a new guy from tag

[slapout]

hello everyone i am new to this site but not to caves my mom and dad are in the nss and have benn for a long time mom is a geologist but it has only been in the past few years that i have taken a intrest into their work when i saw some rednecks "reds" trashing a cave and i knew something needed be done to help preserve them for the generations to come even tho i have donated money to the nss i was never a member but i will be by monday and awaiting a responce from the chatt. groto i now relize there is alot more to caveing other than the beauty that God has given us under our feet thanks

[Cheryl Jones]

Welcome! And thanks for caring.

Chattanooga Grotto is pretty active with a lot of good folks. I bet you'll enjoy caving and hanging out with them.



Cheryl

[cavemanjonny]

awaiting a responce from the chatt. groto i now relize there is alot more to caveing other than the beauty that God has given us under our feet thanks

Howdy slapout,

Have you heard back from the grotto yet? If not, let me know and I can try and help things along. Also, I live just up the road from you, so if you want to go caving sometime, just give me a shout.

-Jonny

[BrianC]

Welcome slapout! Monday evening is Chattanooga grotto monthly meeting, hope to see you there!

[incavenow]

Welcome slapout to the forum. I'm glad to see another Georgia caver on here. I wonder what cave it was you saw being trashed? I try to get over to Pettijohns Cave when I can to do trash pickup there.
Glad to see ya.

[tncaver]

hello everyone i am new to this site but not to caves my mom and dad are in the nss and have benn for a long time mom is a geologist but it has only been in the past few years that i have taken a intrest into their work when i saw some rednecks "reds" trashing a cave and i knew something needed be done to help preserve them for the generations to come even tho i have donated money to the nss i was never a member but i will be by monday and awaiting a responce from the chatt. groto i now relize there is alot more to caveing other than the beauty that God has given us under our feet thanks

Hey slapout...I am so glad you are interested in preserving caves and keeping senseless vandals from harming them.
However, I hope you will not fall into the fanatic cave gating philosophy that seems to be permeating some cavers. I, like
you, love caves and all they have to offer, but I also love to visit those caves. There is a large group of us cavers who
seem to think it is best that no one goes anywhere in any cave, at any time. I can only ask, why did God put caves here if he/she didn't want us to visit them?
Sometimes caves do need gating, but there is more than one way to "skin a cat". Recently, vandals were caught and prosecuted using an infra red game camera. Signs displaying cave protection laws may also help to prevent needless vandalism. A gate should be the last resort, but sometimes they are a necessary evil.
Good caving.
John Hutchison NSS11906

[slapout]

hello again and thank you all i have got with marty and hope to see all of you soon and as far as the trashed cave it was tallys and i am realy glad that i will have people to go with