Maybe the vending machine would get $500 in revenue a month and you turn it down because it’s not enough. How many of those do you get a month?
I reached out to Jason Ballensky, the expedition leader and co-discoverer of Tears of the Turtle, after the team returned from its 2026 trip. He confirmed that they did not find anything deeper than the 2,477-foot point reached in 2024, but they finally found a definitive end to the cave.
Tears of the Turtle remains the deepest known limestone cave in the United States. Jason said the team will eventually release a full report about the expedition.
Is there any chance that there won’t be snow on San Gorgonio peak in November? That’s when I’ll get back to California and I won’t want to hike with crampons, etc. I’ve hiked Mount Baldy in January and there wasn’t snow.