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Master index of newsletters from 1992-2000.  These are text-only:

February 1992
Editor Dan Flynn
Pre-First Issue
Notice of meeting 2/22/92
DUG Constitution

February 1992
Editor Dan Flynn
Caving Basics Syllabus
Sloan's Trip Notice

March 5, 1992
Editor John Coleman
First "official" newsletter
Crawlathon report
Sloan's Screamin' Willies trip report
1st "Ask The Borehole"

March 10, 1992
Editor Dan Flynn
Federal Cave Resources Protection Act
Sloan's trip report
LED's
Cave Rescue Seminar, Carter Caves

June 8, 1992
Editor Mark Coluzzi
New Members
Down the Tubes in Hawaii, by Lou Simpson & Sheryl Hilton.

September 18, 1992
Editor Mark Coluzzi
Burnside Wormfest - the other trip, by Dan Flynn
Mammoth Cave Class, by Sheila Osipov
Wormfest Caving, by Lou Simpson
Sloan's Through Trip, by Dan Flynn
NSS Convention 1992 by Lou Simpson & Sheryl Hilton

November 1992
Editor Colin Gatland
Notes From The Borehole
Freelands Cave, by Colin Gatland
Premarital Wells Cave Trip, by Lou Simpson
Karst-O-Rama 92 & Convention 92, numerous cave trip reports by •Andy Niekamp
Lost Soles in Cave Creek, by Lou Simpson
Wolf River Cave Register info by Lou Simpson

December 1992
Editor Colin Gatland
Notes From The Borehole
"Long Cave" Quiz
Down the Tubes in Hawaii, by Lou Simpson & Sheryl Hilton.
Wolf River Cave, by Lou Simpson
Wolf River Cave, by Colin Gatland
1992 Carbide Courier Index by Lou Simpson

January 1993
Editor Colin Gatland
"Along Came Dan," poem by Bill Keegans
Notes From The Borehole
Various reports by Andy Niekamp: Sloan's, Pine Hill, Teamer's, GSP, Arthur Singleton's, Hardin Baker, Slave Cave, Cedar Forks, Freeland's, & Cave Creek.
Part 2 of Lou & Sheryl go to Hawaii, by Lou Simpson.
Impractical cave light source winners
DUG goes vertical by Colin Gatland

February 1993
Editor Colin Gatland
Ask Mr. Borehole
Review of children's caving fiction by Lou Simpson
Crawlathon 93, Carter Caves, by Colin Gatland
Dropping in to Visit Pine Hill Cave, by Colin Gatland
Wolf River Cave by Colin Gatland
Romping in the Rumpus Room & Attacking the Astrodome (Wolf River passes 7.5 miles), by Lou Simpson
Cavers cars ransacked at Pine Hill
Cool James Cave
NSS Convention 92 by Lou Simpson & Sheryl Hilton
Member List

March 1993
Editor Colin Gatland
The Strange Fate of David Perry, fiction by Lou Simpson
Punkin Cave...a Cave Creek Renaissance, by Lou Simpson
Dave & Sandy Rice return bear bones to Goochland Cave
Urban Underground (UC tunnels), by Dan Flynn
Sinks, Pine Hill, Across the Road, & Arthur Singletons trip reports by Andy Niekamp
Poking Around in Pine Hill by Colin Gatland

April 1993
Editor Colin Gatland
Responsible Caving, by Mike Hood
Flynn Cave Flood, by Lou Simpson
Kettering Adult School Goochland Cave Field Trip, by Joe Windows
New Find in Slave Cave, by Colin Gatland
Return to Graveyard Cave, fiction by Lou Simpson

May 1993
Editor Colin Gatland
The Summons from Below, fiction by Lou Simpson
Wolf River trip by ??
Punkin Cave by Lou Simpson
Crooked Creek Ice Cave trip by John Schmoll
Wells Cave by Lou Simpson
Across the Road & Arthur Singletons Caves, by Sandy Rice

June 1993
Editor Colin Gatland
The Ballad of the International Scout by Lou Simpson
The Quest for Oblivion: Endurance Caving in Crump Spring Cave, by Lou Simpson
Wells Cave by Lou Simpson
Speleofest 93 by Lou Simpson

Wormfest Guidebook June 1993
Editor Colin Gatland
Maps of Pine Hill, CCIC, Sinks of the Roundstone, Great Saltpetre Cave, Hail Cave Main Drain, Rainy Sunday, Red Goose & Sloan's.
Articles about the caves by Lou Simpson, Bill Walden & Doug Stecko.
Lou Simpson's Manual of Suck-In Techniques

