Last week I got to participate in "Lint Camp." This is an annual event where ranger and volunteers go into the cave and clean lint off the formations and curbing. It is very time consuming. We each were issued a paint brush and tweezers and we used a black light to see the lint. My group worked about 3 hours and covered about 50 or 60 feet. Afterwards, we sat in cave darkness and talked about the cave. What a spiritual experience!
I know it sounds crazy, but lint is one of the worst things for caves. Because the average temperature in the cave is 68 to 70 degrees and the humidity is 99%, it is like a petrie dish and lint becomes a science project growing mold and fungus and killing formations.
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| Glo picking lint out of cave. |
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