Archive for the 'Caving' Category

Mountains on Vancouver Island

Grandpa and Grandma Farnell were going to a timeshare (condo) for the week of November 14 - 21, 2004 at Nanoose Bay on Vancouver Island, Canada (near Parksville). This sounded like a fun place to me, so I asked if I could go along. They said they would be happy to have […]

Gated Entrance

Last Saturday, Dad, Suzanne, and I had the privilege of visiting Mt. St. Helen’s most decorated lava tube. It is called Pillar’s of Hercules Cave. This cave has many lava stalactites and stalagmites, which were formed while the lava was still hot - lava formations don’t grow all the time like limestone formations do. […]

Cavers: Kim Luper, Charlie Farnell, Matthew Farnell, Suzanne Farnell, Kim Brown, Kimbree Brown, and Tom

Little Red River Cave

Trip Report: We all met at Cougar at 1:00 p.m. When everyone had arrived, we headed up to the parking area, looking forward to an afternoon of caving in Little Red River Cave.
After we parked, we all introduced […]

Cavers: Kim Luper, Charlie Farnell, and Matthew Farnell

Pillars of Hercules Gate

Trip Report: We were planning to do Pillars of Hercules today, but due to unexpected circumstances were unable to obtain the gate key. Pillars of Hercules is the most decorated cave on Mt. St. Helens, with Kim’s Cave coming in second, so we decided to […]

We had a great time caving, mapping, and exploring in the Christmas Canyon area today. Participating cavers were Charlie, Chris, Claude, Dennis, Ed, Gary, Kim, Matthew, and Tracy. See pictures with captions here: http://www.farnellfamily.com/pictures/Spelunking/2004-03_Cave_Mapping

Today Charlie, Suzanne, and I (Matthew) went on a caving/exploring trip with Kim, Ken, and Ruth. We all met at 11 a.m., and then headed up to Christmas Canyon. It was raining/snowing most of the day, but we still had a great time.

Waterfall shooting out of Christmas Canyon Cave

We walked up to Beaver Bay and […]