Saturday, November 2, 2024

Here in Redding, the Icelandic Daughter has joined up with a local caving club. Lots of caves in the local lava and limestone. Here's some photos from her latest trip with the club to a wild cave.

 






Like father like daughter.  I rustled up and digitized this old picture of a very youthful me getting ready to drop into a wild cave out in Tuolumne County.  

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18 comments:

  1. StanleyNovember 2, 2024 at 11:07 AM

    Extremely cool. Yeah, she's got your genes and sense of adventure.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 2, 2024 at 1:12 PM

    I've been caving before but doing it in a state that is prone to earthquakes seems... bold.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 2, 2024 at 2:42 PM

    Hexes! I used to have a full rack of those. Tended to wiggle loose a lot.
    When Friends came out, it was like the conversion from analog to digital.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 2, 2024 at 2:45 PM

    The World needs more Cave Painters!

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  5. AnonymousNovember 2, 2024 at 2:51 PM

    There are a number of lava tubes up around Weed. Be prepared to see bats roosting. Don't disturb in winter though.

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  6. AnonymousNovember 2, 2024 at 3:46 PM

    Your daughter is what one might call a "spelunky lass".

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  7. AnonymousNovember 2, 2024 at 4:13 PM

    Just got done watching vids on utoob about people who got trapped in caves and died. Usually by drowning but one guy didn't have the right gear to climb out and died slowly. Even the experts get lost and can't find their way out.

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  8. ken olsonNovember 2, 2024 at 4:18 PM

    great pic! i used to live at Pinecrest.

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  9. TwoDogsNovember 2, 2024 at 4:23 PM

    Huh-uh. No way, no how.

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  10. AnonymousNovember 2, 2024 at 5:56 PM

    No.

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  11. JohnNovember 2, 2024 at 6:34 PM

    You sure as heck would never have gotten me inside of that cave.

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  12. AnonymousNovember 2, 2024 at 7:14 PM

    No. Nyet. Nein. Nope. Nope nope nopety nope-nope.

    Knock-knock. Nope!

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  13. AnonymousNovember 2, 2024 at 7:37 PM

    No knee pads? I am willing to risk my life, but not my comfort.

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  14. StretchNovember 2, 2024 at 7:42 PM

    When younger (and MUCH thinner) I'd do caving in VA and WVA.

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  15. OwnerusNovember 2, 2024 at 10:12 PM

    Dad talked about exploring the gypsum caves in Oklahoma before the war. One of his buddies was fond of singing the Ballad Of Floyd Collins. Gotta love dark humor.

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  16. AnonymousNovember 3, 2024 at 8:08 AM

    Sorry but with all the recent tremblers there’s no frikkin ’ way I’m descending a dank cave in Cali lol. Cue The Big One.

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  17. AnonymousNovember 4, 2024 at 7:17 AM

    Hope you don't live in bear or mountain lion county. Firing a short off would be the start of you saying WHAT the rest of your life

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