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The first time I ever visited a "wild" cave was decades ago, in the karst-rich country of the southern Appalachians. Caves in their natural state bear little resemblance to commercial caverns: no freight elevators or tastefully lighted stalactites, no care and gift shop at the main entrance. The entrance to my first cave was a pit, 160 feet deep; to enter, my guides and I tied a rope to a tree, dropped the other end to the...
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