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2007 NSS Convention Guidebook
Four hundred feet
farther on are some
small but pretty
rimstone dams.
Approximately
900 feet still farther
the gradient of the
passage increases
noticeably. The water
cascades into a very
impressive slot 500
feet further on. After
traversing around this
hole, one can continue
for another 150 feet
before coming to a
large pit. The drop
is only 12 feet but a
cable ladder is still
necessary. Once at the
bottom one notices
the large fluted rocks covering the floor. This
indicates that the stream used to fall into this
pit creating what must have been a spectacular
waterfall. Also to the west the water comes
pouring out of the wall 4 feet up. One who is
not afraid of water can sometimes follow the
stream down the slot and emerge into the lower
level with this cascade.
Most of the water then turns left and
cascades into still another slot, this time gone
for good. The water that is left leaves this
impressive room via a passageway to the east.
A hundred feet beyond this stream passage
intersects an older trunk passage, which muds
up at either end. The remaining water now falls
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Glenn Lemasters in a formation area in Sinking Creek. Photo by Dave Black.
into a smaller siphon near the wall of this trunk.
By squeezing down a small hole in the middle
of the breakdown and slithering through a
wet, muddy belly crawl one pops into another
breakdown area. A narrow canyon off to the
north quickly ends but several small holes drop
into a stream passage. The holes at present are
too small but could be enlarged rather easily
with a rock hammer. Another passage takes off
from the breakdown area and also quickly ends.
Here too is another small hole which drops
into a stream. Any one of these holes has the
possibility of adding new cave to the Sinking
Creek System.