cave

With winter abating and spring another month away, my friend Bo called and said it was time to go for a five-kilometer exploration of northern China’s largest public hole, Silver Fox Cave (Yinhu Dong). Naturally, I accepted the invitation and asked how many days I should pack for. The reply surprised me – half a day. How is it that there is a massive cave system only 90 minutes away from Beijing and I had never heard of it? Okay, so I never actually flipped through the Beijing Immersion Guide, nor have I looked for things outside of the city much since we don’t own a car. But until last week, none of my car-touting friends had mentioned it either. Since wandering around Silver Mountain Pagoda Forest the week before was a hit (see post here), I was down with exploring the underbelly of a mountain.

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