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Loony Crack Ho
By: Andy Porter (Atlanta, Georgia)
tagcaving@gmail.com
On Saturday, Mark, Kelly, Jim, Mike, and I walked out to Loony Gap on
Beaver Mountain, St Clair County, Alabama. Mark, Kelly, and Mike went
looking for a pit there named Loony Gap Well back last Wednesday. They
ridge walked and found the entrance but did not have rope to drop it. We
returned on Saturday with rope. The entrance to Loony Gap Well is a
fairly big hole near a creek in the gap. We taped the drop at 52 feet.
The first 25 feet is a nice wall drop while the rest can be free climbed
down an offset crack.
After I got out I walked around and found this very tight crack 30 feet
higher and 600 feet north. After finding a bunch of holes nearby that
did not qualify, Mark explored the tight crack. He need a rope half way
down. We taped the drop at 42 feet. With at least 15 feet of horizontal
cave, we qualified it. Thinking long and hard, we named it Loony Crack
Ho. Marion, if or when you go, you will love it...for the name at least!
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Andy Porter
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Andy Porter In Looney Gap Well.
Photo By Kelly Keener |
