Spider Cave - Yosemite!

Stone Entrance to Yosemite's Spider Cave
Slide in. Slide out.
I know, its a way below average photo
but it's the only one I could track down.
It's only about the black part anyway...

The crawl space was pitch black
Just a few feet inside the entrance
The group moved without lights

In a cave black as pitch
Visibility absolute zero
A dozen or so they were
With a seasoned park guide
Training to work as a team

By touch:
Each holding the feet of the one in front
By voice:
Guiding through with simple commands

Through most of it you could not sit up straight
Or hands and knees
You had to belly crawl through Spider Cave

"The cave drops a couple of feet here."
"We are moving to the left."
"We are entering the room."

Daughter leading father
Father leading daughter
Training to trust one another

(The father was proud of his little girl Sam guiding him through.)

All within Yosemite National Park
Known for its magnificent sights
Yet this one offered no sight at all

It was about feel and faith
How strong and comforting each can be

(Recollection of an elementary school class trip Samantha and Tom Campbell made circa 1998. No, there were no spiders...the name just made it spookier for the kids and adults, adding confidence to those who dared enter...and survived.)