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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Santa Cruz with Mark A. Me at the tightest spot. Great little cave.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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oh, and the N. Ridge of Conness, way back when.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 9, 2012 - 01:46am PT
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@Darwin
I don't know a solid answer, but I do know that the amount of water does actually make a big difference. A cave hydrologist told me that marble further down the foothills of the western sierra doesn't have as many caves because it's drier. Most of the caves around here are between 4000 and 6000 ft where the rain happens. There are also a lot at high elevations where marble is found, but they are rarely in the more arid foothills.
May be part of the explanation for the white mountains. Of course, deserts in the southwest have some amazing caves, but most of those are a result of acidic groundwater.
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Crazy Bat
Sport climber
Birmingham, AL & Seweanee, TN
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Mar 24, 2017 - 09:53pm PT
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I know Bill Franz. He now lives in Alabama.
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