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Westtown School Caving Trip 3-26-11

...We met them the morning of the trip at a rest stop along the way. Watching the kids at the rest stop I mentioned to the schools leaders that it looked like a good turn out. That's when they told me a last minute change in numbers............ Read the whole story here.

Caving with Troop 106 12-4-10

...Troop 106 from Paoli caving. We meet them at a rest stop in central Pennsylvania. They had originally predicted 16 members going but had dwindled down to eight hardy souls to brave the cold weather today........... Read the whole story here.

Caving with Crew 456 8-21-10

...Josh has been caving with us for a while. He has several caves on his resume. This was Mikey's second caving trip. He was excited to try this cave after an enjoyable trip to Wind Cave.......... Read the whole story here.

Dragon Breath and Philly Grotto Go Caving 6-26-11

...We divided into two vehicles and took off to meet up with Bill near the cave. Of course I'm running behind schedule and was about 15 minutes late. But we all did get together and got to the cave, suited up, and carefully walked through the rows of corn find the entrance to our adventure for the day......... Read the whole story here.

Central Pennsylvania Caving 5-23-10

...It's been over a year and a half since I've been underground. We have some new blood in the Crew and they are ready to go,op6 too. We met up at the McDonald's at Morgantown. ?........ Read the whole story here.

Ridge Walking 12-20-08

...Saturday the sun was still behind some clouds. The temps were in the 20s, but at least it stopped raining. We weren't hit by the storm as bad as some areas of Pennsylvania, and Montgomery County was one area that was worse off than we were. ?........ Read the whole story here.

Caving with Crew 94 11-16-08

...OK, so we finally got Crew 94 underground. This trip was postponed due to SATs. What an excuse. What could be more important than getting underground?........ Read the whole story here.

V3 Weekend 11-1-08

...I was there with the squeeze box and dark obstacle course, the portable cave as the caving station. My object was not just to let them try the activities, but to encourage them to seek out Dragon Breath Grotto to try caving. I was armed with brochures, a display, and loads of other information about caving and Dragon Breath........ Read the whole story here.

Dead Dog Cave 10-18-08

...When we got in we started in a place that I had seen a side passage I wanted to check out the last time I was there. I found it again and looked once more. I wasn't going to fit. But I wanted Amos to take a good look at it. So I backed out and Amos and the rest of the crew went in to take a look....... Read the whole story here.

Caving with Crew 304 9-6-08

Crew 304 is from Glenside. We've done trips with them and Troop 304 before. They are a great bunch and fun to be around, so the motivation to get them into the schedule was there even though it was full already. We found September 6th to be a good date for mostly everybody...... Read the whole story here.

Surprize Cave 6-28-08

It was one of those days when I just couldn't get myself together and moving. Maybe just not enough caffeine to get me rolling..... Read the whole story here.

P-Caves 5-4-08

... We entered Python Pit Cave about 1:40 PM. I's an easy “1 hour cave"� Steve claims. And it probably would have been except I kept stopping to take pictures.... Read the whole story here.

McAlisterville Cave 3-9-08

This was the best trip that never happened. Doesn't make sense? Read the story..

Whitings Neck and Indian River Caves in WV Trip

On December 27, 2007 we went to the upper panhandle of WV for a day trip. We went to two caves and had a great time in both. Here's the story of the day and pictures.

Hershey Cave Trip

November 18, 2007 was our first "official" caving trip as a grotto. I did get a few pictures and one video. You wanna' see them? Here you go.

Big V Day 2007

On November 3, 2007 was Big V Day. Here's what happened during the caving demonstration that I was stationed at.

VOA Caving Trip

In February of 2006 a group of cavers from the Philadelphia Grotto took members of the Chester County Council Venturers Officers Association to Corker Hill ahd Frustration Pit for a day of caving. Here's what happened.