NSS Members are cordially invited to attend the WVACS Pre-Convention
Camp at the WVACS Field Station in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
Camp attendees will literally be surrounded by miles of world-class
caving! This Pre-Convention Camp is ideal for project cavers as well
as those simply wanting a classic WV trip, with a variety of led and
self-guided trips each day.
Tuesday, July 30th through Saturday, August 3rd, 2013, at Noon.
==>TRIPS
Daily caving trips will be led by WVACS members and friends, and will
be refined to campp attendees' abilities and interests. Trips will
range in intensity, vertical, and wetness. Self-led trips are also
possible. For more trip information, email Larry Fisher at
[email protected].
==>FEE
$35 per participant (sorry, no per-day rate). Limit of 50 participants.
==>FACILITIES
Two solid buildings with plenty of parking, full plumbing (bathrooms
with HOT showers), and electricity. No meals will be provided;
However, WVACS has two full kitchens complete with refrigerators.
Sleeping arrangements include a bunk room and lots of camping space
throughout the 6-acre property. Everything is available on a
first-come, first-served basis.
==>REGISTER
First email Chuck Frostick at [email protected]. Then mail your
registration information (names, address, phone number, email) and a
check payable to WVACS ($35 per person) to:
Chuck Frostick, WVACS Treasurer
P.O. Box 6885
Charleston, WV 25362-0885.
Your registration will be confirmed upon receipt of check and attendee
information.
==>FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/events/625076030837447/
==>CAVE TRIPS
Select your wish list from over 250+ miles of wild West Virginia
caving! Explore on your own or let us show you the way. Caves are
loosely grouped by intensity, with vertical and project caves also
noted. Other trips are possible: This is just a sample.
==>MODEST CAVES
Haynes: easy cave with saltpeter workings.
Higginbotham #1, #2, #3, and #4: Do four easy caves in one day!
Piercy?s Mill: Includes a room of 8-foot deep rimstone dams.
Pocahontas Poor Farm: Easy access with walking passages and a few squeezes.
==>MODERATE CAVES
Benedicts: Big, mostly horizontal cave with optional entrance drop.
Bone-Norman: Long lower stream passage, caves linked thru the ?Devil?s
Pinch?, easy access.
Buckeye Creek: Classic WV big stream passage, just over the hill from
the WVACS Field station.
Dry: A wet cave with (yet another) long stream passage and virgin
upper-level passage waiting to be surveyed.
==>LONG CAVES
Boar Hole-Portal: Three entrances into 11+ miles.
Culverson: A premier WV water cave, 20+ miles long.
Friars Hole: 40+ miles with many entrances and trip options.
The Hole: 20+ miles.
McClungs: 20+ miles, 2 entrances. Vertical entrance will be open.
Horizontal entrance might be.
Organ: Lipps entrance to 40+ miles with a commercial section.
==>VERTICAL CAVES
Carpenter-Swago: Thru-trip with two vertical entrances.
Lost World (aka Grapevine): 100? rappel into a commercial cave with walkout.
Maxwellton: 10+ miles with a number of short drops. Some of the main
stream passage needs to be surveyed.
McClungs: 20+ miles, 2 entrances. Vertical entrance will be open.
Horizontal one might be.
Roadside Pit: 70? pit in a roadside ditch with cave at the bottom.
==>PROJECT CAVES
Burntwood: Nice cave with great potential. Ongoing survey with plenty
of virgin leads. Dry: Open for surveys in virgin upper-level passage.
A wet cave with long stream passage and nice formations.
Maxwelton: Parts of the main stream passage awaits survey. 10+ miles
with a number of short drops.
Savannah: This cave will be featured in the July NSS News. Advanced
vertical skills are required.
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