Today we woke up to sunshine and blue sky, the first time we seen those on the trip. We then grabbed a quick breakfast and headed down to Myvatn to go caving. Entrance to Cave Our guide picked us and eight other people up at the Myvatn visitor center for the hour drive, on very rough terrine through the lava field to the cave site. Once we reached the cave site we had about a 30 minute hike across the lava field to the cave entrance. Once at the entrance we descended down some stairs and then put on the special cave boots and rain or waterproof pants. The boots were basically those trendy galoshes people like to wear, except these had little metal studs in the bottom so you could walk on ice. This was required because the whole floor of the cave is ice. To enter the main section of the cave must climb up about 7 feet then crawl on your belly through an opening that is 1.5 feet tall and 6 feet wide, while executing a turn to flip your feet in ...
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