New to the community not caves :)
Posted: Aug 11, 2006 3:30 amHi I'm from north Alabama and have been caving for most my life but I have never been a part of the caving community until now the reason I waited till now I honestly don't know but id like to share my story of why
a few months back I visited a cave that I had been in many times and got myself lost (and my friends) for the first time ever it was scary no doubt but I remained calm and got my friends out but after that I couldn't go caving and getting lost haunted me (dreams even) until last weekend when I decided the only way I would get it out of my head was to go back to the spot and so I did for the first time I felt renewed respect for this and all caves not that I hadn't practiced safe caving before but over the years I just got lazy about some important things (Hench the getting lost) and as we were leaving I was sick at the way the entrance has been destroyed over the years so I took the trash bags I had for my cloths and stuffed them full of everything I could find littered in the cave and after two full hefty sacs I looked around and trash was everywhere like I had made almost no difference
so I decided to get involved with the community and this is my starting point and I plan to join the NSS soon maybe this week and try to find out how to get involved with the local grotto which I think is Huntsville but like I said this is all new to me so any advice or tips on how to get involved would be much appreciated
also I apologize for lack of punctuation I'm lazy and sleepy its way past bedtime
thanks
Cain Mahan
a few months back I visited a cave that I had been in many times and got myself lost (and my friends) for the first time ever it was scary no doubt but I remained calm and got my friends out but after that I couldn't go caving and getting lost haunted me (dreams even) until last weekend when I decided the only way I would get it out of my head was to go back to the spot and so I did for the first time I felt renewed respect for this and all caves not that I hadn't practiced safe caving before but over the years I just got lazy about some important things (Hench the getting lost) and as we were leaving I was sick at the way the entrance has been destroyed over the years so I took the trash bags I had for my cloths and stuffed them full of everything I could find littered in the cave and after two full hefty sacs I looked around and trash was everywhere like I had made almost no difference
so I decided to get involved with the community and this is my starting point and I plan to join the NSS soon maybe this week and try to find out how to get involved with the local grotto which I think is Huntsville but like I said this is all new to me so any advice or tips on how to get involved would be much appreciated
also I apologize for lack of punctuation I'm lazy and sleepy its way past bedtime
thanks
Cain Mahan
But seriously, as a "city-boy" with country roots, the first caves i found myself in were trashed and it broke my heart to see what irresponsible people can do by trashing a cave. Thanks for taking the time to pick some up. I wish everyone would!