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Wind Cave National ParkSurveying through a tight spot in Wind Cave
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Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave Trip Reports
 
Bob Kobza in Southern Comfort

Photo by Art Palmer

Caver in Southern Comfort

Wind Cave is mostly explored by cavers who are members of various caving clubs or grottos affliated with the National Speleological Society. Each off-trail trip into the cave chronicles the explorers discoveries in Wind Cave.

Follow the yearly exploration of Wind Cave as cavers move Wind Cave up to the 4th place on the list of the longest caves of the world.

 
Caving Narratives
Caving Narratives
Follow the exploits of the cavers who explore Wind Cave
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Alvin McDonald's Diary
Alvin McDonald
Read the diary of the first explorer of Wind Cave.
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Caving
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Cave History and Exploration
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Surveying Wind Cave
Surveying
Learn how today's explorers map and survey Wind Cave.
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Stemless Hymenoxys  

Did You Know?
The scientific name for the Stemless Hymenoxys is Hymemoxys acaulis. Acaulis means "stemless" and referes to the leafless stalks which bear the flower heads.
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Last Updated: August 10, 2007 at 20:22 EST