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It's dark in here!
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Just below the top, starting down one level at a time (with camera flash)
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Without the camera flash,this is how it looks to us
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We laid the rope down as we descended in case we needed to drop into something deep
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Meanwhile, on the surface, the second group explored Tripeaks as they waited their turn to explore the cave
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Back with the first group in the cave, many of the passages are very tight
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Starting down the last difficult descent, about 30 feet (vertically) from the bottom
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Knees and rocks are illuminated from hikers below him
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The final descent, almost
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The rope wasn't quite long enough to get to the bottom. However, we really appreciated that it showed us the way out!
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Two of the members of the first group emerging from the cave after 1.75 hours underground
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The second group ready to start down
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At the bottom of the first drop from the top
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On the way down
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