| Lechuguilla Cave
Carlsbad Caverns State Park, NM September, 2004 Aaron Addison lead a trip to push leads in the Rift. We spent a week making trips into the cave exploring places that were overlooked as early explorers followed the big passsage. |
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Aaron Addison rappelling into the entrance. |
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| This is Aaron Addison in the new entrance culvert. |
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| Aaron Addison at the top of Boulder Falls (180' drop) |
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| The Nataloid at Nataloid Pass. |
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| Typical lower rift passage, a large crevice at about a 70 degree angle. Requires some fun climbing. |
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| This is one of the traverses over the lower Rift. The left side drops about a hundred feet down the sloped crevce to the lower Rift. |
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| A small virgin alcove and pool we found. |
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| This is the Delicatessen, quite pristene and beautiful. |