Cave, The

The Cave area is not a cave in the traditional sense, nor is it what we as climbers would refer to as a cave for sport climbing. The cave proper is a huge boulder (for diabase) stacked on top of a few smaller boulders that forms a room of sorts underneath. The actual room is a bit grungy and full of leaves that could shelter wildlife. The Cave boulder and surrounding boulders contain many tall problems, mostly on the easy side of the V spectrum.

What is most interesting about this area is that, according to local lore, the Cave room itself was a domicile for hobo transients passing thought from the local railroad, which Amtrack still operates today. As well as down on their luck folks that lost their homes during the Great Depression. There is graffiti on the walls from the 1920's and 1930's to support this story. It is an area full of history. Please respect the historical aspect of this area and do not add to the writings on the walls. I have personally looked into the history of the area at the local Elizabethtown Public Library and found an article from the 1960's which talked about persons living underneath this rock.

The Cave is the central area at Governor Stables. Uphill is the Humpback boulder which has the popular Moby Dick (V5) on it, and the Herr Brother's problems are connected to the area just downstream. It is within sight of the Juggernaut area, just downstream from that set of boulders. All of these boulders compromise one large area in my view.