Vražji Prolaz Deep Cave Cache

We started off bright and early, eager to start our adventures! I got the car ready while Mag asked directions from some mermaids, which was pretty futile because we got lost anyway! Well not really lost, we were just too impatient and thought we were lost when we were actually on the right track!

We finally made our way to the little town of Skrad.

Vražji Prolaz Geocache - We've been watching this cache with anticipation for a long time before our trip. A cache in a deep cave sounds like a cool challenge for the IndianaJanes duo! LOL...



We were super excited as we made our way towards the cave in the freezing cold!! Brrrr...


..but our spirits were lifted by the clean air and the trickling spring that flowed next to the path.


It was beautiful...!


At some point in this picturesque gorge, we had to walk on these steel walkways and steps. Some parts looked quite worn out but luckily for us, nothing gave way!


After a long climb and some huffing and puffing and thanking our gym workouts that gave us stamina, we finally got to the HUGE cave! The orange line shows the path we took to enter it.


And from the inside-out.


This cave was DARK!!!! Glad we brought our extra-bright headlamps. The ground was slimey and slippery and we slowly made our way inside looking around for the cache.

We found a little pond and I even made my way around it to look into some crevice on the other side. Who knows what lived in that water...


After some searching and banging our heads on the low roof, we managed to find the cache to our great relief!! Our first cache in Croatia!


Actually, the cave is much deeper and we could've explored more if we wanted to but being the dainty (wusses) ladies that we are, we decided to leave that to the professional cavers.


What an exhilarating find!! We made our way happily out of the canyon and on to the next cache..

Here's a short video I took with my little Canon Ixus camera:


FOOTNOTE:
I wonder if we would've been so eager to try this if we knew what Vražji Prolaz means! Did a little googling and found that it means Devil's Passage or Devil's Pass!! Glad I only found out now... cos looking at the pictures again with this new knowledge makes the cave seem quite erie. Who knows what could have been lurking around the DARK DARK corner within the DEEEEEEEEP CAVE.... !!!!!

FURTHER FOOTNOTE:
Reading CK's comment to this entry reminded me that I didn't include this picture of OTHER PEOPLE!!!! CK, see...!! We were not alone... (maybe in all sense of the word)