Organ Caves , Ronceverte, West Virginia 05/06/06

Lipps to Main Through Trip

Alain Hajjar, Dan Lucier, Ron Herzig, and Greg Scharer

Guides: Joyce, Janie and Janet

Special Guests: Jeremy and Justin


Alain arriving ‡


Alain, Ron, and Greg ‡


Dan and Alain riding to the Lipps entrance ‡


Janet ‡


Dan ‡


Ron and Greg ‡


Final approach to Lipps entrance ‡


Climbing the fence ‡


Greg looking out ‡


Dan and Ron looking in ‡


Bones near the entrance (cow?) ‡


Dan about to downclimb †


Janie and Joyce building a cairn †


Alain on a ledge †


Navigating an easy straddle ‡


Alain, Greg, and Ron about to downclimb ‡


Joyce ‡


Column - possibly in the column room †


Dan and column †


Column detail †


Another column †


Formation details †


Well casing drilled right into the cave ‡


Cave Crickets †


Flowstone formation ‡


Ron and the Genoa Salami †


Ron, Janie, and Joyce at a break ‡


Greg, Janet, and Ron ‡


Alain and Dan ‡


Dan and Greg ‡


Alain ‡


Cavitations in the ceiling mud †


Curtain stalactites †


Ron in Hells Chasm †


Dan at the end of the Lipps Maze †


Dan with the map †


Alain at Pendulum Rock ‡


Jeremy resting ‡


Greg ‡


Dan and Greg ‡


Alain approaching the breeze way ‡


Alain traversing a tight passage ‡


Alain emerging from a crawl ‡


Greg ‡


Ron in the Hanley Room ‡


Jaine and Alain in the Hanley Room ‡


Justin and Alain ‡


Dan and cave bacon ‡


Janet tearing into cave bacon ‡


Entering Hanley Silo ‡


Downclimbing Hanley Silo ‡


Janet at bottom of Hanley Silo ‡


Ron at Hanley Column ‡


Alain in the Thrown ‡


Light at the end of the tunnel ‡


Alain and Dan about to exit ‡


Not so clean anymore ‡

† Greg Scharer Photographer

‡ Dan Lucier Photographer