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Underground flying: Zip through mine at up to 40 miles/hour

Submitted by Louisville Mega Caverns Guides use Jeeps to explore the miles of mined caverns in Louisville Mega Cavern's 100-acre complex of the former underground limestone mine.

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Guides use Jeeps to explore the miles of mined caverns in Louisville Mega Cavern's 100-acre complex of the former underground limestone mine.

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It was all going to be perfectly safe, everyone assured us. The slender steel cables we'd be harnessed to were rated to carry 13 tons, and the 8-foot-long steel bolts anchoring them into the limestone walls could hold 5 tons.

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