Varnedo Cave

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  1. Jeff Randall

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    Really crazy fun there! Looks like a few tight fits in some areas. The bridge anchor would make me pucker a bit. Ive caved off them before but damn scary.
     
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    Carbonic acid is a bit thick in my area so wouldn’t recommend here either.
     
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    You’ve got balls to go in caves like that.
     
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    epic! i'd love to do that!
     
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    Fun looking. Random question, do caves have a distinct smell?
     
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    Not for me but some cool pics and great formations. How deep?
     
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    Not that deep. It's a multi-drop so you have to rappel down 4 different raps to get to the bottom. A series of 73’, 15’, 41’, 72’ with some tight passage to get to each one.
     
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    This was the caviest cave I've done at this point.....It had longish drops (for me), mud, and some SUPER TIGHT horizontal sections that were well outside my comfort zone...

    All it needed to be my perfect nightmare was to add snakes....it was terrifying for me and I kinda liked it....I'm seriously claustrophobic and at one point I was on my stomach, belly crawling surrounded by rock fighting a panic attack (serious conversations going on in my head)...but I worked thru it..
     
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    I would do it, but first I would need to take a Xanax :)
     
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    I’ll go with you next time, you can worry about talking me thru it so you won’t even think about your fear.
     
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    Amazing shots!
    The narrow psses aren't for me though... I get claustrphobic from just looking at some picd.
     
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