Into the pit at Mass-Hole

Into the pit at Mass-Hole

This year is already off to a great start. Some of my fellow explorers and I just signed onto an expedition into a portion of Howes Cavern known as Reynolds River. The purpose of this trip is to not only further explore the cave system, but also raise money for those in the Schoharie that were devastated by hurricane Irene this past year.

This event was coordinated by The Northeastern Caver, The Boston Grotto and Howes Caverns. Each of us going on this expedition will be making a donation to the Schoharie Relief Fund to participate. I personally saw how the flooding affected the area and strongly encourage those out there who can spare a dollar to do the same.

This is a portion of the cave system that is rarely visited and has never been fully explored or mapped. Most of the passage was mapped back in 1965, but there are hundreds of feet beyond a 4-Way Junction that remain unmapped. There are also passages noted on the 1965 map that appear to have not been explored. We hope to not only explore the passages, but also document our findings through photographs and further map surveying.

We will be entering the cave system around 9am February 25th and hope to be out by 5pm. I will be sending information, tweets and updates as things develop. I hope to be able to share photos and videos of our experience afterward.

More to come very soon!

~Michael

editor@neexplorers.org

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