Every month, various grotto members can be found crawling around in one hole or another, all over the United States and the world. This is a list of current and past events either organized, supported, or attended by grotto members. Since many SFBC often attend CRF trips and events, those were also included.

If you are interested in participating in the CRF research program at Lava Beds, Mineral King, or Sequoia/Kings Canyon, please contact the CRF Expedition Leader to see if your skills and experience are appropriate.

If any of these events sound interesting, drop on by the next meeting for more information and introduce yourself, or send an email sfbc@caves.org and you will be put in touch with the trip leader. Meetings are free to the public, but you may also fill out an online membership form to join. Keep in mind that the dates and trips below are tentative, and may change without notice. As always, the trip leader has the final say on who can join a trip.

If you are a current SFBC Member, you may access the full trip schedule with contact information here.

May 2008
2 - 4	NPS: Crystal Sequoia Cave Trustees Meeting and Restoration Weekend	Crystal Sequoia parking lot
3 - 10	NCRC: Cave Rescue Operations and Management Seminar	Camp Skyline, Mentone, AL
13th	Executive Meeting	Fresh Taste Mandarin Kitchen
16 - 18	Millerton Lake Cave	Intermediate, wetsuit required
	NPS: Crystal Sequoia Cave Restoration Weekend #2	Crystal Sequoia parking lot
	CRF: Hidden Spring Suss Out Trip	Required skills vary by trip*
22 - 23	Dunsmuir and Sheep Butte Caves	beginner
23 - 26	CRF: Lava Beds Area Caves	Required skills vary by trip*
	CRF: Lilburn	Required skills vary by trip*
27th	Members' Meeting	USGS, Menlo Park
June 2008
3rd	Vertical Practice; Grill + Potluck Sides	Frantz home
10th	Executive Meeting	Fresh Taste Mandarin Kitchen
14th	Grotto Social; Meat Provided + Potluck Sides	Little Frantz Home
20 - 22	CRF: Lilburn	Required skills vary by trip*
24th	Members' Meeting	USGS, Menlo Park
27 - 29	Medicine Lakes/McCloud Area Lava Tubes	beginner
July 2008
1st	Vertical Practice; Grill + Potluck Sides	Frantz home
3 - 6	CRF: Lava Beds Area Caves	Required skills vary by trip*
	CRF: Lilburn	Required skills vary by trip*
8th	Executive Meeting	Fresh Taste Mandarin Kitchen
11 - 13	Church Cave	Intermediate, some trips vertical check with trip leaders
18 - 20	Marble Mountains Caves	Intermediate to advanced, cold, vertical
22nd	Members' Meeting	USGS, Menlo Park
25 - 27	Crystal 67	Intermediate, cold, vertical (must not be first vertical cave)
August 2008
1 - 3	CRF: Lilburn Cave	Required skills vary by trip*
2nd	Rippled Cave	beginner
5th	Vertical Practice	Cragmont Rock Park
11 - 15	NSS Convention	Lake City, FL
12th	Executive Meeting	Fresh Taste Mandarin Kitchen
15 - 17	CRF: Mineral King Caves & Digging	Required skills vary by trip*
22 - 24	Lost Soldier s Cave	Intermediate, vertical
26th	Members' Meeting	USGS, Menlo Park
29 - 9/1	CRF: Mineral King Caves & Digging	Required skills vary by trip*
	CRF: Lava Beds Area Caves	Required skills vary by trip*
September 2008
2nd	Vertical Practice; Grill + Potluck Sides	Frantz Home
9th	Executive Meeting	Fresh Taste Mandarin Kitchen
12 - 14	Western Region Annual Meeting	Camp Yenis Hante
19 - 21	CRF: Mineral King Caves & Digging	Required skills vary by trip*
23rd	Members' Meeting	USGS, Menlo Park
26 - 28	Crystal Sequoia Cave	beginner to intermediate contact leader
October 2008
7th	Vertical Practice; Grill + Potluck Sides	Frantz Home
10 - 13	CRF: Lava Beds Area Caves	Required skills vary by trip*
	CRF: Lilburn Cave	Required skills vary by trip*
14th	Executive Meeting	Fresh Taste Mandarin Kitchen
18 - 26	NPS: Crystal Sequoia Cave Restoration Week	beginner
25 - 11/2	CRF: National Carlsbad Caverns Expedition	Required skills vary by trip*
28th	Members' Meeting	USGS, Menlo Park
November 2008
1st	Empire Cave Cleanup + Dinner	beginner
4th	Vertical Practice; Grill + Potluck Sides	Frantz Home
7 - 10	CRF: Lilburn Cave	Required skills vary by trip*
11th	Executive Meeting	Fresh Taste Mandarin Kitchen
15th	Golden Gate Area Sea Caves	beginner
22nd	Crystal Palace	beginner cave, but difficult approach
25th	Members' Meeting	USGS, Menlo Park
27 - 30	CRF: Lava Beds Area Caves	Required skills vary by trip*
December 2008
6th	Volcano Area Caves	beginner
9th	Executive Meeting	Fresh Taste Mandarin Kitchen
13th	Holiday Party	Little Frantz Home
January 2009
10th	CRF: Planning Meeting	Veterans Administration Hospital, Fresno
11th	NCRCWest Planning Meeting	Mortimer Home
July 2009
19 - 26	International Congress of Speleology and NSS Convention	Kerrville, TX

* CRF labeled trips fall under the auspices of The Cave Research Foundation (CRF) an Institutional Member of the NSS. CRF trips are project oriented trips. They require varying levels/categories of skills from novice through advanced and depend upon an individual trip's goals and its associated cave environment. Some typical trip goals are surveying, restoration, data acquisition for geological studies and other, similar, activities that support the scientific study of caves. If you are interested in participating in a CRF sponsored trip, please contact the indicated trip leader directly. More information on the CRF may be found at http://www.cave- research.org.

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