Ape Caves, Washington USA

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The primates that gave their name to these caves weren't monkeys-they were members of a 1950s outdoor club who found and explored the tubes. They called themselves the Mount St. Helens Apes, and the lava tubes became known as their caves.




Ape Cave is a lava tube located in Gifford Pinchot National Forest just to the south of Mount St. Helens in Washington state. Its passageway is the longest continuous lava tube in the continental United States, at 13,042 feet (3,975 m). Ape Cave is a popular hiking destination with beautiful views of the Mount St. Helens lahar region. Lava tubes are an unusual formation in this region, as volcanoes of the Cascade Range are mostly stratovolcanos and do not typically erupt with pahoehoe (fluid basalt).

The cave was discovered in 1947 by Lawrence Johnson, a logger, when his truck fell into a sinkhole which opened into the cave. A Boy Scout troop under the leadership of Harry Reese performed the first exploration in 1950. They named the cave for their sponsor, the St. Helens Apes, a local group made up of mostly foresters.

Unless you have been in this cave or another like it, you can't really understand how beautiful of a thing this is. There is nothing like coming around a corner after stumbling around in utter darkness and seeing a faint glimmer of light through this skylight.

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    I actually went and visited these lava tubes.I am a American native from Oklahoma,so these were something you dont see every day. If you go ,be sure to have a flashlight and go before sunset.It is pitch black not 50 ft in.These creatures are are interesting and quick.They dont have the same type of blood.

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