July 1993
Editor Colin Gatland
Pine Hill by Dan Flynn
Minton Hollow by Dan Flynn
Caving at Wormfest II by Lou Simpson
Pine Hill Cave Rescue by Colin Gatland
Trapped in Fisher Ridge by Lou Simpson
Hammering by Lou Simpson
Crooked Creek Ice Cave by Scott Sweet
Climax Cave by Steve Robinson
The Origin of Carbide by Frank Reid

August 1993
Editor Colin Gatland
Sloan's Valley, Screaming Willies Entrance, by Pamela Garrett
Sloan's Valley by Lou Simpson
Karst-O-Rama 1993 by Colin Gatland

September 1993
Editor Colin Gatland
Abbott, Rotten Fork, Big Jordan, and other unnamed caves by Lou Simpson
DUG's First Indiana Trip, by Mike Hood
Some Observations by Lou Simpson
Return to Wolf River by Pamela Garrett

October 1993
Editor Colin Gatland
The Guardian of Graveyard Cave, fiction by Lou Simpson
Bizarre Speleological Phenomena by Ork (Paul West)
Getting Serious in Cave Creek by Lou Simpson
DUG Gets Vertical in Rockcastle Co. by Colin Gatland

November 1993
Editor Colin Gatland
Conservation Tidbits by Mike Hood
Karst Encounters 1993 by Harry Goepel
DUG Does Dolomite by Colin Gatland

December 1993
Editor Colin Gatland
Kenny Hedges, Sec. of Mid-Hoosier Grotto, invites DUG to cave in Indiana
OVR Membership by Mike Hood
Newspaper article about Mike Hood
Hiking in the Smokies, Forbidden Caverns, by Lou Simpson
Hidden River Cave, Ganter Cave, and More! by Pamela Garrett
Cave Creek & Sloan's, by Lou Simpson
The Voyage to John Coffey Cave, by Sheila Osipov
1993 Carbide Courier Index by Lou Simpson

January 1994
Editor Colin Gatland
A Chat with Granny Johnson, lifelong Rockcastle Co. resident, by Andy Niekamp
Sinks, Across the Road, & GSP trip reports by Andy Niekamp
Wells Cave: A Rainy Weather Friend, by Harry Goepel
Graveyard Cave Goes to Hell, fiction by Lou Simpson

February 1994
Editor Colin Gatland
A Caver Valentine Romance, by Lou Simpson & Sheryl Hilton
The Drop by Fred Gordon
Nonvertical Section Formed by Lou Simpson

March 1994
Editor Colin Gatland
Teamer's Cave by Lou Simpson
Crawlathon by Stephanie Caldwell
DUG does DOG (Doghill-Donahue cave) by Clay Abernathy
Caver Slang Part 1
Dallas Down, book review by Lou Simpson

April 1994
Editor Colin Gatland
Borehole Confessed!!! by Colin Gatland
Cave Rescue: Pine Hill - Again! by Dan Flynn
Circle of Light, poem by Cavedog
Indiana Cave Symposium & Under Earth Day V, by Mike Hood
Bob Dobbs Cave by Linda Mullins-Johnson
Conservation Corner by Mike Hood
The Tale of Slaves Basement, by Sweet

May 1994
Editor Colin Gatland
Wayne's Cave - A Beginner's Perspective, by Jason H. Stallard
Someone Lives in the Sand Room, by Scott Sweet
Caver Slang Part 2

June 1994
Editor Colin Gatland
Ferris Pit Weekend by Colin Gatland
Zarathustra's & Triple-S Caves, by Lou Simpson
Conservation Corner by Mike Hood

July 1994
Editor Colin Gatland
Go In Pieces by Lou Simpson
Limestone in the Sky, fiction by Lou Simpson
Thornhill Cave, by Lou Simpson(?)
Wormfest III Caving - GSP, Hail, & Bob Dobbs Cave, by Lou Simpson
The Cave Trip, poem by Gwen Robinson
Great Wonderland Caverns - Speleofest 94, by Clay Abernathy

August 1994
Editor Colin Gatland
What is OTR?
Parker's Pit by Kim Good
Famous Last Words in Caving by Lou Simpson
Conservation Corner by Mike Hood

