Cave exploration trip reports

Overnight in Big Canyon

Water in the Guads meant a rare opportunity to backpack to a cave.

Dec 29, 2025 • Alex Fischer

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October 2025

Beyond Midnight Junction in Fort Stanton Cave

Exploration in the far reaches of the cave, while bivying beyond the standard Midnight Junction Camp.

Oct 10, 2025 • Alex Fischer

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September 2025

The Chandelier Ballroom in Lechuguilla Cave

Planet Earth isn't supposed to look like this.

Sep 10, 2025 • Alex Fischer

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July 2025

Return to Midnight Junction in Fort Stanton Cave

10 miles and 12 hours from the surface of the Earth, a spectacular and unique cave branches out into many unexplored, inviting passages.

Jul 12, 2025 • Alex Fischer

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June 2025

Lechuguilla

3 days in a beautiful and hot cave

Jun 14, 2025 • Alex Fischer

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March 2025

Rescue at Parks Ranch, and Spirit World in Carlsbad Caverns

Last Friday March 21st was a long, eventful day.

Mar 26, 2025 • Alex Fischer

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February 2025

Tears of the Turtle Cave, 2024 expedition, part 1

The deepest cave in the US gets even deeper! Many mishaps along the way.

Feb 10, 2025 • Alex Fischer

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October 2024

Prince of Wales Island, Alaska 2024 caving trip

2 weeks of caving in the rainforest

Oct 1, 2024 • Alex Fischer

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June 2024

Break testing my homemade caving harness

I use a homemade harness for caving, rather than any commercially available one.

Jun 28, 2024 • Alex Fischer

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Caving in the Grand Canyon: Silent River Cave

This past Memorial Day Weekend (May 24-28), I went on a caving trip in the Grand Canyon.

Jun 16, 2024 • Alex Fischer

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Snowy River passage in Fort Stanton Cave—scientific sample collection and exploration

The other weekend, May 18-20, I did a 3 day camp trip in Fort Stanton Cave, just 3 hours away from Albuquerque.

Jun 1, 2024 • Alex Fischer

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October 2023

New paper out now! "Hardness results for decoding the surface code with Pauli noise"

The other week I came out with my first paper since starting grad school: Hardness results for decoding the surface code with Pauli noise, with my…

Oct 2, 2023 • Alex Fischer

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