Amy (mac_amy2005@yahoo.com)
Wed 05 Jul 2006 10:09:25 AM EDT

I have only been three times and it’s been so much fun…this past monday I was there (3 july 06) and there were two large groups of cavers. one from a church in Florida, and the other a boy scout troop from north GA. one or both of the groups completely trashed the place inside and out. There was trash from outside the entrance all the way beyond the pancake squeeze. when my brother and I were exiting the cave, someone had freshly urinated on the “slide” and we had no choice but to climb up through it. I have been an outdoors person all 31 years that I’ve been alive, and I know how to clean up after myself and not leave it for someone else to do. I am from Gwinnett county GA, and it’s about a 2.5 to 3 hour drive to get to Pigeon mountain. So to drive that far and have to deal with groups of people that have no respect for the outdoors is painfully disturbing. Other than that I’ve enjoyed my caving experience and would like to continue finding new and exciting routes inside Pettijohn Cave. Are there anymore caves nearby that are about the same level of difficulty as Pettijohn? I have heard of Hurricane Cave…do you know where I can find a map of Hurricane cave?

Jon (jonmccutchen@yahoo.com)
Fri 30 Jun 2006 03:14:14 PM EDT

I love this cave! And so far we have oodles of pictures. I’d love to pick out some with identifiable landmarks and send them to you if you’re interested (I’ll need to know how). We have not been too far in the cave (only 2 trips so far) - I believe the pancake squeeze area is where we stopped - we were uncertain which was the proper route through that area. The arrows seemed to indicate something different than was on the map. (?) Regardless, we are going again this weekend - our 3rd trip in as many weeks. We will try one - if not both - routes from the squeeze. We hope to explore much beyond that - as well as other routes off the main hall. As always, we’ll have a camera full when we return and I’ll get back here to show you. I hope to run into you up there one day.

Lance Dofflemyer (lancedofflemyer@hotmail.com)
Fri 24 Feb 2006 10:47:42 AM EST

Some friends and I have been visiting Pettijohns cave almost every weekend for a while now. Its almost impossible not to go back! We enjoy very much the hand work of God and seeing what He has created. If we could ever meet up we would be more than happy to buy you lunch! Any advice for caves and other caves in Georgia would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!