After my Calendar Year “Half” Triple Crown hike of the Appalachian Trail and Continental Divide Trail, I got interviewed by Backpacker Radio episode #230!
We talked a lot about my death-defying caving adventures and even a little bit about backpacking—it is a backpacking podcast after all. 😉
Little did I know that on this trip I would face death several times: rotting carcass, angry rattlesnake in my face, and a cave collapse. Buy worst of all was the mud balls caked in my belly hair. Do you have any idea how painful it is to rip out clumps of belly hair embedded in mud balls? Enough to make grown men cry…which I certainly did.
Huge virgin cave found north of Hondo, Texas. Huge room! Massive formations! Even water passage with a cave-adapted salamander and connection to aquifer.
Free public-use campground that contains a maze cave with 4 miles of walking and crawling and an occasional swim through nasty sludge of decomposing organic matter. Also, hand sanitizer burns your asshole.
The bats at Devil’s Sinkhole in Texas were mysteriously missing. Three intrepid cavers rappelled into the football-field-sized cavern to learn why.
Download my award-winning map for Adam Wilson’s Cave (a.k.a. Bonnie Hills Cave)! Despite being my first ever cave map, I won Best of Show at the 2020 Texas Speleological Association Convention. I will now retire undefeated.
Lee White’s historic climb of Dome Pit accessed the first new passage in Natural Bridge Caverns in over 50 years. This video documents the history behind this expedition, photos and drone footage of Lee’s climb, in-cave interviews with the owners of Natural Bridge Caverns, and lots of great photos of the discoveries from the expeditions.
Beyond the Dome: photo documentary of the first new passage found in Natural Bridge Caverns in over 50 years! See the huge rooms, massive formations, and amazing colors that these expeditions discovered.
The T-Organizations: TSA, TCMA, TSS, TSC, TCR…there are so many acronyms in Texas caving. Here is a definitive guide to the Texas caving hierarchy.
Watch cavers squeeze into a tiny hole, even upside-down! My video called “Tight Squeeze at Deep Cave” has gone viral with millions of views on YouTube and countless more on social media. Watch the full video here with all the fails and successes!
The bats at Devil’s Sinkhole in Texas were mysteriously missing. Three intrepid cavers rappelled into the football-field-sized cavern to learn why.
Use the Ascending Multi-System to easily switch among all major ascending systems: Frog, Rope Walker, Mitchell, and Texas. Includes comparison charts, step-by-step building instructions, emergency repair, and printable field guide.
Huge virgin cave found north of Hondo, Texas. Huge room! Massive formations! Even water passage with a cave-adapted salamander and connection to aquifer.
