There were 18 maps entered in this year's
(29th annual) salon: 9 in the apprentice category, 8 in experienced, 1 in
master/professional, and 2 in non-traditional. In addition, there were 2 maps
shown as "display only." The United States, Philippines, Serbia,
Slovakia, and China were represented by entries.
APPRENTICE CATEGORY:
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MERIT
AWARD
Denny Saltpeter Cave
Wayne County KY
Lacie Braley
MERIT
AWARD
Roxbury Mine
Litchfield County, CT
Bob Jacobs
HONORABLE
MENTION
Catacombs Cave
Siskiyou County, CA
Liz Wolff/John Tinsley
ACCEPTED
Cachtická
jaskyna (Cachtice Cave), Slovakia, by Martin Sluka
Dogwood Cave, Hart County KY, by Steven Austin
Gryka e Madhe (Great Canyon, or Velika Klisura),
Kosovo, Serbia, by Martin Sluka
Mudkins Wallow Cave, Meade County KY, by Steven
Austin
Oil Well Cave, Hart County KY, by Steven Austin
Turkey Hollow Cave, Crawford County MO, by Keith
Drossman
EXPERIENCED CATEGORY: [Click thumbnail
for larger image]
MERIT
AWARD
Thorntons
Cave
Sumter County, FL
by Lee Florea
MERIT
AWARD
Kamira Cave
Magtangtang, Republic of the Philippines
Glen Malliet
HONORABLE
MENTION
Grand Caverns
Augusta County, VA
Paul Gaskins
HONORABLE
MENTION
Little River Pit
Mendocino County, CA
Matt Leissring
HONORABLE
MENTION
Smokehole Cave
Rockcastle County, KY
Howard Kalnitz
ACCEPTED
Down Draft Cave, Skamania County WA, by Garry
Petrie
Perseverance Cave, ??? County WA, by Garry Petrie
White Owl Cave, Tuolumne County WA, by Heather
McDonald
MASTER/PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY:
Accepted
Peacock Cave, Grant County WV, by George Dasher
NON-TRADITIONAL CATEGORY: [Click thumbnail for larger image]
MERIT
AWARD
Germany Valley
Pendleton County, WV
Gordon Brace
ACCEPTED
DISPLAY ONLY CATEGORY:
Dumbiersky vysokohorsky kras (Dumbier
highmountain karst), featuring Jaskyna mrtvych netopierov (Cave of the Dead
Bats), Slovakia, by Martin Sluka
SRTM Digital Elevation Model,
Guizhou Province, China, by Mike Futrell
NO MEDAL WAS AWARDED THIS YEAR.
JUDGES:
Apprentice Category: Mike Futrell, Howard Kalnitz,
Steve Reames
Experienced, Master/Professional, and Non-Traditional Categories:
Rod Horrocks, Pat Kambesis, Carol Veseley.
