[ TTU Home Page ] [ Scott's Gulf ]In the beginning, only the toughest, bravest and most determined cavers could make it to this point in the UCG Home Cave. The sweat and blood of those hardcore trailblazers makes it possible for you to visit here today more easily and has earned them the title of "Hodag." Have you ever wondered what thoughts ran through their minds as they gazed across these beautiful passages and realized they were seeing wonders no other eyes had ever seen? If so, the entries below, taken from old cave registers and their personal journals, should at least give you an idea of what they were thinking when they reached this point in the UCG Home Cave.
| Name: The digging fool Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: 1900 feet Time: 1997-06-12 18:05:00 Comments: we made the connection from fox to cumberland we are going to try and connect to igp next! |
| Name: Martha Hendrix Website: don't have one Referred by: From LinkExchange From: Birmingham AL Time: 1997-06-03 19:04:00 Comments: A very interesting place to visit. Loved the search for the register. . . like looking for an obscure entrance to a cave you've never been to or trying to find a connection in an unfamiliar cave. |
| Name: Kelly Utana Norwood Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Atlanta, Georgia Time: 1997-06-03 14:28:00 Comments: no comment. |
| Name: Matthew Surles Website: Matt's Corner of the Woods Referred by: NewsGroups From: University of Delaware Time: 1997-05-22 21:10:00 Comments: This is the most informative caving page that I've seen yet. I'm very impressed. |
| Name: Don Major Website: https://www.monmouth.com/~dmajor Referred by: NewsGroups From: Vienna, Virginia Time: 1997-05-22 21:08:00 Comments: A nice little exploration trip, with very nice pictures. |
| Name: Don Major Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Vienna, Virginia Time: 1997-05-22 21:05:00 Comments: A nice little exporation trip, with very nice pictures. |
| Name: Cindy K. Heazlit Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: California Time: 1997-05-21 12:18:00 Comments: Nice trip for a lunch hour |
| Name: Floyd Collins Website: Kentucky Show Caves Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Cave City, KY Time: 1997-04-16 09:03:00 Comments: I just know I heard voices earlier, but nobody will speak to me. Surely I'm not so far gone that I'm imagining everything. If only I hadn't lost my light, I could wander around and see if there are other cavers close by. I could make it a little ways probably. Oh, it's no use! No one is ever going to find me down here! |
| Name: Larry Lewis Website: Referred by: SimpleNet From: Nashville Time: 1997-04-14 16:11:00 Comments: I dont know if cave pearls was the way here or what but the reason I picked it was because Sunny Hornner said he saw one in tumbling rock last weekend I guess I was to tired to get up and go look at it after going to the top of Mt. Olimpus |
| Name: Floyd Collins Website: Kentucky Show Caves Referred by: From Geocities From: Cave City, Kentucky Time: 1997-04-08 07:49:00 Comments: Awww, shucks! Someone stole my mini-mag light. And I just know I heard voices earlier. Or did I imagine all that? It's so hard to tell down here! If anyone is up there, I wish you'd talk to me! |
| Name: Pete Woodson Website: Referred by: From Geocities From: Knoxville, TN Time: 1997-04-04 14:33:00 Comments: Great Homepage! Lots of neat stuff for the caver! |
| Name: Floyd Collins Website: Referred by: From Geocities From: Cave City, KY Time: 1997-03-03 12:02:00 Comments: What was that noise! Who's out there? Speak up, I say! |
| Name: Rosemarie Macdonell Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Spencer Mtn. Time: 1997-02-24 17:17:00 Comments: Hi i got here with a little help from my friends |
| Name: Virginia Burgess Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Spencer, TN Time: 1997-02-21 16:56:00 Comments: Well I found it. Maybe you could continue to have futurethings like this. By the way this is Steve's daughter. Keep up the good work. It was fun. |
| Name: Herb Scott Website: Referred by: From LinkExchange From: Tag-Net Time: 1997-02-21 15:26:00 Comments: NSS 14894Excellent site |
| Name: Ha Ha Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Blow-it-out, Uranus Time: 1997-02-21 10:42:00 Comments: Hardy har har!Have fun in the forest! |
| Name: Hal Love Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: Nashville Time: 1997-02-21 08:46:00 Comments: Hi April,When are we going to Ghost River? |
| Name: Steve Spencer Mtn Grotto Website: Spencer Mtn Digging Section Referred by: Just Surfed On In! From: Top Of Spencer Mtn Time: 1997-02-20 15:35:00 Comments: You can hide from the digging FOOLS up here |
| Name: Floyd Collins Website: Kentucky Show Caves Referred by: From Geocities From: Cave City, Kentucky Time: 1997-02-07 13:10:00 Comments: Help! Is anyone up there? Somebody get me outta here! I forgot my vertical gear. Help! |
Where would you like to go now?
Go back to the top of this trail? OR
Exit the Hodag Hall of Fame and go back to the Cave Register OR
Find out what a Hodag is? OR
Leave this alcove and go back to the Entrance?
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