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2014 Cave Cavort
Every year cavers from Florida form a traditional gathering. This is for cavers young and old, experienced or inexperienced, in state or out, everyone is welcome. This year the Tampa Bay Grotto (T-Bag) hosted the “Fresh squeezed, premium, all natural Florida Cave Cavort during the final weekend of March. Steve Adams and the entire Tampa…
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2013 TAG Trip
October 11-13, 2013 If you are a caver, one of the biggest events to look forward to every year is the annual trip to the “TAG Fall Cavein”, held in early October. There are other trips to the Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia (TAG) area during the year, but the annual TAG Fall Cavein is always…
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Warrens Cave Preserve Party
Warrens Cave is the longest dry cave in Florida, with over 4 miles of passage. As beautiful as Warrens Cave is, with ribbons of chert, karst canyons, and Miocence era fossils–it is also known for some of the longest and tightest squeezes that shred adventurers into exhausted hamburger. It was discovered years ago that one…
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2013 Cave Cavort
As March 2013 approached cavers across Florida and the southeastern United States make last minute plans of escaping for the weekend. Some make lists of what to bring, others scramble to finish work. Finally, just prior to the second weekend of March cavers load vehicles to maximum capacity and head for Jerry’s Ranch in Williston…
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Cavers Helping Cavers
After the holidays and a little time off, it wasn’t long before the FSS was back to doing what it does best. Gathering its forces and pitching in when and where the need arises. So when the call came out from one of our veteran cavers, John Harris, that we needed to spend some time…
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Ocala Caverns Cleanup and Trip
Every caver from the Ocala area has a soft spot for Ocala Caverns. The property was originally a turn-of-the-century quarry. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the property was cleaned up and used as a movie set for a Tarzan movie starring Johnny Weissmuller. Later, the property was bought by the famous wrestler…
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Catacombs Trip 11/18/12
Marissa put together a trip to Catacombs on November 18, 2012. We have 10 people total for the trip. We met at the regular meeting place, and got to catch up with Danny and Annette. After chatting with them we headed over to Catacombs. Jason went ahead and graciously rigged both drops for us. Everyone…
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Tucks and Lundy’s
Hurricane Sandy passed by on her way to the North–giving clear blue skies to Central Florida on the 28th of October, 2012. It just happens that Steve Nemeth put together a trip for the Elkin family and any other FSS members who wanted to explore Tucks and Lundy Caves that day. Steve, Ben, and…
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Anderson Springs Trip Report
It was the weekend of the TAG fall cave in and Wade and I made it to Jasper, TN at 3am. We pulled up to Kelly and Jason’s house and snuck in for a few hours of shut eye. We all awoke around 7:00 am to get ready to go. We headed towards the Cave…