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Title: Black Hole of the White Canyon
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Published: Sep 30, 2006
Author: tom007
Post Date: 2006-09-30 00:37:53 by tom007
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Comments: 23
A little intimidating, if you ask me. My family went close to here a few weeks ago. Did not see this, or really wanted to, after we entered the first part of the "Black Hole of the White Canyon". Not my photo. If you see a stream of water comming..... I would guess the water level at this point was close to twice the level of the debris.
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I take it back. After seeing other slot floods, one third above the debris line is prolly about it. These things are horrifing to be any where close to, even on a small scale. That is why there are not too many photos of the floods - EVERYONE is running away. The NOISE and vibration of the events shatter the nerves of almost all. I Myself were at Fry Canyon last year, the rain was heavy, and I knew it was prolly safe, but I just did not feel like dropping into the canyon to photo the dymamics of the terrible flood in the slot below us . The noise was terrific, all night long it tormented our sleep, in the morning it was almost nothing. When we descended, the damage was frightening.
Dude, that's to cool, I want to go now! I was told there's a similar effect in the Tri-State (I think thats AK, MO, and TN) karst area for spelunkers. You can make major treks for ages in cave systems large enough to near drive vehicles in but as I heard it "You'd better damn sure have a 24 hour advance no-thunderstorm forcast for about a hundred mile radius and have supreme faith in it because when it rains they fill to the top and flush like a toilet.
#16. To: Axenolith (#13)
Now is prolly the best time to go, unless there's a hurricane aroung Baja, that can cause alot of rain, which is fun for a day or two. Spring time the black nats hatch and are absolutey unstoppable. I'll meet ya there with the topos!
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#13. To: tom007 (#3)
Replies to Comment # 13. Dude, that's to cool, I want to go now!
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