September 1994
Editor Colin Gatland
Farewell Chair Letter by Dan Flynn
Pipe Dream: KOR III, GSP, & Sloan's, by Lou Simpson
Zarathustra's Cave by Lou Simpson
NSS Convention 94: Kickapoo Caverns & Caverns of Sonora, by Lou Simpson
You Know You're Caving With a Nurd When: by Lou Simpson
Teamer's Cave - Wormfest 94, by Pamela Garret
Conservation Corner - Coon Cave, by Mike Hood
Insignificant Pit by ?
Top Ten Lists by Lou Simpson

October 1994
Editor Colin Gatland
Speleofest 94 - Thornhill Cave, by Steve Robinson & Clay Abernathy
Sloan's Valley Cave by Craig Ham
Wolf River, Milk & Butter Sink, Lost Chisel Cave and others, by Lou Simpson

November 1994
Editor Colin Gatland
DUG Vertical Section Plays TAG for a Weekend, by Colin Gatland, Craig Ham, & Sheila
High Praise Indeed! poem by Cavedog
Fentress & Pickett Counties, TN, by Lou Simpson
Farter's Rights
Cave Capers 94 by Craig Ham, Sheila Gallogly, & Linda Johnson
Carbide Courier Index by Lou Simpson

December 1994
Editor Colin Gatland
Scoops by Lou Simpson
Parent Child Trip by Sweet
...The Lead's Obvious! by Dan Flynn
Toot-n-Joe's Cave by Clay Abernathy
Cave Creek, Sloan's Valley, by Lou Simpson
The Blue Pool, by Clay Abernathy
Caving Terms by Lou Simpson
Member Profile: Judith Keegans

January 1995
Editor Colin Gatland
Member Profile: Donna Gehring
Surveying in Indiana by Mike Hood
Sloan's Valley, by Lou Simpson
Cave Creek, by Lou Simpson
"Carl's got the Weekend Weather for us..." by Colin Gatland
The Ballad of Sweet's Cave, by Colin Gatland(?)

February 1995
Editor Colin Gatland
Proposed Grotto Trip to Cave River Valley, IN, by Mike Hood
Return to Stykes Cave, fiction by Lou Simpson
Let Me Tell You About...by Clay Abernathy
i fell through this here opening in the floor of the loft, by Jim Odom
Member Profile: Butch Morris


March 1995
Editor Colin Gatland
The Caver's Paradox, poem by Bruce Unger
The Pit of No Return by Lou Simpson
We Survey, Therefore We Are, by Clay Abernathy
Beginners Trip by Sheleobabe
Recent Trips - Punkin, Hyden's, Wells, Floyd Ingram's, & Buffalo Cove by Lou Simpson
Great Wonderland Cave by Gwen Robinson
Member Profile: Mike Hood
Wormfest 95 by Judith Keegans
The Last Time I Went Caving, poem by Bill Keegans
Why Rope Pads Are Necessary, by Lou Simpson

April 1995
Editor Colin Gatland
Macedonia & Booger by Colin Gatland
El Malpais National Monument Big Tubes Area, NM by Lou Simpson
Reeve's Cave by Kenny Hedges
The Dayton Underground by Colin Gatland
Parker's Pit by Kim Good
Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cavers by ?
Tales From The Fieldhouse by Lou Simpson
Member Profile: Harry Goepel

May 1995
Editor Colin Gatland
Wayne's "Lost" Cave by Kenny Hedges
Tennessee, Feb. 23-26, by Pamela Garrett
Abbott, Swimmin' Hole, Rick's Pit, Wolf River, York Pit, & Lost Chisel Pit, by Lou Simpson
Ferris Pit & Youngs Pit by Colin Gatland
Anasazi Tuff Caves, Ceremonial Cave, NM, by Lou Simpson
Andy Delivers...Again, poem by Judith Keegans
What Is It About Pine Hill? by Clay Abernathy
Member Profile: Clay Abernathy
Letter From the Editor

June 1995
Editor Colin Gatland
Carbide Courier Index by Lou Simpson
Weekend at Tom Rea's, by Mike Hood
Fart-Rite, by Lou Simpson & Harry Goepel
Wolf Cub, Wolf River, Copley Saltpeter, & Stykes Caves, by Lou Simpson
The Ballad of Surprise Pit, by Colin Gatland
The Gosh Cam Song by Colin Gatland
Surprise, Natural Well, & Ferris, by Colin Gatland
Member Profile: Colin Gatland


Wormfest Guidebook, June 1995
Editor Colin Gatland
Bowman Saltpeter Cave by Gary O'Dell
Stykes Cave by Carolyn Herel
How To Detect CO2
Drinking from Streamways
Bat Breath (rabies)
Maps of Teamer's, Climax, CCIC, Sinks Pit, Tootn' Joe's Caves

