Category: Events
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Cave Conundrum: Knot Your Average Day! Tackling the Great Warren’s Rope Swap
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Written by Maggie Brosky, first appeared in The Florida Speleologist September 2023 Issue Those who know me know that I’ve been spending a significant amount of time in Warren Cave recently. On a recent trip, Alicia Bateman pointed out a section of the rope that she thought was concerning. Upon…
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FSS does SERA
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Five true go-getters from the FSS drove up for the April 21-24,2022 SERA Cave Carnival. Background: The National Speleological Society (NSS) was founded in 1941. The NSS is broken into 11 different regions depending on geographical region. The four grottos in Florida, including the Florida Speleological Society (FSS), are part…
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Let’s Go Cavorting Again
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After two years of waiting, and 4 months of planning: meals, ticket sales, tee-shirt design, band, cave permissions, guide book printing, port-a potty rental, raffle, and area preparation–the March 4-6, 2022 weekend for the Florida Cave Cavort had arrived. According to the Britannica Dictionary, a Cavort (kəˈvoɚt) is: 1) to…
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A NEW POLE BARN
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After two years of Covid precautions-things are moving forward. Two things that had been put on hold were the Florida Cave Cavort and a new pole barn. Fortunately, now the time was right. The forecast was for a beautiful day on February 26, 2022. It was only one week before…
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A Brand New Gate on Warrens Cave
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Selfless Dedication: South Dakota is beautiful in the summer, Florida is ridiculously hot. So, why would two semi-retired gentleman voluntarily get in a truck and drive 2,000 miles from South Dakota to Gainesville, Florida to do hard manual labor for a week, without their family, and without getting paid a…
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A Hats Off
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Just like Charles Dickens said in the very first sentence of ‘A Tale of Two Cities’: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” In spite of a worldwide pandemic, civil unrest, and political upheaval–four…
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TRIP TO WARRENS CAVE 03/14/20
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Facing fears of the Corona Virus reaching us, a small group decided we would go caving at Warrens Cave before we are all stuck inside. Warrens is Florida’s longest cave at 4.5 miles. Because of the many long…
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CAVE CRAWL–2020
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Cavers from all over Florida were excited–calls were made, vehicles packed, plans were put into action, and anticipation was high. It was almost time for the annual Florida Cave Crawl. Flint River Grotto was sponsoring the annual event this year, and Florida cavers have been really looking forward. Cave divers…
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Cleanup of Jennings Cave
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Several motivated members from the local caving groups answered, FSS president’s (Natalie Volk) invitation to come out to Jennings Cave on Sunday February 16, 2020 for a cleanup. Upon arrival, we noticed that an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) road has been built right up to the cave entrance giving even…
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In Remembrance of Les Cockram
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A heartfelt farewell to an unmatched friend taken before his time. I, as well as all others who crossed his path, instantly became lifelong friends with him. And we were the fortunate ones. He had many hobbies , one of which was caving. Les, myself and Irv Sterling spent countless…