Zen Water Garden
Another taco stand morning at 8:30am before the crew headed out to eMotions ATV park for some fun! …
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The second cave trip in Mexico started at 8am with a meetup at a taco stand for breakfast …
The Bear Sprayed Us: A Classic Bigfork Trip to Poia Lake
I woke up at 4 AM in Kalispell at Hans’ house, swigged a little coffee and headed out …
Two Circles
Our first day of caving in Mexico started at 8:30am the day after we arrived. We met the …
Wyoming Is The Pits
Richard B. and I made our annual New Year's Day foray out of Billings. We usually go to …
Big Ole' Greasy Nap in Millrace
I went to a very groovy, privately owned gypsum cave near Carrizozo, New Mexico with the Sandia Grotto …
San Diego Caving (Submission for free rope)
Ian Chechet and Ellen W. joined me in San Diego for a couple days. The had originally planned …
Five Hours Hiking, Ten Minutes "Caving"
One of my top side hiking friends, call him Brad, was convinced by me to hike to Hella …
Surveying in Paradise and Hand to Hand Raven Combat in Northern Norway
At the end of October, I was kicked out of my dorm for the course of the fall …
Hopefully a connection
This dig has been going on for a long time. It is under the Cave of Winds parking …
Reaching Volehalla (And Other Arctic Caves)
The helicopter lifted off with a blast of wind, leaving me and five others standing alone on what …
New Pit Cave
In late May of 2018 I was taking photographs in some difficult terrain from high points in northern …
Willow Peak Cave — August 1, 2018
Quick visit to Willow Peak Cave. Did it as a day outing from convention. Took a couple hours …
Tockes Cave — August 3, 2018
A few of us visited Toeckes Cave after the convention. Noted a few bats in the back room. …
Oh, Rats: No Bats in Woodward's
Dan B. and I traveled to Woodward's cave on a windy day to survey for hibernating bats. Although …
A Perfect Day for a Cave Triathlon (Featuring Carl’s Cave Panini Recipe)
On a warm December day, Dan B. and I met up with Carl Froslie for a moderate (we …
Spring Snorkeling.
Brian, Carl and I hiked up the little bear road and then down the creek at the base …
Caving with Grotto leader
Saturday 9/29 Big horn cave: our original plan was to head out the sand tubes, but you all …
Horse thief cave — December 12, 2018
11/5 Monday Horsethief cave: made it to Pleistocene bones/Horsebones by way of TGF crawl. wow long exhausting trip! …
introducing caving to some fellow Forsythians
Tim and I got together to take some potential Grotto members on a tour! Friday we headed to …
Bighorn/Horsethief Send Team
Labor day weekend was absolutely gorgeous, yet the weather couldn’t keep us above ground. Our fearless, cheerful, and …
Morels anyone?
Grotto members Carl F and Zach A assisted MFWP again this year to get into and more importantly …
Wind, Rain and Mud
My boys and I got an early start on a rainy Saturday morning heading to the Stanford area …