July 1995
Editor Colin Gatland
Wormfest IV Cavin': Stykes, Pot O Gold, Humongous Caves, by Lou Simpson
Doh....by Clay Abernathy
Pulaski County Reconnaissance (various caves) by Don Conover


August 1995
Editor Colin Gatland
NCRC and Bolts (funny) by Bruce Smith
Clover Hollow Cave, VA, by Sheila Gallogly
NSS Convention 95 by Lou Simpson
Wolf River Cave by Lou Simpson
Pot O Gold & Stykes Caves by Lou Simpson
Karst-O-Rama IV by Lou Simpson
Member Profile: Lou Simpson
More About Convention by Colin Gatland

September 1995
Editor Colin Gatland
Wolf River Cave by Lou Simpson
Wolf River & Stykes Caves by Lou Simpson
Swimming in the Largest Pool in Putnam Co., IN, by Mike Hood
42nd Annual Indiana Cave Capers by Mike Hood
Wolf River Register by Lou Simpson
Across The Road Cave by Lindsey Robinson
Tom's Tales 1, by Tom Klekamp
Tom's Tales 2, by Tom Klekamp
In Kentucky They Have No Beer, by Bruce Warthman

October 1995
Editor Colin Gatland
Enchanted Forest & Black Lung Blvd, by Lou Simpson
8 Unnamed Caves & Wolf River Cave, by Lou Simpson
The Aging Cave Couple - How It's Different, by Lou Simpson
Wolf Wars by Clay Abernathy(?)
Caving and my Dad by Amber Abernathy
Nirvana is Heaven! by Sheila Gallogly
Shiloh Cave by Mike Hood
My First Cave Trip by Mike Hood
Gorge Spring Cave by Mike Hood
All Hallows At Sand, poem by Clay Abernathy

November 1995
Editor Colin Gatland
You Might Be A Caver If...Part 1, by Lou Simpson
CaveWatchers - 12-Step Group for Cave Addicts, by Lou Simpson
You Might Be A Caver If...Part 2, by John Prisel
Allardt Pumpkin Festival Caving Weekend, by Lou Simpson
The Adventures of Ace P. Lunker, poem by Duane Vore
Sinks of the Roundstone Cave by Duane Vore
As Colin Says, "It's A Gaper!" (Marengo Cave, IN) by Mike Hood
The Sara Corrie Story (interesting) by Catherine Bishop
Gorge Spring Cave Map

December 1995
Editor Colin Gatland
Opinion on Digging Section by Lou Simpson
Wormfest 95 by Melissa Guest
My First Virgin....Cave, by Kenny Hedges
Ohio Caves by Clay Abernathy
...Like It Was Yesterday, by Clay Abernathy
You're Gonna Be The Death Of Me Sonny Jim, by Colin Gatland
Another Fantastic TAG Trip by Kenny Hedges
Caving Is What Happens When You're Making Other Plans, by Lou Simpson
Pollutants Harm Cave Inhabitants by Scott Powers
The Inverse Cone Theory by Colin Gatland & Clay Abernathy
Member Profile: Santa Claus
National Lampoons Spelunkering Vacation by Abbey Keaton

January 1996
Editor Colin Gatland
First list of "email addresses"
Salida, Colorado Site Visit by Lou Simpson & Sheryl Hilton
KOR 95...The Return to Angel Pit/Unknown Cave Trip 2, by Kenny Hedges
Baby Head Voodoo Cave, Trip 3, by Kenny Hedges
Nighttime Ridgewalkers GSP by Ron Fulcher

February 1996
Editor Colin Gatland
Carbide Courier Index, by Lou Simpson
Goose Chase Sink & Miller's Cave, by Clay Abernathy
Baby Head Voodoo Cave (Unofficially) by Kenny Hedges
Baby Head Voodoo Cave, Survey Trip #1, by Kenny Hedges

March 1996
Editor Colin Gatland
Logdons Cave by Colin Gatland
Christmas Vacation 95 by Jim Odom

April 1996
Editor Colin Gatland
Farewell Note from Dan Flynn
Hail Cave by Lou Simpson
Sockeye Green Cave, TN (My First Pit) by Phillip Davis
Connections to Slave Cave by Scott Sweet
Just Another Day of Caving in WV by Ron Fulcher
DUG Exposed in Rockcastle by Ron Fulcher
Psychedelic Survey (Red Fly Cave) by Clay Abernathy
Stykes Cave Goes Underground by Lou Simpson
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly, by Steve Robinson





