Blanchard Springs Caverns

We went on the Wild Cave Tour at Blanchard Springs Caverns. We managed to convince some of our friends that this would be great fun, and not scary at all. Do you know how hard it is to convince people to go into a dark cave? We thought it might be kind of lame on our adventure meter, because it is guided and all. We hoped for more, but really all we expected was a walk off the path through some caverns that you don't get to see on the regular tour. Well, were we surprised! It was awesome. Who knew caving would be "indoor" mountain climbing! You start right off sliding down a steep hillside on your bottom, and if you don't do it right, you could fall right off the edge to your death!!! This sliding had to be done several times on the trip. We crawled through very tight spaces, edged along cliffs, climbed up and around through holes from one level of cave to the next, and climbed many hillsides, always with the fall to death right there! We had a blast, at least most of us did! (Notice the guy with the torn pants.)