Howard's Waterfall
Stephen's Gap
October 8-11
We drove up to TAG thursday. Joey and Aimee couldn't come up till Friday night after work. We set-up camp with the Nashville Grotto and Will and his friend Carolyn stayed by us. It was rainy and dreary all weekend so that put a damper on the partying but the caving was good. On Friday Jason, Will, Carolyn and I went to Steven's Gap and did some rappelling. We got there just as another group was leaving and rigged the keyhole. Not long after about 20 people showed up so they had to rig in on the other side. Will and Carolyn didn't have any verticle gear and Carolyn has done rock climbing but no SRT so we took turns sharing gear and I helped get them on rope and Jason took pics and was available for a bottom belay if need at the pedastal. The second time Will rapped down his beard got stuck in the rack. Luckily it was at the bottom. Jason had his knife out and was about to give him a haircut when he realized Will just needed to stand up and undo the rack. Jason got behind him and lifted him up so he could get unstuck. Catastrophe avoided.
It started raining just as we were leaving and severe weather was moving in. We had perfect timing all day.
Saturday Jason went with Joey and the Nashville crowd to Mystery Falls. He said it was really cool. It is 290 feet deep and is the deepest pit in TN. It has water flowing through the cave and there is a dam built before the pit with a gate so you can dam the pipe up and then release it when the pressure gets built up. I think we need to go back so I can do it! Aimee, Will, Carolyn and I went to Howards Waterfall and did a easy horizontal trip.
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