May 1996
Editor Colin Gatland
Note From the Editor
mo'Mentos from Mammoth (Dewey's Drop, Sinks Pit, Ganter Cave), by Vic Ayres


June 1996
Editor Colin Gatland
Googol Cave by Lou Simpson
Great to Live in Kentucky, by Sheila Gallogly
Baby Head Voodoo Cave, Survey Trip #2, by Kenny Hedges
Ganter Me'Mentos, by Clay Abernathy


July & August 1996
Editor Colin Gatland
Hail Cave & Stykes Cave, by Lou Simpson
What Happened to Uncle Seymour, fiction by Lou Simpson
Just Like the Good Old Days (Wormfest 96) by Lou Simpson
Work With Me, Babe (Red Bud Cave Survey)....by Clay Abernathy
A Journey of Whimsical Proportions by Ron Fulcher
Cave Capers 1996 by James Adams
You Know You're A Straggler When...by Vic Ayres, Clay Abernathy, and Lou Simpson
If Famous People Had Been Cavers by Lou Simpson
Dr. Graffito by Lou Simpson

September 1996
Editor Colin Gatland
Cool James Cave & Adams Creek Cave by Dan Flynn
The Blue Pool by Clay Abernathy
Crawlathon by Stephanie Caldwell
DUG does DOG by Clay Abernathy
Flynn Cave Flood by Lou Simpson
DUG's First Indiana Trip by Mike Hood
Some Observations by Lou Simpson
Wolf River Cave by Colin Gatland
The Lead's Obvious! by Dan Flynn
The Drop by Fred Gordon
The Pit of Desire by Lou Simpson
Further Anthropological Research on the Enessis, by M. Seymour Lewis
Thank-You Note from Les & Tracy Purvis
Random Thoughts from a Random Mind by Andy Niekamp

October 1996
Editor Phil Davis
Cavers Head West by Sheila Gallogly
Temple Falls, Zarathustra's, & Jaguar Cave by Lou Simpson
Compton Cove Cave by Scott Fee
Leave Nothing But Footprints, humor by Lou Simpson
Miller's Cave by Kent Fasick
The Further Adventures of 5 Early Enessis Cavers, humor by Lou Simpson
Great Saltpetre Movie Set by Kent Fasick

November 1996
Editor Phil Davis
From the New Chairman by Mike Hood
Saturation of the Senses (Fentress Co. Caving) Part 1 by Stephen Clark
Treasurer's Statement by Judith Keegans
Cave-Lust (First Gathering of the future BHM Gang) by Lou Simpson

December 1996
Editor Phil Davis
Saturation of the Senses Part 2, by Stephen Clark
Raiders of the Mystical Garbage Column (Jack Bradley Cave) by Steve Lugannani
Wolf River Caving Trip by Sheryl Brown
Alastor...But She's Probably Married (Alastor Cave) by Steve Lugannani

January 1997
Editor Phil Davis
Alastor by Pamela Garrett
Missouri Caving Preview (Lone Hill Onyx Cave & Little Scott Cave) by Duane Vore
Weekend Warriors (Goochland) by Steve Robinson
My First Cave trip (Without Beer) by Kenny Hedges

February 1997
Editor Phil Davis
Our First Caving Experience by David Angle
Rest Room Fudge (FenCo Caving) by Steve Lugannani
Pebbles, poem by Clay Abernathy
Carbide Courier Index by Lou Simpson

March 1997
Editor Phil Davis
Top 10 Signs You're A Tight-Assed Caver by lou Simpson
The Original Adventure (WV Caving) by Ron Fulcher
Spelunkers Ode by Devin Nations
New Scoop Year (Cornstarch Cave) by Todd Rowland Bryan
Indiana Wormfest Notice by Clay Abernathy

April 1997
Editor Phil Davis
Aerial Ridgewalking by Clay Abernathy
Popcorn & Brakes (Acme #5 Cave) by Ron Fulcher
Who Would Have Thought? (Multi-Pit Weekend) by Colin Gatland
DUG Purchases a PIG by Phil Davis

May 1997
Editor Phil Davis
The Holey Days of Easter (Shale Hail Cave) by Nikki Woodward
"Pour Water On It..." (Crotchety Canyon, Cornstarch Cave) by Clay Abernathy

June 1997
Editor Phil Davis
Destruction Weekend by Ron Fulcher
NCRC Basic Cave Rescue Orientation by Duane Vore
Just A Little Farther Jim by Ron Fulcher
"Don't Die Here, Man!..." (Wayne's Lost Cave) by Clay Abernathy
The Vertical Class Takes the Plunge by Kim Hedges

