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Episode 107
Former NSS President Bill Tozer passed away last weekend. In this 2018 episode, he shares that was one of the first to descend Ellison’s Fantastic Pit, as well as Sótano de las Golondrinas. Plus stor…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Jerry Lewis Part 2
Episode 106
Dr. Julian “Jerry” Lewis is a cave biologist with a long career consulting on everything from massive infrastructure projects to small-scale bio-inventory for various entities. He also served for man…
Published on 9 months ago
Jerry Lewis Part 1
Episode 105
Dr. Julian “Jerry” Lewis is a cave biologist with a long career consulting on everything from massive infrastructure projects to small-scale bio-inventory for various entities. He also served for man…
Published on 10 months ago
Mike Ficco
Episode 104
Mike Ficco has found Virginia’s deepest cave, and has explored all over the world, including China, Montenegro, Slovenia, and elsewhere. He shared the highlights of his long caving career, which incl…
Published on 11 months ago
Georgia Schneider
Episode 103
Georgia Schneider’s caving life has grown quickly since she started caving; taking her to places like New Zealand, France, Mexico, and countless US caves. She talks to Matt about working with the Nat…
Published on 1 year ago
Bill Torode
Episode 102
Bill Torode has volunteered at the NSS library for over 50 years, and has mapped hundreds of caves. We talk about being the first person to peer down what came to be known as Surprise Pit in Fern Cav…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Peter Johnson
Episode 101
Pete shares his varied caving life starting in West Virginia's Germany Valley all the way through Grand Canyon exploration, Lechuguilla, Tears of The Turtle (the deepest cave in the US), and shares h…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Colin Magee
Episode 100
Colin Magee is a Canadian caver originally from New Zealand who has been on high-profile Mexico expeditions like Cheve where he participated in the National Geographic Explorer episode “The Deepest C…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Katarina Kosič Ficco
Episode 99
Katarina Kosič Ficco is a cave and karst field scientist with the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage focusing on subterranean biodiversity. She shares he…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Mike Drake
Episode 98
Mike Drake heads up exploration of the Studebaker/Wayne Cave system in Indiana’s Garrison Chapel Valley just west of Bloomington. He talks about the genesis and ongoing effort to survey the area’s lo…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago