Mammoth Cave, 2002

In Nov. of 2002, eleven Denison students along with Mr. Hunter and Mr. Bush headed south to visit the World Heritage Site Mammoth Cave.  This was Denison's sixth trip down since the first in 1995.  Here are some pictures of the two days we spent in south-central Kentucky.

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Cave City and the hotel:

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Day 1:

The American Cave Museum & Hidden River Cave:

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A Hike to see the surface features at Mammoth Cave:

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The Historic Cave Tour:

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Day 2:

The Wild Cave Tour (6 hrs., 9 km of walking, crawling, belly-crawling, squeezing and canyon-walking):

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For more information on Mammoth Cave visit. . .
      Mammoth Cave National Park (official website)
      Mammoth Cave National Park (unofficial website)
      GORP's Mammoth Cave National Park website
      The Centre for Cave and Karst Studies