Caving Links

West Virgina Grottos with Web Sites

Martinsburg

ESSO Grotto

(In Kentucky, near Huntington)

Other Regional Grottos

Washington DC Grotto (DCG)
Baltimore Grotto

Sligo Grotto

Reisterstown, MD (with on-line newsletter)

Pittsburgh Grotto
Loyalhanna Grotto

Indiana, PA

Nittany Grotto

State College, PA
VPI Cave Club

Blacksburg, VA

Battlefield Area Troglodyte Socisty (BATS)

Fredericksburg VA (with on-line newsletter)

James River Grotto

Lynchburg, VA

Richmond Area Speleological Society (RASS)

Tidewater Grotto

Hampton Roads VA (with on-line newsletter)

Blue Ridge Grotto

Roanoke, VA (with on-line newsletter)

Cleveland Grotto

(with on-line newsletter)

Central Ohio Grotto

Galena, Ohio

Dayton Underground Grotto

(with on-line newsletter)

Greater Cincinatti Grotto

(with on-line newsletter)

Blue Grass Grotto

Lexington, KY

Louisville Grotto

Other Good Grotto Sites

Northern Indiana Grotto

(with on-line newsletter)

Timpanogos Grotto

Orem, Utah

Kansas City Area Grotto

(with on-line newsletter)

Permian Basin Speleological Society

Midland, Texas (with on-line newsletter)

Organization Links

Bat Conservation International

NCRC

Maryland Geological Survey Cave Page

(with photos and descriptions of MD caves)

Informational Links

Closed Caves

Cavediggers.com

World Caving News (WCN)

Caving Intro Site

(With links to mapping software, caving news, etc.)

Caving Technology

Caving Accidents
Long and Deep Cave Lists

(Compiled by Bob Gulden)

World Cave Database

(Compiled by Eric Madelaine)

The Carbide Caver

West Virginia Cave Surveys

(From PSC site)

Cave and Karst Parks (National Park Service)

TAG Caving Resources
Cave Page

(An Australian Page)
Cave Research Foundation
Speleogenesis and the Evolution of Karst Aquifers

("A virtual scientific journal")

World Wind

(A NASA program with 3D aerials and topos)

NPS Cave and Karst Program

Life on a Line

(A Manual of Modern Cave Rescue

Ropework Techniques from the UK)

Grotto Members Cave Photos

Brian Masney's Cave Pictures

Doug Bell's Flicker Page

Harry's Maranakis' Caving Page

Dave Riggs' Photos

WV Underground

(John Harman, Josh Flaugher and other WVUSG members)

Other Caving Photos

Bill Storage's Photos and Articles

The Virtual Cave
SpeleoBooks
David Gibson's Site (UK)
Innermost Imagery

Caving Expeditions.com

Special Interest Web Sites

Vertical Section of the NSS
Cave Rescue Section of the NSS
Paleontology Section of the NSS
Video Section of the NSS
Survey and Cartography Section of the NSS
Cave Conservation and Managment Section of the NSS
Geography and Geology Section of the NSS
Communications and Electronics Section of the NSS

Surveying

Survey Software

National Geophysical Data Center

(For declination)

Brandon Kowallis's Site including Adobe Illustrator for Cavers Tutorial

(For tutorials click on Cave Resources)

Maps

Cool Map Tools

Convert Lattitude/Longitude to UTM

Knots

Animated Knots

Roper's Knot Page

(An on-line encyclodedia of knots)

Blogs and Forums

Northern WV Caving Blog

(Maintained by Dave Riggs)

Cavechat.org

US Cavers Forum

Candle Power Forums

Conservancies

West Virginia Cave Conservancy

Mid Atlantic Karst Conservancy
Pennsylvania Cave Conservancy
South Eastern Cave Conservancy
Billy Clay Cave Preserve

Sinnett-Thorne Conservancy

Michigan Karst Conservancy
Northeastern Cave Conservancy
Indiana Karst Conservancy
American Cave Conservation Association
Missouri Caves and Karst Conservancy
Texas Cave Management Association
The Karst Conservancy

Gear

Karst Sports

Inner Mountain Outfitters (IMO)

On Rope 1

Bob and Bob
Howie's Harnesses
Gonzo Guano Gear

Lost Creek Packs
Wunderwear
Rock-n-Rescue
Petzl
Meander

Accessary Gear

Forestry Suppliers, Inc

Miscellaneous Links

The Death of Floyd Collins (recorded by Vernon Dalhart in 1925)

Cave Ballads

(from NSS Conventions in mp3 format)

Ted's Caving Page

(You have to read this entire web journal/trip report

to appreciate it.)

An abridged Great Cave of Dry Fork of Cheat River