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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 [...]
Events
Florida Cave Cavort Prep, January 27, 2013
Posted on 01 February 2013
A bunch of Florida Speleological Society members showed up for work at Jerry and Shirl’s place on Sunday, Jan. 27 to make preparations for the Florida Cave Cavort, to be held March 8 – 10, 2013. Several projects were tackled. Al and Brian Krause worked on preparing caver showers in a greenhouse. Here are Steve [...] Continue Reading
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Cavers Helping Cavers
Posted on 24 January 2013
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 [...] Continue Reading
Trips
Ocala Caverns Cleanup and Trip
Posted on 05 December 2012
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 [...] Continue Reading
Trips
Catacombs Trip 11/18/12
Posted on 25 November 2012
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 [...] Continue Reading
Trips
Tucks and Lundy’s
Posted on 31 October 2012
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, [...] Continue Reading
Trips
Anderson Springs Trip Report
Posted on 31 October 2012
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 [...] Continue Reading