Hello from Birmingham, AL

[CaveMD]

Hi all,


I'm a 4th year medical student at UAB going into emergency medicine, I have done almost zero dry caving but I'm pretty hooked on cave diving(especially the tight sidemount/nomount stuff and/or deep technical variety). My only dry caving experience has been sumps and springs that connect to dry cave(still a sump I guess but in reverse order?) and one dry cave in north AL I was hoping had a sump in the back of it.

I'm interested in doing a little more dry caving but I really just don't know the people to get into it locally and I don't know how much longer I will be in Bham until residency match day coming up on March 16th.

[Phil Winkler]

Welcome to the forum. Check out the Birmingham Grotto here: http://www.bhamgrotto.org

[mgmills]

Welcome to the forum. Check out the Birmingham Grotto here: http://www.bhamgrotto.org

Meeting info on the website is incorrect. The grotto does meet the 2nd Tuesday (Feb 14) but the location is incorrect on the website. They meet in a room above Matthew's Bar and Grill (which is on the southside of town on Morris Avenue) . . . very convenient to the UAB medical center.

I started my caving life with the Birmingham Grotto and maintain a membership there even though I now live in TN.

[mgmills]

Hi all,


I'm a 4th year medical student at UAB going into emergency medicine, I have done almost zero dry caving but I'm pretty hooked on cave diving(especially the tight sidemount/nomount stuff and/or deep technical variety). My only dry caving experience has been sumps and springs that connect to dry cave(still a sump I guess but in reverse order?) and one dry cave in north AL I was hoping had a sump in the back of it.

I'm interested in doing a little more dry caving but I really just don't know the people to get into it locally and I don't know how much longer I will be in Bham until residency match day coming up on March 16th.

BTW, Welcome to the caving world doctor. I'm a nurse and know several doctors who are also cavers. Even if your residency takes you away from the B'ham area there are grottos all over the US.