Using this forum to introduce my daughter and myself. I'm Steve, 53, she's Sarah, 13. We're from Cookeville Tn and new to Caving. So far we've,,,,,joined the Upper Cumberland Grotto, joined the NSS (no number yet tho), went into Blue Springs Cave, Flooded Canyon Cave, practiced rapelling in a guys backyard and done a 68 ft up/down into Morgan Pit. We've looking forward to going to TAG this week, just Friday cause Sarah as a X-country meet on Saturday, and buying equipment there (harnesses, ascenders, rack etc). We've bought helmets and pads off ebay. We're reading "On Rope" and practicing knots now.
What Ive seen of cavers and caving so far is awesome, really cool attitudes, respect for the nature we inhabit (big deal to me, im a former backpacker) and a lot of respect for showing Sarah how to do it right. Looking forward to meeting folks on this forum, Soooo hi!