Chaminade High School Grotto Newsletters
In the 1970s, Chaminade High School in St. Louis, once had a student grotto. Unfortunately, the grotto is defunct, but here are a couple of their newsletters.
In the 1970s, Chaminade High School in St. Louis, once had a student grotto. Unfortunately, the grotto is defunct, but here are a couple of their newsletters.
This is a great video about cave safety! This video features MVG’s Dan Lamping and it was produced by Grotto President Derik Holtmann!
The Meramec Valley Grotto is highlighted in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Dan Lamping, MVG member and MSS President, and Joe Light, MVG Vice President, were interviewed for this article.
The May 16, 2018 Meeting will host a program about Sainte Genevieve County caves by Alex Litsch. Learn about the recent discoveries, geology, and see several great maps!
This presentation will be an overview or project caving in Missouri and describe how the MSS & CRF work to complement one another in conjunction with the Missouri caving community. Topics covered will be the various services each organization provides, cooperative agreements and partnerships with state and federal agencies and the Missouri Cave Database.
Tony Schmitt held a knot class at the August 2019 MVG meeting, followed by a rope school at his barn the following Saturday, with a cave trip to a pit on Sunday. Thanks Tony.
Gravimeters, zero length springs, and gravity can be used to find caves.