NAVIGATE THE NSS WEBSITE  Home --------------------------------------- A/V Library Bookstore Brochures Cave Art Caving Forum Conservation Events Information Learn About Caves Member Pages New Member Info Organizations Preserves Publications Renewals Safety & Techniques Search Youth Group Caving

Speleo Digest History 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Edited by James and Mark Adler Summary Title Contents Cave Index Author Index Publications Buy One Now

1988 Article Title Index

• 1833 Description of Delaneys Cave, An 374
• 1988 Cave 198
• 50 Years of Cave Mapping 368

• About Rope 480
• Aging Rope: Study on Rope Aging 482
• Ain't Barbwire Cave 17
• All-Purpose Caving Checklist 444
• Alonzo Ladd: Nitre Bureau Employee and Lime Merchant 358
• Amargosa River Caves 22
• Amazon II: Wisconsin's Greatest Underground Expedition 276
• America or Ametrica 499
• Anderson Spring Cave Extended 42
• Another Saga From Tim's "Easy Cave Trips" 523
• Arid Cave 4
• Ask Uncle Muddy 521
• Bad Guys Wear Helmets (Smokey Caverns Chronicles, Part 2) 91
• Bad Air Detection 452
• Bagging Bone Matrix in Hamilton Cave 382
• Barton Hill Preserve Management Plan 404
• Baskets for Feet: The Last Word 441
• Bat and the Weasels, The 523
• Bat Bytes Back, The 415
• Batguide: To Tell One Bat From Another 394
• Bats Will Kill Insects by the Thousands--Invite Them into Your Back Yard 413
• Bats 393
• Beilfuss Waterhole Cave 279
• Bells Valley Dry Cave 252
• Big Manhole Cave, Eddy County, New Mexico 128
• Bill Hendricks Cave 272
• Biological Inventory of the Mt. Saint Helen's Cave Basalt Flow Area 395
• Birds, the Beasts, and the Bat, The 524
• Black Rock Cave--A Rare Find 383
• Blaine County Caves 161
• Blue Springs Cave 260
• Boones Cave Reconnaissance 142
• Box Canyon Cave 127
• Brown Recluse Pit 186
• Brown Cemetery Cave, Owen County 61
• Brownwashing: An Advanced Technique in the Fight Against Graffiti 411
• Bucks County Grotto Finds New Cave 187
• Build Your Own Bat Box 413
• Bunck Cave, Corydon East Quadrangle, Harrison County49

• Carabiners 486
• Care of Carbide Lamps 456
• Care and Feeding of the Carbide Lamp, The 457
• Cave Airflow Detection 466
• Cave Car, The 498
• Cave Diving: Oklahoma 167
• Cave Guide, The 519
• Cave Hunting Near Galeana, Nuevo Leon 310
• Cave Leads 173
• Cave Mapping 101--Wagon Wheel Cave 130
• Cave Safety--Headgear 440
• Cave Scorpion Sting 454
• Cave Swill 495    
• Caver Safety and Group Safety 446
• Caver Training 445
• Caver's Debate, A 517
• Caves and Cave Ecology 411
• Caves and Karst in the Equinox Range 231
• Caving 530
• Caving and Cave Surveying in East Tennessee 208
• Caving Horror Stories 505
• Caving in Brasil: Part One, Minas Gerais 300
• Caving in Brasil: Part Two, Sao Paulo 301
• Caving in Kansas 71
• Caving in Shorts and Tennies, Allamakee County, Iowa 70
• Caving in South Africa 327
• Caving Near Valles 307
• Challenge in Northern New York, A 135
• Challenge of Sea Cave Photography, The 471
• Challenge to the Speleo-Inventor, A 492
• China Pig Hole, The Early Trips 112
• China Pig Hole, Wright County, Missouri 110
• Chiquibul Expedition 1986, Vaca Plateau, Belize/Guatemala 292
• Christophers Cavern at Alex Spring, Cuzco, Indana 46
• Civil War Era Description of Bear Cave, A 363
• Civil War Laborers at Kingston Saltpeter Cave 346
• Close Encounters With Close Caves 116
• Coal Lot Cave 109
• Cold Feet 440
• Coldwater Cave, Winneshiek County, Iowa 68, 69
• Colley Cave, Wayne County, Kentucky 92
• Colossal Cave Project, The 14
• Commander Adama's Killer Bat Cave 262
• Companion 525
• Con Cave, Pulaski County, Kentucky 85
• Coon-in-the-Crack Caves, I and II 86
• Corncob Pit 94
• Couple of Equipment Notes, A 462
• Covert Caving in Western New York 139
• Crack in the Wall Caves No. 1 and No. 2 271
• Cricket Cave 183
• Cutlip Cave 273

