"The big cave sucked us in," write Borden and Brucker, and so begins their account (told in alternating first-person chapters) of the roles they played in extending Kentucky's Mammoth Cave from 144 miles in 1972 to over 300 miles in 1983. Generously illustrated with drawings and maps, their tale is both a history of spelunking and an underground adventurefor the non-claustrophobiccomplete with competitive rivalries and physical peril. A sequel to , by Brucker and Richard Watson (1973). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)