Blink

Squeeze!

I received word Friday that a cave, long sealed after an accident that left one explorer dead, was open, but would remain so only briefly. Plans were quickly made to pay a visit as soon as possible.

By:B.N.
Yes, that's the sun

It was a gloomy day, and the cave lay in mountains wreathed with fresh snow. Anxious but undeterred we defied the odds and got a Toyota Corolla, the king of cars, 11 miles down a snowed in dirt road.

Our troubles weren't over yet though. A trail of clues had led me to generate some likely coordinates for the opening of the cave, but when we got there it became apparent we were in the wrong place. With my reputation on the line now the search began.

Looking up, or Don't leave without me!

We found the opening 140 feet from my coordinates and the gate remained unsealed. We roamed the passages, only feet below the surface until we dropped a pit into a second level. There, in the deepest, farthest reaches of the cave we arrived at the chamber that led to tragedy a decade ago. Rest in peace.

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-2012-
anatomy
sleepwalking
new chapter

-2011-
like sedona?
torn in two
blink
bridge to nowhere
door
hitting the wall
elusive 2
elusive 1
ascenders
voyage
hole
icarus

-2010-
revisited 2
revisited 1
which way?
the pit
lost mines
narrow
snowfall
chute
false floor
monolith
crack
freeze
slice
bunker
in their footsteps
resolution

-2009-
goodbyes
undercurrents
casting the bones
mountain thief
the deer hunter
strange temple
sanctuary
burial pt. 3
burial pt. 2
burial pt. 1
scarlet fever
return to hell
forsaken
the lower depths
underground lake
stretch sewer
crypt
still waters
shadow movements
meager rations
sw pt.8: geothermal + ending
sw pt.7: lost gold mines
sw pt.6: big tube caves
sw pt.5: gold!
sw pt.4: el calderon caves
sw pt.3: redondo
sw pt.2: ghosts
southwest adventure pt.1
the river
dark salvation
reflections
dreams
the underdark
night odyssey
beginnings