Several months ago Shane McCurdy and I started planning a trip to TAG. Our goal was to introduce some younger cavers to the kind of caving that happens in that area. We invited about a dozen people who have vertical skills but have never been to any TAG pits.
As usual, there were people signing on and then leaving the trip. Shane was among them. We wound up with four people attending: Myself, Tristin Whetstine, Jerel Waters and Hayden Perry. I requested SCCi permits for Neversink, South Pittsburghread more
This post collects links to the business meeting minutes for 2025. We did not have a secretary for part of the year, so some of the meetings did not get recorded.
KCAG member Corey Ellis recently spent two weeks caving in Tennessee, plus another short trip at the end of January. His trip report is at Google Drive.
Participants – Bill Gee
Mike Kovacs
Candace Kovacs
Dustin Schmidt
Matt Naughton
Several years ago the owners of Stark Caverns acquired a bit over 300 acres of land lying generally west of the cave and across the creek. At that time there was some talk of walking the property looking for caves. We never got around to it because the main survey project was going. When the COVID pandemic came along, that also putread more
Participants – Bill Gee
Mike Kovacs
Candace Kovacs
Jack Rufener
Amy Hargroves
Time in = 9:30am
Time out = 2:15pm
There were three goals for this trip. The first was to get some better photography of an overlook just off the west end of the Onyx Circle. The second was to check out some tight leads and blowing air at the far end of the Rugged Canyon. Third was to run an endoscope camera into a very tight hole at the Half-Way Room to see if itread more
Corey Ellis attended the 2023 TAG Fall CaveIn on Lookout Mountain in Georgia. His trip report is posted at the Nashville Grotto web site. There are several photos at the end of his very long and detailed report.
Corey Ellis wrote an excellent report about his recent trip to Devil’s Icebox Cave. The report is posted on the Nashville Grotto web site. Here is a link to his report.
Bill Gee
Tristin Whetstine
Mike Kovacs
Candace Kovacs
Chloe Kovacs
On past photo trips we have covered most of Stark Caverns. The last area to be photographed was the Rugged Canyon. This is the longest and most difficult of the side passages in Stark Caverns.
Candace Kovacs was our main photographer. Her smartphone does an amazing job with cave photography. Tristin Whetstine had a GoPro on his helmet, and Mike Kovacs took some photos with his smartphone.read more
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