We embarked on an intense and exhilarating adventure, descending 450 feet down a waterfall inside a massive 30-mile-long cave ...

One day, at a depth of 260 feet, a team member drilled into a rock and felt a breeze ... the only way to experience the falls. The cave walk to the waterfall costs $28.95 for adults, $27.95 ...

Just over a month later, they were hiking up Grant Mountain to escape Tropical Storm Helene flooding, past where a waterfall had ... feet wide from Bat Cave to Chimney Rock.