Wind Cave National Park - Wind Cave Room Names - K (U.S. National Park Service)

Room	Date	Named By	Explanation
K.M.S. Room	1962	Alan Howard	The letters K.M.S. are written on a wall of this room. The letters probably stand for Katie Stabler who explored the cave in the early 1890's.
K.P. Hall
Kah Pit	10/30/2002	Jason Walz, Seth Spoelman, Barry Oost, Jessica Weinman	Jason's friends cat, named Kah, makes depression in their yard which they call Kah pits. Since this room reminded Jason of these pits, he named it after the cat.
Kamakazi	11/11/2000	Evan Anderson, Derek Wolfe, Shawn Kramer	Derek did a nose dive and crash when he was crawling over a false floor and it broke, dumping him eight feet, hitting his face on the floor and hurting his wrist.
Karelian Crawl	03/04/2000	Rod Horrocks, Joe Oliphant, John Citta, Marc Pedersen	A chert-ceilinged crawl discovered by the survey party. It was named for Joe's dog after a chert concretion was found that strongly resembled a dogs femur. Karelian is also a province between Finland and Russia.
Kaske Avenue	<06/01/1893	Alvin McDonald
Kaske Grotto	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Keelhaul	06/2000	Jim Wilson, Greg Glazner, Leo Thompson, Eric Dutton	A miserable crawl that feels like you have been keelhauled after you travel through it. Named after the ancient sailing practice of tying someone to a rope and dragging them spread eagle under the hull of a ship.
Kellys Dome	<06/01/1893	Alvin McDonald
Kellys Slide	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Kens Room	12/27/1980	Mike Wiles, John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti
Kentucky Chimney, The	12/13/2003	Chris Amidon, Ben Tobin, Yancy Moore, Jeremy Tallent	This 40-foot chimney was named by a group of Green River Grotto cavers visiting from Kentucky.
Kentucky Hearth	12/13/2003	Chris Amidon, Ben Tobin, Yancy Moore, Jeremy Tallent	A room found at the bottom of the Kentucky Chimney, which was named by a group of Green River Grotto cavers visiting from Kentucky.
Key Room	08/02/1972	William Frith, John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti	This large room is one of the first along the KY survey and was a key discovery that led to a lot of additional survey.
Keyhole	07/16/1973	Don Coons, Andy Flurkey, Bob Reinstatler	A squeeze at KU15 on the way to the Sugar Shack.
Kilroys Bridge	04/27/1980	Kathy Bogan, Jenny Lee, John Easby, Steve Lonis, Jim Lesh, Eric Hegastead	A narrow path or bridge between two pits.
Kimballs Music Hall	<1892
King Fissure	11/03/1986	Jim Pisarowicz, Bob Kobza	A large fissure where the explorers had to bridge/chimney in the upper sections as they explored.
King Solomons Mines	07/05/1891	Alvin McDonald, M.E. Crookam, C.F. McBride
Kiptide	08/18/1990	Stan Allison, Steve Baldwin, Mary Laycock
Klingon Crawl	02/09/1991	Jim Nepstad, Mike Paulick, Bob Kobza, Louise Hose
Knee Bone Room, The	06/10/2000	Jim Wilson, Eric Dutton, Leo Thompson, Greg Glazner	Named because of its proximity to the Elbow Room.
Knights Assembly	03/20/1892	Alvin McDonald, Elmer McDonald, J.D. McDonald, George Stabler
Knights of Pithias
Knights Well	<1893	Alvin McDonald
Knobby Gates, The	12/06/1987	Shaun Larson, Darren Ressler, Karen Rosga	The passage is a 15-foot high fissure with "knobby" popcorn protruding from the walls at intervals, flowstone, and false floors. This reminded one of the explorers of going through a series of turnstiles.
Knuckle Bone Room, Upper and Lower	12/08/2001	Jim Wilson, Barbara Smith, Ryan Butler, Ryan Butler	The passage is a 15-foot high fissure with "knobby" popcorn protruding from the walls at intervals, flowstone, and false floors. This reminded one of the explorers of going through a series of turnstiles.
Kobzapectate	12/15/1986	Jim Pisarowicz, Bob Kobza	This passage is a terrible crawl and hammer dig that Bob Kobza tried to get through but he just plugged up the passage. After breaking through the first dig (three hours) they found another dig and gave up.
Krakotoa	04/09/1989	Ben Hicks, Dave Gibson, Rich Diforis, Paul Cronin, Amy Anderson	Crack between Bishop Fowlers and the lower level.
Kraut Squeeze	10/30/2002	Jason Walz, Seth Spoelman, Barry Oost, Jessica Weinman	Named after the German researcher/intern at Wind Cave that summer, Bastian Schulte, after he got stuck in this squeeze.
Kurts Crawl	07/?/1972	Windy City Grotto	A belly crawl.