• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Wind Cave Room - Wretched Hole

Andi O'Conor surveys her way through the Wretched Hole
Andi O'Conor surveys her way through the Wretched Hole
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 
The route through the Wretched Hole was surveyed on May 21, 1984 by Jim Pisarowicz, Warren Netherton, and Andi O'Conor.  This is a very, very tight belly crawl with lots of boxwork to catch one's cloths. A truly wretched route!

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American bison on the Wind Cave National Park prairie

The American bison is the largest terrestrial mammal in North America.  Male bison can weigh a ton and can run 35 miles per hour.  Do not approach bison.  They weigh more and can outrun you. More...