Pastor Jonathan Romig tells about a place he likes to go caving near his home town of Estes Park, Colorado. Someone has defined caving as the art of safely moving through a natural cave to a destination and returning to the surface without hurting yourself or the cave. Caving is also known, of course, as spelunking. Many people find caving challenging and enjoyable. However, it is definitely not for those who suffer from claustrophobia.
The place Pastor Romig tells about is a mountain in Colorado called Old Man Mountain. Old Man Mountain isn’t for everyone. Midway up the mountain, says Romig, is an opening that you can squeeze through that leads through a series of more crevices and caves and comes out at the base of the mountain. “That initial crack determines who gets to go caving and w…