Blue Ridge Grotto Minutes
1-16-2009
Trips
porters - big slit, some of the new stuff
grand caverns jan 3 surveyed kevins attic, ihop 128surveyed
new river dec 29 pat susan alan dave, mike frazier, carl cornet
nov28+29 gap cave 500 survey 18hr
water sinks nov huge group almost left doug
jan 2 alan breathing cave entrance clogged w/ leaves, went to nutcracker formation
Nov 25 + 25 Aaron Moses, Carl Cornet, and Will Urbanski went to bottom of Yer cave and down Andrews room drop in
Nov 28+29 Aaron Moses, Nikki Fox, and Chris Coates went in Carpenters cave, Dreen cave, Just and Just right caves
Dec 5-7 Aaron Moses, Pete Pencer, and Dwight Livingston bolted 2 high leads on a camp trip in memorial day cave. More domes were found, including one over 225 tall
Dec 12 Aaron Moses and Abby Hohn bounced Sites cave 180pit and explored lower level.
Dec 20-Jan 1-Aaron Moses and 9 other cavers explored El Soplo de los Toros in Mexico making it 1700 deep and the deepest cave in Nuevo Leon
Jan 6-10 Aaron Moses, Abby Hohn, and Nikki Green bounced 6 pits in TAG during a flood. The pits were very wet.
Jan 11 Aaron Moses and Bob Alderson surveyed about 30 over very tight phreatic tube in Shovel Eater Cave
grotto trip scott hollow
New business
Rocks no report
Safety and techniques hope to have something set up for ext month
Mid Atlantic Karst Conservancy membership expiring
Motion to buy new lights
Al has carbide mostly dried up
Announcements
NCRC training
VAR at Grand Caverns, hosted by Front Royal Grotto
feb21 trip mc clungs
mar 21 trip john pearson leading 9 people into boarhole cave beginner trip with ladder and mad
ncrc cave rescue management seminar june
Treasurer report:
Petty cash $ 139.00
Checkbook balance $7529.27
Total assets $7668.27
General account $6923.80
Conservation fund $ 106.09
Equipment fund $ 341.08
Cave bucks $ 103.30