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Title: Enormous Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Post by: General on January 04, 2011, 12:57:01 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110103/ts_yblog_thelookout/explorers-discover-spectacular-caves-in-vietnam (http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110103/ts_yblog_thelookout/explorers-discover-spectacular-caves-in-vietnam)

What possibilities.... :o

"One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army."
Jose Marti

Title: Re: Enormous Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Post by: Bugsda on January 04, 2011, 01:03:20 AM

That's brilliant! I can imagine I whole regiment of Japanese soldiers that still think the wars on.

But they've discovered eternal youth and now ride Dinosaurs  lol

Title: Re: Enormous Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Post by: DeafNala on January 04, 2011, 01:25:56 AM

That's Hang Son Doong...I'm using it as the inspiration for a couple of subterranean gaming boards. The sucker is 2 1/2 miles long with a section than would accommodate a 1/2 mile of 40 story buildings. There are two sections where the roof caved in. the older & larger of the two sports an 850' mound of debris with an underground forest, the Garden of Edam...some of the tress reach 100' in height.
There's an article about the sucker in the January issue of National Geographic.

Title: Re: Enormous Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Post by: 6milPhil on January 04, 2011, 01:31:19 AM

Hang on let's get this straight. This story isn't about Joan Rivers holidaying in Indo-China then?

Title: Re: Enormous Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Post by: Wirelizard on January 04, 2011, 03:40:30 AM

I'll have to hunt down the January issue of NatGeo! That's nearly the only thing I miss about the library system I used to work at - I used to read all sorts of periodicals as soon as they appeared...

Oh, and don't read the comments attached to the Yahoo article, they're almost entirely a cesspit of pure undiluted Internet Stupidity.

Title: Re: Enormous Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Post by: warrenss2 on January 04, 2011, 04:03:24 AM

Charlie still digging that $h!t?

Maybe it lead to the last remnants of Lemuria?

"Hang Son Doong" - a play on words anyone?  :-X

Title: Re: Enormous Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Post by: General on January 04, 2011, 04:27:02 AM

Probably something you don't want to hear when Marlon Brando is sneaking up behind you...

Title: Re: Enormous Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Post by: YPU on January 04, 2011, 03:25:45 PM

These things keep popping up there don't they? some years ago I ran a stargate savage worlds game and back then there was something like this being reported as well, so that was the location I choose for the international Stargate program. (a cooperation, mind) Seems like they have some neighbours with even more room.

Title: Re: Enormous Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Post by: warrenss2 on January 04, 2011, 10:08:19 PM

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stargate savage worlds game

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Title: Re: Enormous Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Post by: rob_the_robgoblin on January 04, 2011, 11:25:22 PM

The Garden of Edam?

Sounds like a terrible flintloque pun!

Bloody amazing though, awesome photographs...

Title: Re: Enormous Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Post by: YPU on January 05, 2011, 10:35:23 AM

Quote from: warrenss2 on January 04, 2011, 10:08:19 PM

--- Any more information on this?

Purely home-brew, did not last as long as I hoped (do they ever) but was great fun. The core savage worlds game is quite enough to create normal every day humans and more exotic races. I did not stick to the series or movie rather using the same principle as the series started with as a new setting. Ie, we have a gate and locations, lets go explore! (the locations came from a gate room found on those caves btw.)

Title: Re: Enormous Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Post by: Doomsdave on January 20, 2011, 06:29:59 PM

This is an amazing bit of inspiration.  Thanks for sharing this.  I'm off to the newstand to get Jan. NatGeo. 

Title: Re: Enormous Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Post by: BaronVonJ on January 20, 2011, 06:48:31 PM

My buddy LUDstuff:
http://www.ludstuff.blogspot.com/
is making that same cave.
 Check it out!
-J

Title: Re: Enormous Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Post by: Agon on January 21, 2011, 10:09:30 PM

Quote from: BaronVonJ on January 20, 2011, 06:48:31 PM

 Check it out!
-J

I Just did and Its pretty cool! Plus its less than 3 hours away.  Must be all that local Karst beneath.