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Spelunking / Rock Climbing Spelunking is the recreational sport of exploring wild caves. Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up or across natural rock formations or man-made rock walls.

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Old 01-04-2011, 02:43 PM   #1
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Default Cave that can fit a skyscraper.

Just read an interesting article, seems like they discovered a cave in Vietnam that is tall enough in parts to accommodate a sky scraper. The interesting part is it contains a river and jungle, there are even thin clouds. Just goes to show how diverse our planet is.


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Old 01-04-2011, 03:51 PM   #2
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A river and a jungle within a cave? It doesn't even seem possible! But then, it doesn't seem possible for there to be life a mile below the surface of the ocean, and that has been found, too!

Don't suppose you have a link to that article?


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Vietnam is full of caves and tunnels.


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Yep Vietnam is a heaven for anybody that likes spelunking, there are cave networks that stretch for miles on on end. I googled jungle in cave and found the article, for everybody else who might be curious here it is: A rediscovered cave in Vietnam amazed the world with its wonders , Top Story - ecPulse.com


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Amazing, indeed! When I read the title I sort of suspected that it was man-made probably during the Word War 2. But the article mentioned stalactites so I guess it's a real cave, huh?


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I find it interesting there are still unexplored areas of our planet still out there.
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Good Lord! That sounds more like an underground volcano than a cave...

I'd love to see such a wonder of nature. Are there any photos or videos of that place?


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I was in a cave once in Missouri, near Branson, that had a giant cavern that would have housed a small football stadium. It was only about ten stories high but it looked pretty big to me.


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That is simply amazing!


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