Trailsitter’s Adventures
This is a collection of adventures that I’ve been on and tried to document. Some are backpacking. Some are caving. I hope to build on other different adventures as time goes on.
While most of these trip reports are written and photographed by me, some are by others and used with their permission.
Both Caving and Backpacking are, what I call, non-competitive team sports. It’s not a race to be first. And usually, the first one done missed something along the way. However, you do depend on the folks on your team. They watch out for you, you watch out for them. They are the ones you share your experiences with.
I hope you enjoy reading the stories and looking through the photo albums.
Temple University Geology Club 11-22-08
Dragon Breath Grotto at Dead Dog Cave 10-18-08
Central NJ COuncil GSUSA Caving IPP 08-03-08
Horseshoe Scout Reservation Staff at Wind Cave Trip 07-25-08
Surprize Cave with Dragon Breath Grotto 6-28-08
Seawra Cave with Philly Grotto 6-7-08
Caving with Crew 37 of Elverson, PA 6-1-08
PCaves with Dragon Breath Grotto 5-4-08
Caving with with Crew 7 3-29-08
Dead Dog Cave with Troop 178 12-15-07
Whitings Neck and Indian River Caves with Dragon Breath Grotto 12-27-07
Brandywine Valley Association to Wind Cave 7-19-07
Kooken Cave at MAR Spring 2007
Driebilbis and Onyx Caves November 19,2006
Wind Cave 11/4/06 or Caving with the Troop from Maryland
McAlisterville and Carnegie caving, August 12 and 13, 2006
Vertical Practice at Wissahickon Park 8/6/06
Rupert Cave with Troop 222 of Westtown on April 1, 2006
Corker Hill and Frustration Pit with Chester County Council VOA on February 25, 2006
Peiper Cave with Troop 9 on October 22, 2005
Cleversburg Sink June 26, 2005
Corker Hill and Frustration Pit, May 21, 2005
Corker Hill with St. Joe's Adventure Club.
Silars Cave Trip with Troop 18 on April 2, 2005.
Driebilbis Cave in Berks County 2/13/05.
Peiper Cave with Crew 5 on March 19,2005.
McAlisterville Cave August 21, 2004.
Frustration Pit August 1, 2004 My daughter’s first caving trip.
Crew 213 Caving Trip June 2004.
Peiper Cave with Troop 9, May 1, 2004.
Backpacking at the Pinical on the AT, November 2003.
So now you want to go caving and want to know how start. First check out the National Speleological Society and find a local gotto (caving club). Find out when thier meetings are and go and introduce yourself. Talk to the folks there and let them know that you want to go caving and are able to abide by the caver's creed of "Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but well placed foot prints, kill nothing but time." If you want to take your youth group caving, check out the NSS Youth Group Leaders' Guide. If you're from around Pennsylvania, email me directly. Cave softly, but cave often, Allen "The journey is the destination of adventure."