Miscellaneous

Caving Rules of Three

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Many of the basic safety guidelines for caving are encapsulated as “Rules of Three”.  Here are some of them.

1) Always go caving with at least three other people.  If one person is injured, then one can stay with them while two go for help.

2) Always let three people know where you are going and when you will be back.  These people need to know what to do if you do not check in by the scheduled out time.

3) Always carry at least three independent sources of light.  read more

Trip Reports

2025 September – TAG Trip

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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 Pittsburgh read more

Trip Reports

2024 January 7 – Stark Caverns ridgewalking

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Stark Caverns ridgewalking trip report 2024-01-07

Time in 9:15am, time out 12:30pm

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 put read more

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