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Jim White Told how he built a ladder from rope, wire and sticks and returned to the entrance of the cave a few days later.READER:"I found myself climbing down, down, deeper and deeper into the blackness ... At last my feet touched something solid. Stainless Steel Pipe silk road jiuzhaigou great wall tibet travelI lighted my lantern, and found that I was perched on a narrow ledge, almost at the end of my rope -- literally and figuratively.By now I could see into the tunnel -- it wasn't much farther down to the floor of it, and that floor looked smooth and level. I decided that with a little exhibition of human-fly stuff, I could hold onto the rough wall and go down another twenty feet to leveltrailer beijing tour buy AOC accounts wholesale jordans cheap jordans territory.Standing at the entrance of the tunnel I could see ahead of me a darkness so absolutely black it seemed a solid. The light of my lantern was but a sickly glow. Nevertheless, I forged ahead, and with each step the tunnel grew larger, and I felt as though I was wandering into the very core of the Guadalupe Mountains." VOICE ONE:A few years later, a settler named Abijah Long also found the entrance and went into the cavern.cheap nike shoes replica prada shoes cheap handbags cheap nike shox jordan sneakers He found huge amounts of bat droppings. Abijah Long hired local workers to mine the guano which he sold to farmers as fertilizer. At the same time, he explored much of the caves. Some people might even say Abijah Long was the first real explorer of Carlsbad Cavern.But Jim White made it his life's work to make sure the public would see and enjoy the cavern. He worked oncheap gucci shoes nike sneakers runescape account runescape accounts RS account Abijah Long's mining operation for twenty years.The authors of the book "Carlsbad Cavern: The Early Years" say Jim White took the job for the chance to keep exploring the cave. And after the mining operation closed, he started building paths in the cavern. Yet once he had enough paths built to welcome visitors, no one seemed interested in his "bat cave." VOICE TWO:Then, in nineteen eighteen, Jim White took a professional photographer into the cave. Ray Davis' pictures of the Big Room appeared in the New York Times. National interest began to grow.In nineteen twenty-three, adidas shoes digital thermometer plastic card plastic cards Lord of the rings Accountsscientists from the National Geographic Society explored the caves. The following year, President Calvin Coolidge named Carlsbad a national monument. Presidents can declare national monuments, but Congress must act to establish a national park. And that is what Congress did in nineteen thirty.VOICE ONE:A walking path in the Big Room Since then,toothbrush touch screen air cooler Coffee table bronze statue parts of Carlsbad Caverns have been used for movie sets, weddings, even meetings of the Carlsbad City Council.Park official Marie Merrick says more than four hundred thousand people visited Carlsbad Caverns in two thousand seven. Most visitors go to the main cavern. But some experienced cavers are permitted to explore five "wild" caves in the park. And in another one, buy gold wow world of warcraft gold air force 1 cap machine solar water heaterscientists are studying microbes in search of a cure for cancer.VOICE TWO:As for Jim White, he became chief ranger of Carlsbad Caverns. In his story in the book "The Discovery and History of Carlsbad Caverns," he talks about all the work that was done.READER:"I doubt if you can understand how happy this modernizing has made me. 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