Trip reports from members
Stark Caverns survey project trip report
Date – 26 Feb 2022
Participants – Bill Gee, Becky Nelson, Scott Wenzel and Seth Colston (KCAG)
Kohl Mitchell, John Roth and Shannon Zaloz (Chouteau)
Laurel Dunn (PEG)
We went into the cave about 0930. Since four of the crew had never been in the cave, we did a quick walk-around of the tourist trail. We split into two teams. One team was Seth, Laurel, Scott and Becky. The other was Bill, John, Shannon and Kohl. We worked our way out the Rugged Canyon
TAG Trip Report – August 4 through 8, 2021
Go to the bottom of this post to see photos from the trip.
Several months ago I heard some interest from a few KCAG members about getting more experience with vertical gear in some deeper pits. I searched around a bit and decided to set up a trip to some of the classic SCCi (Southeast Cave Conservancy Inc.) pits in the TAG area. The chosen pits were Neversink, Valhalla and South Pittsburgh Pit.
I scheduled the trip for early August 2021. The plan was
Participants
Seth Colston (Leader) – KCAG
Bill Gee – KCAG
Becky Nelson – KCAG
This was the first recorded trip to Geronimo Cave near Macks Creek, MO since Bill Gee visited the cave about 12 years ago. I will be leading the survey efforts along with others in the Kansas City Area Grotto.
All three of us met at 6:30am in Grandview, MO. Bill led the convoy while strictly following the speed limit. Becky and I followed behind. We stopped shortly in Warsaw, and arrived at Husong’s property
