The morning was crisp and cool as we stepped onto the dewy grass after sleeping in the trunk of the Highlander for the third night in a row. Even though the temperatures in Tennessee compared to that back home in Texas, the cool, dry air and the thrill of being at our first NSS Convention…Read more The Jive Hole

The Aggie Speleological Society visited Midnight Cave in Austin, TX. To prepare for this cave, everyone descending vertically into the cave had their vertical skills checked and practiced up-climbing and repelling. The next day after a service project, we went to a local park to find the cave and get all of our gear ready.…Read more Midnight Cave Trip Report

By Rob Upchurch The morning of November 12, 2016, members of Aggie Speleological Society and Bexar Grotto woke and prepared to clean trash and graffiti from historic Powell’s Cave in Menard County, Texas. Powell’s, the supposed site of Jim Bowie’s buried silver, had been recently broken into and vandalized. After helping Crash Kennedy install a…Read more Powell’s Cave Service Project: November 2016