, Auditorium
The Whigpistle Cave Project is in its 21st year with exploration and discovery taking place all over this large and growing central Kentucky cave system, which now has more than 43 miles of mapped length. Trips are often long, vertical, and wet, with both weekend local caver trips and annual expeditions drawing cavers from across the country. Recent highlights include a climb by Bram Lovelace leading to an extensive upper level with no ends in sight, new surveys in the Jackpot Cave section mapping 4,500 feet of large passage, and the Hennion family actively quarrying a new entrance into the remote Martin Ridge section of the cave. Many climbs, blowing digs, and open leads remain.
Joel Despain, Niles Lathrop & Pat Kambesis