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2007 NSS Convention Guidebook
to a 31-foot pit and
is the deepest point,
measuring 121 feet
below the entrance.
A large boulder is
chocked at the top of
the pit and if padded
is a good rig point.
Past the roomy slot at
the top, the pit is 25
feet in diameter and
very nice with a small
breakdown pile on
the floor. The second
pit is 29 feet deep and
is 50 feet past the first
lead on the left wall,
and lines up over the
top of the 31-foot pit.
The two pits are not
connected. However,
another 200 feet past
meanders down to
a depth of 102 feet
below the entrance
and ends in a jumble
of boulders. Just
past this lead are the
two largest rooms
in the cave with
ceilings as much as
35 feet high. On
the far side of these
the floor slopes up
to some breakdown
crawls that stopped
exploration on
the first trip. The
push team was able
to penetrate the
breakdown crawl
but the walking cave
continued for only
150 more feet before
Dave Stahl in Blue River Run Cave. Photo by Elliot Stahl.
being stopped again by
breakdown. The cave
the second pit is the third hole in the floor was surveyed at a traversable length of 1,283
leading down through the breakdown. This feet.
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