Sand Cave

Sand Cave is a landmark in Mammoth Cave Kentucky. The cave is famous for being the center of the 1925 Floyd Collins incident. A group of Duckpond members decided to visit the cave after watching the Internet Historian video covering the caving incident. 
== History ==
Floyd Collins was a cave explorer during the early 20th century and the Kentucky Cave Wars. While Floyd Collins was attempting to enlarge a passage in Sand Cave that lead to a crystal grotto he became trapped within the narrow passage. A large rock pinned lodged itself onto his leg and massive amounts of gravel covered the rest of his body. Eventually he was found trapped within the cave and a massive rescue effort was launched in an attempt to save him. A media frenzy followed the rescue efforts and hampered the ability to rescue Floyd. Eventually entering into Sand Cave became too dangerous and an effort was made to dig straight down. After being isolated for around 14 days Floyd Collins body was reached. He had died due to a mix of thirst, hunger, and hypothermia.
Sand Cave would later be included in the Mammoth Cave State Park and was completely sealed.
Years later the YouTuber Internet Historian would make a largely plagiarized video about Floyd Collins and the Sand Cave Incident. This video gained massive popularity and multiple members of the Duckpond learned about Sand Cave through the video. In 2023 a camping trip was planned at Mammoth Cave State Park for a select few Duckpond members.
== Duckpond Camping Trip ==
On July 13th, 2023, Lm1xb mentioned to Zigzem and Izzzy their idea to go to Mammoth Cave and visit Sand Cave. Both expressed interest in planning the trip. On July 23rd, 2023 a separate group chat was created to include Gene who would be attending as well. On the 28th the 4 individuals loaded into Lmone's car and left for Mammoth Cave. 
On the drive there the group stopped for the classic McDonald's road trip stop and listened to Izzy's cover of the Car Seat Headrest album How To Leave Town. 
Saturday the 29th began with Izzy and Lmone going for a run, this proved to be the most challenging part of the day for Lmone. After breakfast the group went to visit Sand Cave. After a short hike and exploration of what was left of Sand Cave, the group went to Cave City where they walked the streets and went through the Mammoth Cave Wildlife Museum. Afterwards the group took the self-guided tour through the main cave at Mammoth Cave and visited the River Styx. Afterwards they went back to Cave City to eat at Cave City Pizza where an intense discussion about the appropriate temperature for pizza ensued. 
That night a sudden storm hit Mammoth Cave Campground. The group retreated into their tent but quickly realized the tent was leaking from the rain. They moved into Lmone's car and rearranged everything in order to make room. While attempting to not die of heatstroke the group played card games and listened to music. As the night drew on the rain hardly let up at all. Izzy and Zigzem decided to move back to the tent while Lmone and Gene slept in the car. After a rough night the group packed up and left early Sunday morning. 
Later Lmone released a vlog of their trip to Sand Cave.