Organ Caves , Ronceverte, West Virginia 12/03/05

Twisted Intestine Crawl

Dan Lucier, Tom Herrick, Matt Meyer, Scott Stults, Patrick Kingsley, Greg Scharer

Guides: Joyce and Janet


Gearing Up ‡


Walking to the cave ‡


Descending ‡


Ready to rock ‡


Posing in the cave ‡


Taking a break ‡


Narrow passage ‡


Dan squeezing †


Patrick under the rock †


Matt coming through †


Tom moving through rocks †


Matt and Scott resting †


Gypsum Flower formation †


Patrick and the Gypsum Flower ‡


Gypsum Flower formation ‡


More Gypsum ‡


Patrick about to enter small hole ‡


Resting in Gypsum passage ‡


Dan at rest ‡


Sitting on a ledge ‡


Easy section ‡


Leaning into it ‡


Ducking ‡


Matt on the Thrown in the Thrown Room †


Scott lording over his subjects †


Dan on the Thrown †


Tom and Scott †


Spam on the Thrown †


Narrow passage ‡


Patrick and Joyce ‡


Tom through the rocks ‡


Patrick doing limbo ‡


Slacking in the cave ‡


Janet, Tom and Matt by Hanley Formation ‡


Straws above Hanley Formation ‡


Dan climbing through vertical gap †


Scott navigating vertical gap †


Patrick climbing ‡


Matt emerging ‡


Huge Hanley Room ‡


Janet descending to Flack-Hanley Turnpike ‡


Greg descending to Flack-Hanley Turnpike ‡


Patrick descending to Flack-Hanley Turnpike ‡


Matt and bat ‡


Matt Going into the Twisted Intestine ‡


Scott and Dan inside Twisted Intestine ‡


Twisted Intestine passage ‡


Twisted Intestine passage and biscut box ‡


Dan in Twisted Intestine ‡


Scott inside Twisted Intestine ‡


Scott about to enter Porcupine Room ‡


Matt and flow stone ‡


Random formations in Porcupine Room ‡


More formations ‡


Medusa Formation in Porcupine Room ‡


Scott and Medusa ‡


c.8000 year old Porcupine Skeleton ‡


Detail Porcupine Skeleton ‡


Skeleton in Porcupine Room ‡


Dan and pet ‡


Greg about to enter Twisted Intestine ‡


Entering…. ‡


Inside the Twisted Intestine ‡


Tom in the Twisted Intestine ‡


When does this thing end?!?!?! ‡


Janet and mud figures inside Twisted Intestine ‡


Greg inside Twisted Intestine ‡


Matt crawling through Twisted Intestine †


Dan and Matt †


Tom †


Matt Tom and Patrick †


Long drinking straw †


Group shot ‡


Dan and the straw ‡


Scott Descending ‡


Greg Descending ‡


Patrick at Sally's Waterfall ‡


Sally's Waterfall ‡


Scott and mud figures ‡


Scott and Tom on Little Straddle ‡


Navigating the Little Straddle ‡


Posing in Little Straddle ‡


Climbing Down Little Straddle ‡

† Greg Scharer Photographer

‡ Dan Lucier Photographer

Wild Caving is an unbelievably unique, interesting, and physically challenging activity that everyone involved in this trip would recommend to anyone interested in trying something new. Call (304 645-7600) or email (janie@organcave.com) the nice folks at Organ Cave to arraign for a wild caving trip personalized to your group.