September 2022 Grotto Meeting
Classes & Workshops
September 1st @ 6:30pm - Join us for our monthly grotto meeting! Special presentation by Hazel Barton who will present on the Caves of Greenland. Keep Reading
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June 2022 Grotto Meeting
June 2nd @ 6:30pm - Join us for our monthly grotto meeting at our new location! Special presentation by Ellen Whittle who will present An Overview of Bats and Horsethief Cave.
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Grotto News
May 2022 Grotto Meeting
May 5th @ 6:30pm - Join us for our monthly grotto meeting at our new location! Special presentation by Christian DeCelle who will be presenting his work in Logsdon Cave and some of his Alaska exploration.
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Event Announcement
What's in Your Cave Pack? - May 2022
Every now and then, we ask a member of the grotto "What's in your cave pack?" This month comes from grotto member, Corey Ellis.
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Classes & Workshops
10th Annual Nashville Outdoor Rec Festival & Expo
4/9/2022 - 9:00am-3:30pm -Spend the day at Bells Bend Outdoor Center at the 10th Annual Nashville Outdoor Recreation Festival & Expo. Come out and see the latest and greatest equipment and visit our booth and ask us all your cave questions!
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Event Announcement
April 2022 Meeting
Our monthly grotto meeting featuring a special presentation by former grotto member Hali Steinmann will present on Working in Karst - Taking a dive into Hali's professional work as a geologist in Tennessee's karst regions.
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Event Announcement
March 2022 Meeting
March 3rd @ 7:00pm - Our monthly grotto meeting featuring a special presentation by Niles Lathrop who will be speaking about Northern California Cave Exploration.
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Event Announcement
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Blue Spring Cave Temporarily Closed [UPDATED]
A collapse at the entrance of the Blue Spring Cave has temporarily closed the cave until repairs can be made.
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Accidents
The NSS Headquarters Tour
Last week, grotto members Jody Bailey, Gerald Monie, and Larry Matthews took a trip to the NSS headquarters to pick up some books. A few days later, their footage was found...
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Other News
February 2022 Meeting
February 3rd @ 7:00pm - Our monthly grotto meeting featuring a special presentation by grotto member Corey Ellis on the recent exploration of Pleasant Ridge Cave and nearby systems.
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Event Announcement
Petzl Pirana Recall
Recall of PIRANA descenders (D005AA00 and D005AA01) due to a drowning risk if the rope accidentally gets blocked in the blocking slot. Immediately stop using the descenders affected by this recall.
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Gear News
January 2022 Meeting
January 6th @ 6:30pm - The first meeting of the new year! Join us for our monthly members meeting and special presentation by cave biology specialist, Hannah Lieffrieng.
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Event Announcement
November 2021 Meeting
November 4th @ 6:30pm - Join us for our monthly members meeting where we discuss all things caving!
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Event Announcement
The Caverns is hiring!
Located in Grundy County, Tennessee, The Caverns is a world-renowned destination known for live music in beautiful natural settings and they are currently hiring!
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Other News
October 2021 Meeting
October 7th @ 6:30pm - Member Ashley Adkins Irons will present on her experience exploring Montana Caves this summer with AmericCorps.
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Event Announcement
September 2021 Meeting
September 2 @ 6:00pm - This is the Nashville Grotto's monthly meeting for September, to be held at Shelter #10 at Edwin Warner Park. Open to the public and in person only.
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Event Announcement
August 2021 Meeting
8/5/2021 - This meeting will be both in-person and online. Join us for our monthly members meeting where we discuss all things caving!
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Event Announcement
June 2021 Meeting - In Person!
The Nashville Grotto returns to in-person meetings on June 3rd at Two River Park Pavilion #3 at 6:00 pm.
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Event Announcement
What's in Your Cave Pack? - May 2021
Once a month we ask a member of the grotto "What's in your cave pack?" This month comes from grotto member, Jason Lovvorn.
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Classes & Workshops
May 2021 Meeting
Join us for the monthly Nashville Grotto Meeting featuring guest speaker Paul Burger and his presentation on exploring Alaskan Lava Tubes! (video available)
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Event Announcement
Survey Talk - Part 6 - Intro to Sketching Profiles
Part 6 of the Nashville Grotto series, Survey Talk with Josh Brewer. This week features Josh discussing an Introduction to Sketching Map Plan. (Video Available)
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Classes & Workshops
Survey Talk - Part 5 - Pit Survey
Part 5 of the Nashville Grotto series, Survey Talk with Josh Brewer. This week guest host Ben Miller will discuss surveying pits. (Video Available)
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Classes & Workshops
What's in Your Cave Pack? - April 2021
Once a month we ask a member of the grotto "What's in your cave pack?" This month comes from grotto member, Ray Maslak.
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Classes & Workshops
Survey Talk - Part 4 - Sketching
Part 4 of the Nashville Grotto series, Survey Talk with Josh Brewer. This week he discusses Intro to Cave Map Symbols & Cross-Sections.
