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Start: 7:00 am
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The September Grotto Meeting will be Thursday night, September 7 at 7:00pm at the Adventure Science Center. Show up at 6:30 for coffee and fellowship. Burgers and Beer after the meeting at Brown's Diner as usual. The program for the September meeting will be slides, photos, and reports from those that attended the NSS Convention in Washington State recently. There may be time for open photo | ||
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09 / 9
Start: 6:30 am
Ken Oeser and Robert Van Fleet will be leading survey trips to Bear Hole: a long, horizontal, mazy cave in Grundy county on Saturday, September 9, and the weekend of September 23-24, which will most likely be a camping trip. The cave is mainly canyon passages, is dry, and only horizontal gear is needed. There is about a mile hike to the cave from the parking area, with an elevation loss of almost 600 feet, so the hike is tougher than the cave. We have special permission to this remote region of South Cumberland State Park, so come while you can. Although we have mapped over 4800 feet in the cave so far, we have only gone about 500 feet from the entrance. No survey experience is required, just a willingness to hold the tape, write numbers, or check loops. We will be at the September grotto meeting for final details, but we will likely leave Nashville around 6:30am on Saturday the 9th, and carpooling is recommended. Start: 10:30 am
Bill Overton is organizing a Workday at Hardins Junkyard Cave for September 9, 2006. Meet at the cave at 10:30 AM. Work to be done includes repairing the sign and spreading gravel in the parking area. Bring your own refreshments and your caving gear since you might as well go inside while you're there. Come help keep our mascot cave keep looking as pretty as Mr. Overton! | ||
09 / 10
Start: 10:00 am
The next installment of the Blue Spring Cave New Entrance Upgrade | ||
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09 / 13
Start: 6:30 am
End: 10:00 am
Trip to Junkyard Cave led by Steve Cooper. Meet at Waffle House off I40 at White Bridge Road at 6:30 or at the cave at 7. This trip is suitable for all experience levels. Leave message here or contact Hatch with questions. Hatch : 615-439-5731 Cell | ||
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09 / 16
Start: 8:30 am
Saturday September 16, Robert Van Fleet to lead trip to Cooper Creek and Darnells caves, both near Clarksville and within walking distance of each other. Meet at I-24 exit 35 (Joelton) McDonalds at 8:30 (to leave; arrive earlier if planning to eat). From Joelton it's about another hour to the caves. Cooper Creek is a pleasant dry cave with some evidence of saltpeter mining, historic graffiti, and, unfortunately, some vandalism. There is some crawling. | ||
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09 / 20
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Wednesday night, September 20 This is a chance to try out rappelling before you go into a cave. There are rappels ranging from 30 feet to 200 feet. We will be out after dark, so bring a helmet with a headlamp. For directions or more information, call or e-mail John Hickman, 615-585-5277 or johnhickman [at] comcast [dot] net | ||
09 / 21
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
The next Executive meeting will be on September 21 at Gerald and Avis house. | ||
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09 / 23
End: 4:14 am
Start: 2006-09-23 06:30
End: 2006-09-24 04:14
en Oeser and Robert Van Fleet will be leading survey trips to Bear Hole: a long, horizontal, mazy cave in Grundy county on Saturday, September 9, and the weekend of September 23-24, which will most likely be a camping trip. The cave is mainly canyon passages, is dry, and only horizontal gear is needed. There is about a mile hike to the cave from the parking area, with an elevation loss of almost 600 feet, so the hike is tougher than the cave. We have special permission to this remote region of South Cumberland State Park, so come while you can. Although we have mapped over 4800 feet in the cave so far, we have only gone about 500 feet from the entrance. No survey experience is required, just a willingness to hold the tape, write numbers, or check loops. We will be at the September grotto meeting for final details, but we will likely leave Nashville around 6:30am on Saturday the 9th, and carpooling is recommended. | ||
09 / 24
End: 4:14 am
Start: 2006-09-23 06:30
End: 2006-09-24 04:14
en Oeser and Robert Van Fleet will be leading survey trips to Bear Hole: a long, horizontal, mazy cave in Grundy county on Saturday, September 9, and the weekend of September 23-24, which will most likely be a camping trip. The cave is mainly canyon passages, is dry, and only horizontal gear is needed. There is about a mile hike to the cave from the parking area, with an elevation loss of almost 600 feet, so the hike is tougher than the cave. We have special permission to this remote region of South Cumberland State Park, so come while you can. Although we have mapped over 4800 feet in the cave so far, we have only gone about 500 feet from the entrance. No survey experience is required, just a willingness to hold the tape, write numbers, or check loops. We will be at the September grotto meeting for final details, but we will likely leave Nashville around 6:30am on Saturday the 9th, and carpooling is recommended. Start: 8:00 am
Becky Dettorre will lead a trip to Buggy Top Cave on September 24. From Becky: "We'll meet to leave at Bell Rd Shoneys off of I-24 at 8 am. Please also put that if anyone needs a light or helmet, to contact me before hand and I'll borrow from folks in the grotto. Every caver must have a helmet and light on this trip." Buggy Top is a very easy cave that from what I understand you just walk through. | ||
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