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Table of Contents for Discovering West Virginia, pg132
Schoolhouse, Hell Hole, Clyde Cochran's Sink pg133
Roy Charlton and Earl Thiery, pg134
Hunts Cave , Indian Cave and Benedict's, pg136
Organ - Hendricks - Culverson - Creek - Ludington's, pg138
Lew Bicking is unable to get his wet suit off, pg140
D.C. Grotto page maps Organ, pg141
Thunderbolt Passage, pg141
A Saturday Evening Post article, page 142
The Ugly Caver, pg142
Remember Grapevine, page 143
Friendly Windy Mouth more pioneering with Charlton, page 144
Fingers in the pie, pg146
Enter Hixon, pg147
Sinnet and Thorn pg148, 149
The Court, a restaurant frequented by cavers, pg150
How Bill Cuddington started rappeling, pg150
Mott Hole deepest in the east (or: 'Where's Katy"?') pg151
Two Time Pit, pg151
Cass On A Dare, pg152, 153, 154, 155
the first 100 feet was a literal jump! pg155
The closing of Tory Cave. pg156
My West Virginia adventures with WVACS, pg156
Civl Defence Goes Caving, pg157
Our exodus began friday ay, February 24, 1967, pg158
Ringing the new year's at The fieldhouse, pg158
Gallery pg161
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Discovering Virginia
Table of Contents for Discovering Virginia
Discovery and exporation of Newberry - Bane's, p162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 168, 169, 170
A six day stay in Breathing Cave, pg171
legend connected with Buck Hill Cave, pg171
infamous cavers from Kingsport, TN (Jim Beck and John Holsinger), pgi71
Roy Charlton meets a mountain lion at Persinger's Cave, pg172
During I958 the survey added 300 caves to its records pg173
Skeletons in Tazewell Indian Caves, pg173
The exploration of the Fallen Rock system, pg174
The history of DOMC (Dirty Old Men), pg176
Grate Cave next to the Shelburne Hotel and Buddy Penley's Cave, pg177
One view of Miller's Cove by bill Cuddington, pg178, 179
Another view by Cliff Foreman, pg180
Article on Pickett's Cave and Seabolt Cave, pg181
several articles about Butler Cave, 183
Cavers smoke their NSS No. on the wall, pg182
Several articles about the exploration of Gilley Cave, pg184, 185
Caver graffitti in the Flamingo Grill and Steakhouse, pg186
Bear Skeleton in Clark's Wonderful Caverns, pg186
Pig Hole from 1942 and on, pg187
More fun with Roy and Earl, pg189
Here follows the legend of the Murder Hole, pg189
Exploration of Blue Hole by Terry tarkington and the Charlottsville Grotto, pg190
1944 VPI trip to Clover Hollow, pg192, 193
Two stories about Miller's Cave, pg194
The Higgenbotham's Project, pg195
Exploration of new River, pg196
Endless Caverns and , pg197
Warm River 1954, pg197
Trog get wedged in Aunt Nelly's Hole and Slusher's Chapel, pg198
Two articles on Slusser's Chapel, pg198
Barger Salpeter 1951, pg199
Musings, a song by Bob Alderson, pg200
Cartoon2 pg202
Rules for the Inn by John Calvin ca. 1530, pg203
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Grottos
Table of Contents for Grottos pg204
Where it all began. pg205
The history of the VPI Grotto, pg208
The organizational meeting of this group was held November 9, 1943, pg212
Chartered by the NSS March 1947, pg212
All we know about the Lexington Grotto is that it was formed in 1946. . . ., pg214
This grotto was chartered in 1946 as the Charlottesville Grotto, pg215
The Wytheville Grotto existed from 1950 to about 1958, . . . ., pg216
Organized by Kenneth Perry in 1956, pg220
The first discussion of forming a new caving group in the Washington, D.C. area occurred at . . . ., pg221
The Holston Valley Grotto was formed in 1962, pg222
The organization has maintained through the years an active balance in both scientific and exploration areas, pg224
The grotto existed in the NSS from 1964 to 1971, pg225
The Monongahela Grotto had its beginnings in February 1964 when . . . ., pg225
The Grotto was chartered by the NSS in 1965, pg226
Organized by Edward B. Morgan at Emory and Henry College, pg226
Sligo Grotto arose out of the ashes of the American University Student Grotto . . . ., pg227
The Greenbriar Grotto was formed from the Ronceverte Speleological Club . . . . ., pg227
Tidewater Grotto began when an Air Force 'brat" who learned to cave at . . . . ., pg228
This group had been preceded by five other North Carolina grottos . . . . ., pg228
The Mountain Empire Grotto was formed by Roy Powers in 1976, pg229
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Bring 'em Back Alive
Table of Contents for Bring 'em Back Alive, pg230
Discovery & Disaster George Titcomb, pg231
A Scoop Backfires Earl H. Giel, Mason Sproul, pg234
Ecape through a siphon R.E Whitemore, Gary Mccuthen, pg235
The UVA Grotto's Care--net (cave rescue network), pg237
It has a nasty habit of living up to its name, pg237
birth of the Brainbucket Award, pg238
Staunten Quarry intent upon remaining virgin, pg238
Canfield reflects on why people should not explore caves without proper equipment, pg238
No friend to VPI. pg239
Eight people with the Explorer's Club of Pittsburgh entered Cass Cave, pg239
Ellen had a broken leg, a broken ankle, a gash on her head. . . ., pg240
He apparently lost his footing and fell 50 feet . . . ., pg241
It was cold and raining, and the three on the surface were soaked and shivering . . . ., pg241
Exposure hurts! pg242
A lesson learned the hard way, pg242
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People
Table of Contents for People, pg244
John S. Petrie foundation builder, pg245
Vertical Bill Cuddington, pg246
Betty Loyd, pg248
One of the most admired and respected cavers in the Virginia Region . . . ., pg248
In 1952 I was a student at the University of Maryland at College Park . . . .,pg249
I was introduced to caving as a sport in 1958 or 1959 through . . . ., pg250
I first started caving with the University of Maryland Trail Club in 1959 . . ., pg251
I was introduced to caving by Lyle Conrad. He introduced and influenced . . . ., pg252
Easter Pig gets stuck, 253
The inventor of the prusik knot, pg254
Gallery pg256 Gallery pg257, Gallery pg258, Gallery pg259
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Old Timers Reunion
Table of Contents for OTR, pg260
Old Timers Reunion will be an annual event, pg261
Gallery pg263, Gallery pg264, Gallery pg265, Gallery pg266, Gallery pg267, Gallery pg268, Carts pg269 Gallery pg270
OTR: A Chronology, pg271
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Table of Contents for The Region, pg272
Beginning of The VAR, pg273
the partiers were treated to a five-man streak . . . ,pg274
The "Spontaneous" Happening A Tradition Is Born, pg274
A Tuly Spontaneous" Happening The Encampment, pg275
Photos, pg276
A listing of region projects, pg277
We were knee-deep in mud, drenched to the skin . . ., pg278
Pornographic?! It is, after all, Kim, a normal human function . . .,pg283
A list of VAR officers from the beginning, pg284
Gallery pg287, Gallery pg288
Region's Minutes from 1954 to 1971, pg289
GRottos and VAR orginizations, pg295
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