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Yep. The plan was to canoe in to the bank by the cave and sleep inside that night.

I'll have to look into that preventive in case I go again...

I may not be the best qualified to instruct anyone on the use of chocks--I had my placement fail (not the chock, but the placement of the chock) and I shattered my kneecap as a result.

I always end up with pockets of condensation in the little valleys after a hang. But I love it too!

After reading up on it, I'm pretty sure it was histo too. Now I know!

I happened back upon this thread and thought I'd give a way after the fact update: All three of us that went ended up with pneumonia--we called it "cave crud." I'm betting it was due to the fact that...

It was a non-commercial cave off the Kentucky river. I know a guy who knows a guy who knew about it.

Not sure. What does guano taste like? ;)

I'm honored to be the first!
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Actually, we didn't see any bats until right as I was leaving the cave, and it flew into the back of my head on its way out too! Maybe the Army should study my pack for its radar-deflecting...

Actually, that thought crossed my mind more than once in the middle of the night. "I've put little wedges into rocks that are already showing a tendency to split, then loading those wedges with...

Yeah, I figured I was pushing it with my single-layer fleece TQ, but my only other option was a too-big sleeping bag and I wanted to travel light. What does not kill us makes us stronger, right?

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There were no holes in the ceiling...we were about 250' into the cave in the utter pitch black. I used climbing chocks and carabiners in existing rock splits to hang from.

I'm not entirely sure, but I just Googled cave temps and most hover at about 55F. That sounds about right for this one too. Plus, I'm a pretty warm body and like lots of insulation when I sleep.

I...

I used a Thermarest Z-rest pad. I don't have an UQ yet. I also used a DIY TQ made from a fleece blanket. I was rather chilly, as I said, but I attribute that to the inadequate TQ not the pad.

I got a few buddies together this weekend to go to a cave I knew of. The three of us took one canoe and one kayak and paddled about 2 miles downriver to the cave. We found it to be rather muddy...