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Classes & Workshops
April 2021 Meeting - Jim "Crash" Kennedy
4/1/2021 - 7:00pm - Join us for our monthly meeting where Jim "Crash" Kennedy will take you on a geographic, geologic, biologic, and scenic tour of the Sierra Madre Oriental area in Mexico.
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Event Announcement
Survey Talk - Part 3 - Underwater Cave Survey
3/23/2021 - 7:00 PM - Join Adam Hughes as he shows us the world of underwater survey!
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Classes & Workshops
Survey Talk - Part 2 - Recording Data
In Part 2 of this series, Josh explains the importance of collecting and recording accurate data while surveying in an often hostile environment, where water, mud, and tight spaces add to the challenges of taking readings.
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Classes & Workshops
March 2021 Meeting - Hawaii Speleological Survey
3/4/2021 - 7:00pm - Join us for our monthly meeting where Bob Richards will present "Hawaii Speleological Survey: 30 years of great discoveries, exploring, mapping the longest and deepest lava caves in the world."
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Event Announcement
What's in Your Cave Pack? - March 2021
Once a month we ask a member of the grotto "What's in your cave pack?" This month comes from grotto member, Chris Durai.
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Classes & Workshops
Survey Talk - Part 1 - Intro to Survey
2/23 @ 7:00 pm - This is the first of a series of short talks to discuss different aspects of cave survey featuring Nashville Grotto Vice-chair, Josh Brewer.
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Classes & Workshops
What's in Your Cave Pack? - February 2021
Once a month we ask a member of the grotto "What's in your cave pack?" This month comes from former grotto Chair, Mark Wenner.
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Classes & Workshops
February 2021 Meeting - Caves of Grand Canyon National Park
Please join us for our monthly meeting. Jason Ballensky will present on Double Bopper Cave. It’s the longest cave in Arizona and the 11th longest cave in the United States. It is located in a remote part of Grand Canyon National Park.
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Grotto News
Death at South Pittsburg Preserve
The death of an Alabama caver is the result of apparent "mechanical failure" at the South Pittsburg (Marion County, TN) preserve.
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Accidents
January 2021 Meeting - Tears of the Turtle Cave
January 7th, 2021 - The first grotto meeting of 2021 featuring a presentation by Ian Chechet: "Tears of the Turtle, because somebody has to do it".
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Event Announcement
December 2020 Meeting - Virtual Holiday Party
Join us for the December Holiday Grotto Virtual Gathering this Thursday, December 3rd at 7pm. Elections will be held, followed by holiday festivities. Prizes will be given out for trivia and other contests.
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Event Announcement
November 2020 Meeting - Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation
Merlin Tuttle from Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation will be joining us to present on bats \ bat conservation and conduct a question and answer session.
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Event Announcement
October 2020 Meeting - Going Bats in New Zealand During the Onset of Covid
Please join us for our monthly meeting on October 1st! Mike Warner and Emily Davis will be presenting: “Going Bats in New Zealand During the Onset of Covid”.
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Event Announcement
September Meeting: Bill Steele "Sistema Huautla"
Bill Steele will be presenting "Sistema Huautla of southern Mexico: the 50 plus year exploration of the deepest cave in the Western Hemisphere”. We hope you all can make it!
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August 2020 Meeting - Matt Pelsor from The Caving Podcast
For this month's meeting, our presenter will be Matt Pelsor, former Chairman of the Central Indiana Grotto (CIG) and host of The Caving Podcast.
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Event Announcement
June 2020 Meeting - Risk Management and Caving
For this month’s meeting, we had our very own Jenny Tison presenting on “Risk Management and Caving”.
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May 2020 Meeting - Intro to Cave Survey & Inventory
Join us for this month for, “Intro to Cave Survey & Inventory” presented by Josh Brewer. Here he’ll discuss types of data surveyors collect, how they collect it, and why it’s important to survey in the first place.
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Event Announcement
April 2020 Meeting - Tennessee Geology
Due to increased risk with COVID-19, April's Grotto meeting will be held virtually through Zoom. We are going to be having a presentation by our very own Grotto Chair, Caralynn Strand, on Tennessee Geology.
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Event Announcement
COVID-19 Update
Concerns regarding the threat of the Coronavirus have been brought to the attention of the Executive Committee. For this reason, we are looking at alternatives for the meeting via web-based/virtual means.
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Special News
Savage Cove Cleanup Weekend
Volunteers from all over TAG and beyond came together this weekend to help clean up an illegal dumpsite in Grundy County, TN.
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Grotto News
The New Nashville Grotto Website
The Nashville Grotto website has been revamped and updated with all an all-new design meant to showcase who we are and what we do to the community.
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Special News
SERA Winter Business Meeting 2020
The Nashville Grotto was well represented at the meeting this year by members Kim Fedrick, Julianne Ramsey, Gerald Moni, Chuck Sutherland, Rachel Saker, John Hoffelt, Chrys Hulbert. Zeke McKee, and Alan Hatcher.
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Grotto News