Epic 09 - Moaning Cave

The afternoon of Day 5 took us to the Moaning Caves for rappelling, ziplines and rock-climbing. Moaning cave is the largest single cave on the west coast. The main cavern is big enough to hold the Statue of Liberty! Sharon, Devin and Brendon rappelled down into the main chamber. Delaney was not allowed because she did not weigh enough and the rappelling gear would not have allowed her to descend. So Bob and Delaney hiked down the stairs and took some video.

The rappel was 165 feet down into the cavern. It took them about 10 minutes to get all the way down. They had to navigate through some rather narrow passageways on the way down.

After the rappelling adventure, which measured a 10 on the Epic Meter, we moved onto the zip line. I will say I was a little nervous (as you can tell from the video) but it ended up being fun.

Last up at Moaning Cave was some rock climbing. Turns out Brendon was a pro, which he proved recently at the XGames (at the Taco Bell Climbing Wall). He raced up the hardest course here in cowboy boots no less. Devin went up almost as fast on all but the hardest path, and Delaney conquered her fear of heights (and conned Dad out of 5 bucks) by making it to the top of the 32 foot wall on her final try.