Yep, this this beautiful slice of caving paradise was the site of the ICS Romania field trip last summer. Geoff and I and six other cavers enjoyed 5 days of caving in that same guesthouse. Great that you got to see it.
> On Sep 26, 2014, at 11:18 PM, DirtDoc via Texascavers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 20 September 2014 > > Again, my intention is to post this to the group. > > We are now in Romania. With the help of some Romanian cavers (both local and > living in the USA -Bogdan Onac and Gheorghe Ponta ---THANKS Bogdan and > Gheorghe) and lots of sign language, we are having a great time (even though > the weather isn't the best). Just north of Rosia we found a cavers camp > perched on a hilltop overlooking (and part of) large scale sink hole studded > karst. 360 degrees! Friendly local farmers manage the caver-owned complex > of small traditional houses and camp sites fed us with local meals. Our > particular little House under the Stars sleeps two on the bed (one room > house), but four more could spread their bags in the attic. > > The Western Apusini Mountains (Bihor karst) is a large complex limestone unit > that contains more than 7,000 caves. A cavers paradise. > > Our little house is by the entrance to one of Romanias major caves: Ciur > Ponor Ciur Izbuc Cave system. The second day we were there two Romanian > cavers showed up to bunk in the main house, which has a self catering kitchen > (interesting phrase) with stove, fridge, etc and room for 25-30 cavers > without crowding. Add beer and you could fit more. > > We visited several nearby caves. > > Farcu Mine which dug into the Cave of the Crystals. Small but gorgeous. Like > Caverns of Sonora, but not as extensive. It has about 30 "butterflies" , but > none to compare to Sonora's missing one. Clear, transparent helectites and > more. > > Meziad Cave. Huge passage but most of the formations were dry and dusty. A > bit of a disappointment, but we were comparing it to the best of the best. > > Bear Cave. A fantastic paleo site and quite a beautiful cave. On the order of > 140 cave bear skulls and a lot more. A must visit if you are in the area. > > The next day was Monday and developed caves and museums were closed. Besides, > it was raining. So we moved on. > > Dirt Doc > > Sent from Samsung tablet > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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