My local B&M set up a Herf inside a local cave. The even happened last night and it did not go so well. It was pretty awesome in theory but the execution of the event brought things to light (or, into the dark) that no one anticipated.
First off, holy crap it's awesome inside this cave! The people who own the cave had a trail of lights that we had to follow to get down into "the room". I am extremely claustrophobic so I was pretty nervous going into the event but they assured me that there were no tight areas. They were right - there was only one spot where I had to bend at the torso and it was for maybe 10 steps. Once you make it to "the room" where we were herfing, the whole place just opened up. It was HUGE.
Also, it was rather cold outside last night - hovering around 33 degrees. But once you got into the belly of this cave, it was around 68 degrees or so. I wore my jacket and I was doing really well.
Now, occasionally, someone would pull the cord that the strands of lights were plugged into that lit the way and the room. It was pretty cool and creepy as hell to experience absolute darkness. They always plugged them back in right before my claustrophobia kicked in. It was cool to only see the embers of our cigars lit. Tried to get a pic of it but it didn't turn out too well.
Anyway, they pulled the plug out to show the latest group that arrived and then it happened. ...or, it didn't. The flipping lights had a short from all the unplugging/plugging. Guys! Total. Freaking. Darkness. None of us had flashlights (other than our phones) and the owners took us down to the belly but didn't stay as they are not fans of cigar smoke. It was like I was at the beginning of where a horror movie starts to take a turn for the worst.
Panic. This is how my life was going to end. I kept thinking how I'd never get to send my friends a coffee mug of me in leather chaps wearing unspeakable that @Pennywise827 sent me. How I'd never get to give @GoBISON that shirtless man hug that he has been begging me for. How I'd never get to whisper sweet nothings into @Glassman, @Unpossible_1, @irratebass, and @Lok17's ears as they sleep so sweetly at HBH. How I'd never get to see @Opie and @BigFatPanda finally make that "midget scrotum sandwiches" cookbook that they have been working on. I might not ever get to witness @Mjones9630 or @BigSkySmoke's "get high Herfs" again.
We made it out of the cave. I still haven't fully recovered emotionally. I hope we do it again.
First off, holy crap it's awesome inside this cave! The people who own the cave had a trail of lights that we had to follow to get down into "the room". I am extremely claustrophobic so I was pretty nervous going into the event but they assured me that there were no tight areas. They were right - there was only one spot where I had to bend at the torso and it was for maybe 10 steps. Once you make it to "the room" where we were herfing, the whole place just opened up. It was HUGE.
Also, it was rather cold outside last night - hovering around 33 degrees. But once you got into the belly of this cave, it was around 68 degrees or so. I wore my jacket and I was doing really well.
Now, occasionally, someone would pull the cord that the strands of lights were plugged into that lit the way and the room. It was pretty cool and creepy as hell to experience absolute darkness. They always plugged them back in right before my claustrophobia kicked in. It was cool to only see the embers of our cigars lit. Tried to get a pic of it but it didn't turn out too well.
Anyway, they pulled the plug out to show the latest group that arrived and then it happened. ...or, it didn't. The flipping lights had a short from all the unplugging/plugging. Guys! Total. Freaking. Darkness. None of us had flashlights (other than our phones) and the owners took us down to the belly but didn't stay as they are not fans of cigar smoke. It was like I was at the beginning of where a horror movie starts to take a turn for the worst.
Panic. This is how my life was going to end. I kept thinking how I'd never get to send my friends a coffee mug of me in leather chaps wearing unspeakable that @Pennywise827 sent me. How I'd never get to give @GoBISON that shirtless man hug that he has been begging me for. How I'd never get to whisper sweet nothings into @Glassman, @Unpossible_1, @irratebass, and @Lok17's ears as they sleep so sweetly at HBH. How I'd never get to see @Opie and @BigFatPanda finally make that "midget scrotum sandwiches" cookbook that they have been working on. I might not ever get to witness @Mjones9630 or @BigSkySmoke's "get high Herfs" again.
We made it out of the cave. I still haven't fully recovered emotionally. I hope we do it again.
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