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World's Largest Cave
« on: September 12, 2013, 04:20:48 PM »
I thought this was cool. Not discovered until 1991 and not explored until 2009. Just goes to show there is still some neat big stuff to discover on the planet. Very "Journey to the Center of the Earth"-like.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/07/son-doong_n_3873341.html#slide=more313148
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Re: World's Largest Cave
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2013, 04:58:36 PM »
Gollum doesn't like to be disturbed. ;)
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Re: World's Largest Cave
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2013, 12:24:02 AM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on September 12, 2013, 04:58:36 PM
Gollum doesn't like to be disturbed. ;)

Yes we does, preciousssssss.

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Re: World's Largest Cave
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2013, 03:48:01 AM »
Watched a National Geo on it tonight on youtube, very interesting.
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Re: World's Largest Cave
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2013, 04:32:54 AM »
Can't hardly figure that the VC never knew about this place ...  =|
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Re: World's Largest Cave
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2013, 09:41:37 AM »

Too bad it's in Vietnam.   =|
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Re: World's Largest Cave
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2013, 02:11:20 PM »
I'd love to see this place. Now someplace like Krubera scares the crap out of me. No thanks, someone else can get stuck in a crevice 2,000 meters underground.
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Re: World's Largest Cave
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2013, 06:22:08 PM »
I remember hearing about this before. It would be pretty cool to go through.
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Re: World's Largest Cave
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2013, 12:36:56 AM »
Quote from: Ben on September 12, 2013, 04:20:48 PM
I thought this was cool. Not discovered until 1991 and not explored until 2009. Just goes to show there is still some neat big stuff to discover on the planet. Very "Journey to the Center of the Earth"-like.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/07/son-doong_n_3873341.html#slide=more313148

I'd pay extra money to have someone in a Predator costume  chase the tourists around
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