RUMBLING FALLS CAVE IN TENNESSEE

A big thanks to Mike, Matt, and Taylor for taking Shawn with Eden Outdoors to the Rumble Room in Rumbling Falls Cave. With the largest underground room in the southeast U.S. this cave has it all from rappelling to climbing, traversing and crawling. What an experience it was. We never go caving without experienced guides and these guys are awesome!
#caving #rappelling #underground

[@scottgordon5451]

There is no part of me that would be willing to do something like this, but I did enjoy watching ya'lls adventure. I about broke a sweat watching the crawling part through the EXTREMELY enclosed canyon. I don't do those tight spaces, so I admire what you guys experienced.

[@Underground_Adventures]

Finally someone with an accent as thick as mine.

[@malikedmond8398]

thank god

[@lindaarchinal9008]

Awesome vid, and vicarious adventure for me! Subbed.

[@paulplatt5074]

Great job. Thank you for sharing this.

[@Edenoutdoors]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Mineral_dude]

Awesome video! We where just caving at fall creek falls too, such a dope place

[@Edenoutdoors]

Yes it is!

[@Edenoutdoors]

Thanks

[@liamredmill9134]

Great adventure,thank you for sharing

[@jshepard152]

6:01 That's wild. I'd love to go down there.

[@chrisgann8986]

I think thats some of the oldest bunch of guys I ever saw do that. Good job guys. Thats very physically demanding. Dont over do it.

[@Edenoutdoors]

LOL, We couldn't move for 2 days after. Glad we scheduled it on a 3 day weekend.

[@mattjackson]

Jesus, I got clostraphobic watching y’all crawling through that tight part in the middle. I don’t know how you do it.

[@spaceman8839]

that's badass!

[@BatPotatoes]

It's a dream of mine to get into this cave but I'm not sure how long it would take a non-athletic person to train to be able to climb up that long ass rope once you want to leave

[@Edenoutdoors]

Start with short climbs with an experienced rope tech that climbs rope regularly. It's not too bad after you train the muscles used when climbing. Also comfortable gear setup for you will help with taking breaks on rope to overcome fatigue. I believe I took 30min to climb out of the rumble room. 15min of that was hanging and not climbing.

[@maximusmiridius7691]

Impressive. How long did the trip the round trip take between entering and exiting?

[@Edenoutdoors]

I believe it was a 6-7 hour round trip.

[@spaceman8839]

hey do you boys use steel carabiners for rappelling or are you good with aluminum's? I see everybody has a steel rack

[@Edenoutdoors]

Steel, hard to trust my life on aluminum

[@spaceman8839]

@@Edenoutdoors yes sir, me too, just checking, thank you

[@spaceman8839]

steel for harness too?
edit: I got the Petzl omni triac ...aluminum

[@Edenoutdoors]

Definitely do your research and don't take my word for it but, always use steel on steel and aluminum on aluminum. Don't mix the 2. Different situations call for different gear. Never go caving or rappelling without an experienced guide who can approve your gear and do the proper safety checks.

[@spaceman8839]

@@Edenoutdoors got it, thanks again

[@rogerhaley1133]

Now that cave is going to get trashed

[@Edenoutdoors]

Let's hope that's not the case. It's such a beautiful cave

[@conspiracysabbath]

I've been visiting this cave for years and it's still so beautiful. I'm not sure what you're implying, but typically, Vertical Cavers are very respectful of Caves.

[@chop6604]

@@conspiracysabbath
Typically all “real” cavers are respectful to the caves and surrounding areas

[@guidografe8339]

It was like an adventure of the Hobbits … Don‘t forget to eat

[@Mineral_dude]

I can’t see many cave thrashers getting anywhere near a rope