July 1997
Editor Phil Davis
We're Getting Closer to...Something (Baby Head Voodoo) by Kenny Hedges
Better Late Than Never by Traci Fearday
Do You Know Your Officers? by Sheila Gallogly
Batty BONAIRE (Netherland Antilles) by Bill & Judith Keegans
Finding Jesus in York Cave by Pamela Garrett

August 1997
Editor Phil Davis
Click's Cave by Clay Abernathy
Escape From the Sun (Convention, BHM, & KOR) by Steve Lugannani
DUG Auction Notice

September 1997
Editor Phil Davis
Fatality at Stephens Gap by Buddy Lane
Ellison's: From Fantastic to Incredible, by Kim Hedges
Dogs, Bombs, & TAG by Kathy Mackay
The Return of the Black House Mountain Gang by Rick Zimmerman

October 1997
Editor Traci Fearday
The Tandem Climber, fiction by Colin Gatland
Tennessee Entrance to Black House Mountain (Alastor Cave) by David Anderson
Treasury Statement by Kim Hedges

November 1997
Editor Traci Fearday
Ohio & Indiana Fatalities by Traci Fearday
I Am Finally At The End Of My Rope, by Colin Gatland
DUG does TAG by Clay Abernathy
Short-Roped, song by Colin Gatland
Short Changed, poem by Clay Abernathy

December 1997
Editor Traci Fearday
NSS Closed Cave Section by Mike Hood
Loss To Caving Community (Kathy Crockett)
From the Vice Chair (GPS technology) by Clay Abernathy
TAG Trip by Sheila Gallogly
Mapping in Red Bud Cave, by Harry Goepel
In Search of The Great Slave Connection by Ron Fulcher
Cave Vandals Caught! by John M. Wilson
Stephen King's Trip Report by Paul Steward
Terrorizing GSP by Traci Fearday

January 1998
Editor Traci Fearday
Lessons Learned (Cave Gear Theft) by Clay Abernathy
Pulaski Co. Landfill Troubles, by Hillary Hopper
From the Vice Chair: the Carbide Courier, by Clay Abernathy
Sittin' in the Pit, song by Colin Gatland
Richard Stone Goes Cavin', poem by Clay Abernathy

February 1998
Editor Traci Fearday
Caving in Hawaii by Pamela Carpenter
The Relapse From Hell, by Steve Lugannani

March 1998
Editor Traci Fearday
Tribute to Jay Kessel 1957-1998, by Bill Walden
The Advil Adventures Pt.2 (Caving Over 40) by Mike Jenkins
Cumberland Caverns Christmas Party, by David Anderson
Caving on $8 A Day (Slave Cave Survey Trip) by Clay Abernathy

April 1998
Editor Traci Fearday
GSP Work Week by Kenny Hedges
Miller's Cave (My First Underground Vertical) by Van Bergen
Trip To Corey Cave by Colin Gatland
Cave Name Puzzle by Traci Fearday

May 1998
Editor Traci Fearday
Pathfinders' Tombstone Crawl by Scott Sweet
Under Quintana Roo by Clay Abernathy
DUG Membership List

June 1998
Editor Traci Fearday
Note From the Survey Chair by Ron Fulcher
Rescue School by Sheila Gallogly
First Skylight Rappel by Kent Fasick
The Squirrel Man of Lost Creek by Ross Cardwell

July 1998
Editor Traci Fearday
Got the Time? by Clay Abernathy
West Virginia 1997: Pipe Dreams, by Ron Fulcher
Car Theft in RC Co.
Cave Vandal Prosecuted

August 1998
Editor Traci Fearday
Theft of Levi Jackson Historic Stump
Viagra Falls (Red Bud Cave) by Clay Abernathy
Bridge Day 97 by Kenny Hedges
TAGGING (various pits) by Traci Fearday

October 1998
Editor Traci Fearday
From the Wormfest Chair by Clay Abernathy
NSS Leisure Section
"Feel This!.." (Wormfest 98) by Clay Abernathy
Wind Pit by Van Bergen
Cave 1 Survey Trip by ?
Harness Information
Top 25 KY Long Cave List

November 1998
Editor Traci Fearday
You May Be A Person Of Leisure If...by Lou Simpson
The Alastor Tree, by Steve Lugannani & others
The Bathtub Is Empty (Temple Falls Passes 1-Mile Mark) by Harry Goepel
Cave Airflow by Kent Fasick
Bridge Day 1998 by Kim Hedges
Financial Report by Kim Hedges

