Worley Caves, Tennessee USA
Worley Caves
Highlights; 4 Hour caving trip, Climbing using ropes, sitting in complete darkness, squeezing through small crevices & walking through an underwater river.
Location: Bluff City, Tennessee
Directions: This location is on private property, so you may want to book a tour.
Into Morrell (Worley's) Cave: An Exploration of Spelunking
Into Morrell (Worley's) Cave: An Exploration of Spelunking
Final Video Project for Anne Ward's Video 1 Class at Appalachian State University.
Shot on a Canon Vixia HF10 and GoPro Hero 960
Worley's Cave is located in Bluff City, Tennessee, and is the best natural spelunking spot this side of the Mississippi. It has over 4,000 feet of caverns and tunnels.
It is the second longest cave in East Tennessee and # 177 on the USA's Longest Caves List.
Worley's Cave (also known as Morrell's Cave/Morrill's Cave) is well known for its historical significance during the Civil War when it was mined for saltpeter to make gunpowder. If you're not familiar with saltpeter, you may be interested to learn that it gets its explosive qualities from one of its main ingredients: bat poop.
Worley's Cave Adventure
A unique “inside” outdoor activity, caving can be the perfect adventure for anytime! Temperatures within Worley’s Cave (aka Morrill Cave) remain constant at about 55 degrees. Explore the beauty of natural cave features and formations and learn a bit about the life and geology of an undeveloped limestone cave Worley’s Cave requires no prior caving experience. The trip is not completely technical, but we will wear helmets and use head-lamps – provided. There are no mandatory tight passages with prolonged crawling. We provide all of the gear and an experienced guide. Worley’s Cave is suitable for active, healthy people. There is climbing up and down. The cave is active, which means it is naturally wet inside the cave, so it can be very slick. Expect to get muddy and walk through an underground stream!
We are the leading caving and splunking adventure company for Worley’s Cave. Most of our guides are geology students or graduates with a true passion for caving. We will provide you with all the necessary gear for your caving experience: helmet, headlamp and gloves.
Location: Bluff City, Tennessee
Please call to discuss any questions you have and the trip details.
Worley's Cave - Feb 6 2015
Caving in Bluff City, Tennessee with the University of South Carolina Mountaineering and Whitewater Club.
Song: Hymn #35 - Joe Pug
Caving in Tennessee Worley's Cave
I finnaly brought in enough light to take some good video with my HD camera.
Worley's Cave Helmet Cam
This is a long clip. I had no idea the camera was recording until David said the light was blinking. So sorry for the dark and shaky parts. This includes that narrow tunnel where we had to bend sharply to the right to get out.
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TN Cave, February 2016
The video is of a caving trip to an anonymous cave in TN, It was a pretty chilly day, with temperatures in the 20's.
Worley's Cave Helmet Cam
This starts with sliding down the big, muddy rock just before we head off to the river
Worley caves - MWW Fall 2016
MWW dives deep beneath the earth's surface to explore one of the largest cave systems on the east coast.
Song - Dinosaur Bones by Stop Light Observations
Worley's Cave (sorry mom)
This is the tunnel up into (and down, no other way) the (Leroys?) prayer room. I am neither claustrophobic nor afraid of the dark. Good to know. :D
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In Memory of Austin Arnold
Austin Edward Arnold, age 16, of Bluff City, TN passed away on January 13, 2012. He was born in Abingdon, VA a son to the Gary and Debbie Tallman Arnold and was in his junior year at Tennessee High School. Austin was a member of the THS Soccer Team, in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and the BETA Club. He attended Discovery Church.
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Water running down out of a pool. Can see pics of the cave at my flickr or facebook. Paulevoight@facebook.com or paulvoight1@flickr.com wanna cave in east tn or va send me a message.
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