El Yoyo, Part 3: Going Up
I’ve gotten my fill of the pit’s bottom, and now I begin one of the most strenuous, terrifying and sublime climbs of my life.
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Caving In El Malpais, Part 2: Making Measurements
We’d like to think that scientific measurement is a fairly straightforward undertaking. It’s really not. Just spend a day surveying underground.
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The Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico and West Texas are a vast playground for climbers, hikers and cavers. Crazy thing is that they’re composed almost entirely of defunct sea creatures.
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There’s a lot of life living underneath us in the deep and dark of the Earth’s crust — probably more than we’ll ever know.
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A trip to Cave of the Domes, the only cavern in Grand Canyon National Park that’s open to recreational caving.
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Like poems, caves take a lot of time to interpret. And even when you do arrive at a coherent interpretation, there’s no guarantee it won’t be usurped by a competing theory.
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Want to make a real discovery? Maybe you should head underground.
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