full bore for some time to create those pockets from cavitation bubbles. Really awesome. I wonder what kind of flooding was taking place above?
That was a neat area. We did a photo there as well but I don't think I included that one in the video.
I'm always more curious about the fossils and such that can be found in those caves and as to whether they've been occupied by Homo ineptus or Homo erectus Who knows. There's only one way to find out and I would love to be the one to do it
Oh we've definitely seen evidence of natives, pre contact. We've seen numerous skulls and other bones too.
Im surprised no one talks about Snail Shell cave in Rockvale TN. I was born and raised 5 miles from it and still live near there. Grew up exploring it . We used to camp there all the time before the land sold. Very dangerous because of the tide swings. I believe it is among the longest cave systems in the US. I know it was studied formally back when this area was considered for the Supercolider that eventually went to Texas. I knew back then it would never work because of all the underground cave systems here locally.
We've been there several times. Jason also used to live very close by there about 20 years ago. It's owned by the SCCi and permits are required for visiting.
Awesome video lady… back in the 1960’s my brother (Billy wooten) was in the rockeaters with Jerry Reeves which you said you know him …they went in every cave and pit known in TAG ‘and I’m sure many more.. I was several years younger than my brother.. my brother Billy loved caving ‘until he was drafted in the Army “after he got back from the Army he didn’t seem to have the desire to cave much.. and then after a couple years of being out ‘in 1973 he was killed on a motorcycle down by the driveway .. I was standing there watching when the car hit him ‘ that was the worst day of my life…I know he’s been in this pit and lots of other ones..I really love your videos… thanks very much…
I am so very sorry to hear about your brother, what a horrible accident. Thank you for watching along and commenting, it is much appreciated.
@@tag_caver thank you…
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Old bigfoot lives in the woods. He shits in the woods. He never wipes. Nasty bastard.
I'd like to request a "post tour" section with outakes, behind the scenes, or what have ya. Show us the comradery of the team, too. After your normal closure, just add a minute or two with additional content. I really enjoy virtual caving with you but like to meet folks I'm caving with. Thanks again for bringing me along. I had a blast!
Thank you for the feedback. I will definitely keep that in mind. Maybe like some bloopers at the end too!
I remember going in a large cave when I was a teenager, in Etowah, Tennessee. I have never seen anything posted about it on youtube.
If it was a commercial cave, perhaps it was the Lost sea? Otherwise there are nearly 12,000 known caves in the state of Tennessee alone.
I know this isn't too relevant, but should a hard shell cave helmet be not used if it is older than 10 years?
We do not see anything wrong with using the helmet. Cavers use helmets way older than 10 years. It has never been in an accident and has been taken care of and stored indoors. We use ropes older than this and it has been proven they do not lose their strength. A manufacture has to put some type of expiration date on gear but that doesn't mean it's no longer good to use. And of course this is just my opinion. You do what feels best for you.
Prehistoric megalithic Giants buried in caves. They also use prehistoric bones his tools. Was quite a few of them planet of the Apes was real of Giants.
Great video Kelly. Thanks for taking us along!
Thank you! 😊
My old sten lights are still going strong. I will get this for a new backup light. Thanks for the review.
We still have our stens on our old helmets!
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