December 1998
Editor Traci Fearday
Candidates for NCRC National Coordinator Sought by David Ashburn
SCCi Acquires Historical Cave Property by Mark Wolinsky
The Tombstone Chronicles by Ron Fulcher
DUG Cave Rescue Call-Out Form

January 1999
Editor Traci Fearday
Cave Rescue in New Zealand
1998 Richard Stone Award: Ode to the Nominees, poem by Clay Abernathy
Top 10 Things For Xmas Party Location by ?
Top 10 Caver New Years Resolutions by Doggy
The Babyhead Rescue! by Traci Fearday

February 1999
Editor Traci Fearday
Laboring Through Mammoth by Van Bergen
OVR Freeland's Cave Sinkhole Clean-Up by John Cole
Booger Hole by Lou Simpson
Cave Puzzle by Traci Fearday

March 1999
Editor Traci Fearday
DUG Logo Design Competition
Pine Hill Skylight & Hurricane Entrances Closed!
A Visit To Billy Dean Anderson's Hideout Cave, by Clay Abernathy
Noted Biologist (Jackie Belwood) Speaks At Vandalia Butler Organization, by Colin Gatland
The Advil Adventures Cont. (Pine Hill Edition) by Mike Jenkins
I'd Rather Be Caving, poem by Gwen Robinson
The "I Ain't Been Cavin...." Blues, by Muddy Bottoms

April 1999
Editor Traci Fearday
Fatality in Ellison's Cave by Buddy Lane
More Potential Cave Closures
The Hell-Hounds of Black House Mountain (Temple Falls & BDA's Hideout Cave), by Lou Simpson
Closure of Neversink, by Colin Gatland
Our Lager, by Dan Flynn
GSP Construction News

May 1999
Editor Traci Fearday
Landowner Relations Corner by Ron Fulcher
NCRC Cave Rescue Class, by Lacie Braley, Traci Fearday, & Van Bergen

June 1999
Editor Traci Fearday
Highway Expansion in Pulaski Co. by Lee Florea
The Great Saltpetre Cave Management Plan
Scout Trip Reports by David Curry, Dan Greene, & Steve Robinson
Top 10 Signs You're an Anal Retentive Caver by Kenny Hedges
Words To Live By: A Cavers' Motto, poem by Ron Fulcher
"Floyd Collins Story" Video

July 1999
Editor Traci Fearday
Cow Problems at GSP
NEW GROTTO by Fudmucker
Request For I-66 Comment Letters by Lee Florea
Summary of I-66 Project With Potential Concerns

August 1999
Editor Traci Fearday
Dancing With The Emperor (Ferris Pit) by Clay Abernathy
Idaho Convention 99: Below the Potatoes, by Kim Hedges
KICK 66 News by Lee Florea
Kibbles & Bights by Doggy

September 1999
Editor Traci Fearday
KOR 99 (P-11 Cave) by Kim Hedges
Bats to Cats, poem by Dave Newman
Moderately Brutal (Acme #5 Cave) by Steve Lugannani
Rimes Disease Alert
Man Found in Ohio Cave, Fearing Strike From Meteor, AP
Ask the Borehole
Kibbles & Bights by Doggy

October 1999
Editor Traci Fearday
A Wild & Wonderful Trip in WV by Steven Lee Greene
Scott Hollow: A Lesson in Mortality, by Kim Hedges
Non-Kentucky Caving Part 1 (Buddha & Donaldson Caves, IN) by Van Bergen
It's Been Great.....by Traci Fearday

November 1999
Editor Steve Lugannani
surprise@fern.404.no_net, by Clay Abernathy
GSP Lease 10th Anniversary Party, by Lacie Braley
A Tale of Two Digs, by Steve Lugannani, Todd Bryan, & Bruce Warthman
TAG 99: Surprise Pit, by Kim Hedges
Sloan's Restoration/Clean-Up, by Van Bergen
Kibbles & Bights by Doggy
Twas The Day Of TAG, by Pitdropper
Ask The Borehole

December 1999
Editor Steve Lugannani
Worth the Wet (P-11 Cave) by Keith Turner
Baby Head Voodoo by Kim Hedges
The Mystery of Black House Mountain: Chapter 1, fiction by Lou Simpson & Steve Lugannani
Ask The Borehole
Xmas Party 99 Photos

