Sammatti. Hemmetti. Wipers not working on my Volvo. Oh well. But on the other hand, we visited a very nice little cave, Sipilän luola. Beautiful forms of rock.
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January 2017, Sipilän luola, Sammatti, Finland
Caving (Rock, Basic, Granite, Morphology-Crack, Morphology-Erosion)
Bird Horniness Swamp Eye cave. A great name, at least. But is the cave great?
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January 2017, Lintukiiman Silmäsuon luola, Nummi-Pusula, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Granite, Morphology-Boulders, Basic)
I want to take you to a special place. Janne and I have spent there over 20 days by now. And every day of exploration rewards us with more finds. It is nearby. An old friend. But did we know all of its secrets before? I certainly didn't. Caves in Finland are small. What if I told you about a complex system of caves, with hundreds of meters of tunnels and fifty entrances, including one that you can drive a boat in?
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December 2016, Korkbergetin lohkareluola, Kirkkonummi, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Granite, Morphology-Boulders, Basic, Boating, Surveying)
Today I had an unnatural 0700 wakeup so that I could enjoy Nuuksio morning and caves with Janne before taking off to a trip later.
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October 2016, Vähä-Hauklammen luolat, Nuuksio, Vihti, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Granite, Morphology-Crack, Basic)
Really funny. More drawings on natural stones, really nice graphics this time. This is in Torhola cave in Lohja, Finland.
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October 2016, Torholan luola, Lohja, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Limestone, Morphology-Karst, Basic, Surveying)
This lazy Saturday's program for me and Janne was to visit some of the bunkers and moats around Helsinki's WWI defence structures. There are plenty of these structures, sadly all slowly rotting away. Historic sites, officially almost forgotten and certainly not cared for.
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September 2016, Pirkkola, Helsinki, Finland
Caving (Man-Made); Urban-Exploration (Bunkers)
Nauvo is a large island in the archipelago south of Turku, Finland. Varberget is a set of small caves on a cliff ridge that rises on the island.
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September 2016, Vargberget, Nauvo, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Granite, Morphology-Crack, Basic)
Cracks... cracks... and ladders.
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August 2016, Solbergagrottorna, Uppsala, Sweden
Caving (Basic, Rock, Rock-Granite, Morphology-Crack)
Small cliff.. but such a nice cave and rock!
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August 2016, Kasbergsgrottan, Väddö, Sweden
Caving (Rock, Basic, Rock-Granite, Morphology-Crack)
The Swiss are clever innovators. The latest example of this that I saw were the lift towers in Saas Fee. Floating in mid-air, not standing on ground like regular towers. Anti-gravity in action!
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August 2016, Saas Fee, Switzerland; Eispavillon, Saas Fee, Switzerland
Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Caving (Glacier, Basic, Showtour)
We had a disturbing visit to a cave today. Somebody had not only blocked access to this cave, but also smeared vaseline all over the cave, spread broken glass, and so on. Sigh.
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August 2016, Mätikän luola, Masku, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Granite, Morphology-Crack, Basic)
We visited this magnificent hole without really knowing much about what to expect. We had seen it listed in the book of Finnish caves, and in Retkipaikka, but the name told us little. Devil's church?
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July 2016, Pirttimäen hiidenkirkko, Perniö, Finland
Caving (Rock, Basic, Rock-Granite, Morphology-Boulders)
Getsvältan offers great views onto the sea and a nice crawl into small caves.
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July 2016, Getsvältan, Visby, Sweden
Caving (Rock, Basic, Rock-Limestone, Morphology-Erosion, Morphology-Weathering)
I don't often relax, but when I do, it has to be muddy. Wet. And underground.
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July 2016, Kluterthohle, Ennepetal, Germany
Caving (Rock, Rock-Limestone, Morphology-Karst, Basic)
I guess we can blame ourselves, as we were looking for the wormhole. We didn't realise the world would change if we went through it. Lost in time for a while, but managed to return back to our universe by going through the wormhole again.
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July 2016, Pirunpesänkivi, Nokia, Finland
Caving (Rock, Rock-Other, Morphology-Erosion, Basic)
Lilla Karlsö. A paradise for birds, enough to warrant ban on entering except during special times and only with a guide. Of course, we didn't know any of the stuff about the guide, but wanted to visit some caves. Turned out that we had to follow a guide, and that it actually was a very good idea to follow the guide.
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July 2016, Kuren, Lilla Karlsö, Sweden; Suder Vagnhus, Lilla Karlsö, Sweden; Norra Vagnhus, Lilla Karlsö, Sweden
Caving (Rock, Basic, Rock-Limestone, Morphology-Karst, Morphology-Erosion)