Sharing is for Losers: Bolt Climbing in Checkerboard Cave
On frosty December morning, Ian Chechet, Carl Froslie, and I met up with Dan B. in White Sulphur …
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Sign in JoinBig Horn Cavern Or Bust
Ian Chechet organized another of his traditional post-Christmas week Big Horn Cavern Trips for those brave enough (or …
Ever Seen A Camera Sweat?
One of my long time cave partners, Richard B., and I have a tradition of going out on …
Confluence Winter trip
About 3ft of snow on ground and road clear to last private property line on Trail Cr rd …
Monarch Grade Cave — January 21, 2017
On a sunny day in January, five of us assembled by the roadside north of Monarch, each with …
The Dog Ate My Breakfast, and Other Mill Creek Mishaps
On January 28th, it was time again for brave volunteers to assemble at James C.’ house for the …
Rainbows and Unicorns
On Saturday, February 11, we had an eventful trip once again to Pearl Cave, this time with a …
Frosty Falls: Mill Creek Crystal Cave
“Cold, very cold.” Those were the last notes I sketched into my notebook as we finished surveying the …
Return to Confluence
We went to confluence cave around january 15 about a month ago, every thing was the same. Yet …
West Boulder Cave: The Mystery Continues
West Boulder Cave sits perched on the side of a meadow overlooking amazing karst on the opposite side …
Frosty Falls and brand new halls.
Ten of us headed in to Mill Creek Cave to survey and to climb a new waterfall. This …
Soloing Monarch Grade
On my way up to teach the vertical caving class in Great Falls I decided to take a …
Papoose - Idaho Caving
As Steve took one more charge with his jeep into the snow covered road, I knew it was …
Spring Break Fun in Ape Cave, WA
For spring break I decided to go visit some friends in Portland, OR. While I was out there …
162ft Neversink Pit, owned by the SCCi near Fackler, Alabama
Neversink Pit is a 162ft open air TAG classic! I was the only NRMG member attending this event …
Ellis Pit, Heart of TAG
Ellis Pit is located in Marion Co. TN. You can reach it by parking at a private Off …
Yak 1, 2 and Confluence
The group left the trail creek trailhead on snowshoes about 1030. We hiked to the entrance to yak …
Rickard's Coulee Ridgewalk
Andrew and I were set to explore and South Fork Cave mentioned in Caves of Montana, I however …
A Real Ice Cave
Easy approach to cave. Rappel down was difficult with the level of ice everywhere, lots of sliding and …
Missoula Vertical Training
On Saturday morning, numerous cavers arrived at the Kootenai Canyon trailhead and made their way up the trail. …
Bat Survey/ Mothers Day weekend trip up East Pryor Mtn.
Hey folks, Great weekend, hope you other guys were able to get out and enjoy spring time. Just …
Deep creek bat roost investigation
Quick 2 hour trip right outside Missoula to investigate and document evidence of winter bat roosting. Taylor (president …
Smokers and Dead Bats!
We visited Lick Creek Cave two days in a row. On the first day we realized that both …
Check up time for bats in Azure Cave
It was an unusually balmy morning on May 4th and I was up early for the 3+ hour …