January 2000
Editor Steve Lugannani
To Crawl Or Not To Crawl (Abbott Saltpetre Cave) by Lacie Braley
Memories of a Cave Trip Long Ago, by Kenny Hedges
The Mystery of Black House Mountain: Chapter 2, fiction by Lou Simpson & Steve Lugannani
Y2K @ GSP Photos
Ask The Borehole

February 2000
Editor Steve Lugannani
Minutes: DUG, GSP, & KCS
Scott Hollow Cave: The Return, by Kim Hedges
Big Jordan, by Van Bergen
The Mystery of Black House Mountain: Chapter 3, fiction by Lou Simpson & Steve Lugannani
Ask The Borehole
IFO-NET

March 2000
Editor Steve Lugannani
A Lesson in Mortality II: From the Mortal, by Philip Henry
DUG Feb. Vertical Trip, by Bruce Warthman
The Mystery of Black House Mountain: Chapter 4, fiction by Lou Simpson & Steve Lugannani
Each Time I Fly, poem by Clay Abernathy

April 2000
Editor Steve Lugannani, really
Caving in the Swampland, by Eric Weaver
Dripping Wet in Tennessee, by Kim Hedges
Baby Head Voodoo - Assault & Rescue, by Kenny Hedges
Wormfest Announcements

May 2000
Editor Steve Lugannani
Zane Shawnee Caverns, by Dorothy Goepel
Wayne's Cave - Camp 4, by Kim Hedges
Bone Falls Cave, by Steve Lugannani
Boys in the Attic, by Clay Abernathy
WOW!! by Hobbit
IFO-NET

June 2000
Editor Steve Lugannani
Through the Karst Window, by Kim Hedges
Leisure Caving, by Sheila Gallogly
One Excellent Weekend, by Van Bergen
Notice for Stupid Whatever Weekend
IFO-NET

August 2000
Editor Steve Lugannani
Wolf River Management Plans & Photos
Convention 2000...TIMMY!, by Kim Hedges
Smack & the Sauna, Fiction by Jim Slum
a tale told by an IFO, by Steve Lugannani
Trapped in a Cave! by Dorothy Goepel
At BHM July 22-23, Bt Todd Bryan
NSS Suction Section, by Lou Simpson
Stoked, by Stephen Clark
Maps of BHM Caves
IFO-NET

September 2000
Editor Steve Lugannani
Cornstarch Push Trip to Walter World, by Lou Simpson
McMinnville - Where Steve Hangs His Meat, by Traci Fearday
Sullivan's Cave Grotto Trip, by Kim Hedges
CC Photo Archive, new feature by Clay Abernathy

October 2000
Editor Steve Lugannani
Sinks of the Roundstone Cave Cleanup, by Andy Niekamp
Caving Blind and Spelunking Email, by Andy Niekamp
Sinks of the Roundstone Cave, by Andy Leach
Surveying the Chicken F*cker Room in Jack Bradley, by Keith Turner
Hardburley Coal Camp and GSP, by Lou Simpson
Lava-Tubin' At Last, by Van Bergen
Landownder Relations Starts With A Relationship, by Ron Fulcher

November 2000
Editor Steve Lugannani
Skulldragging in Mammoth Cave, by Clay Abernathy
What Goes Up Must Come Down...Maybe, by Kim Hedges
My 35th Birthday Bash, by Kenny Hedges
Rope Pads & Ropes, by Colin Gatland
Bridge Day, by Colin Gatland
Pushing the Envelope, by Lou Simpson

December 2000
Editor Steve Lugannani
Book Review by Kim Hedges
Serious, Risky Business at Pine Hill, by Tina Russell
It Was My Return To Caving...by Jen Smith
Caving with Mel Tillis, by Willie C. Greystone
"Caves You Wouldn't Wanna Visit," humor by The Rigger Underground
DUG Christmas Party Photos by Colin Gatland

January 2001
Editor Steve Lugannani
Ed's First Cave Trip, by Kim Hedges
Brenda's First Pits, by Steve Lugannani
The Beast in the Cave, Fiction by H. P. Lovecraft
CC Photo Archive by DogE

February 2001
Editor Steve Lugannani
Crawlathon 2001, by Steve Lugannani
20,000 Leagues Under the Ground, by Randall Edwards
Tar Kiln Cave, by Lou Simpson
Tar Kiln Cave Map
Beyond Mammoth Cave, Book Review by Steve Lugannani & Lou Simpson
I Survived Roppel Cave, by Lou Simpson
Deep in the Heart of Texas, by Dorothy Goepel
Exley newspaper article

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