• Day "Nunk" Died, or, Uncle Nunk's Last Ride, The 514
• Death Coral: A Coralloid Speleothem in the Sistema Purificacion, Mexico 430
• Different Foot Gibbs Assembly, A 493
• Discovery, Naming and Exploration of Stay High Cave, The 241
• Discovery of Yer Cave 240
• Doc Yock and Stinking Caves 25
• Dogwood City Grotto Cave Register Program, The .440
• Don't Use Two Eyes With Your Suunto 474
• Dryden Cave--Crosley Fish and Wildlife Area 64

• E.Y. Green/ Green's Crack Caves 57
• Early Radio Experiments in Caves 354
• Earth Shook, the Sky Burned, and All the Bunny Rabbits Ran Away, Pt. 8, The 26
• Echoes from Lechuguilla Cave 120
• Echoes of the NSS: 300 Year's Worth of Delayed Mail 337
• Elmhurst Cave 260
• Elsinore Caves, Franklin County, Kentucky 95
• El Sotano Lodoso 219
• Equipment Corner #4, The 443
• Equipment Tip 439
• Escape From the Botetourt Triangle 254
• Everything Was Open at Byron 13
• Exploration: Virgin Passage in Wisconsin's Longest and Most Challenging Cave 272
• Exploration and Survey of Logans/Greensnake Cave, The 72

• FTA Pit, Randolph County, West Virginia 272
• Fallen Warrior 517
• Fear and Loathing at Golondrinas; The Awesome Expedition 314
• Ferguson Cave, Caldwell County, Ketucky 93
• Finding Virginia's Deepest Cave 234
• Fishhook Pit 6
• Flashlight Tip 478
• Florida Cave Diving, Dec. 19-23, 1987 40
• Food for Caves 495
• For a Few Miles More Cave 206
• For the Hell of It 49
• Fourth of July Unita Trip 220
• Fox Den Cave 65
• FRCS Carbon Dates Given New Meaning 382
• From the Book of Torode: The Saga of Sawmill Cave 9
• From the International Desk: Caving in Korea 306
• Fudges Cave 250

• Geology of Caboose Cave, The 422
• Geology of Marion County, With Emphasis on Cave-Bearing Units 429
• Gonzo Sea Cave Trip, A 27
• Grading of Carbide 458
• Grand Opening of Ackermans Cave, The 99
• Grapevine Cave 217
• Great Caves of Argentina 285
• Great Bear Cave Research Update: The Mystery of Forbes' Rock Solved 364
• Groomers Pit Cave 67
• Gupha Basne 325
• Gypsy Bill Allen Cave, Huron Quadrangle, Martin County, Indiana 54

• Hang 'Em High Cave 192
• Hell of Echols Cave, The 248
• Helpful Hints on Elevation and Relief 465
• Hendersons #1 Cave 249
• Hibernating Bat Population Studies 401
• High Mountain Rangers 518
• Hinkle School Pit 268
• History of Wolf River Valley, Fentress County Tennessee, A 346
• Hole in the Wall Cave 281
• Horrock Wonderland Cave 270
• Hot Dog Cave 82
• Hot Lead in Hicks Cave 77
• How Good of a Caver Are You? 512
• How the Rebreather Works 500
• Hughes Creek Caves, The 264
• Hypothermia 449

• In Search of the Big One, Chapters 1-3 101, 102, 104
• In a Cave Before Christmas 517
• Indestructible, Down Deep and Dirty D-Cell, The 458
• Indian Cave 52
• Indiana's Best Preserved Saltpeter Artifacts? 56
• Inside Lone Hill 523
• An Introduction to Cave Photography 467

• Jenkin's Caves #1 and #2 183
• John Guilday Cave Preserve, The 417
• Just a Hunch 63
• Just Released News! Fall Caving Accident at Galloping Ghyll Cave System 506

• Keyhole Cave 8
• Knotted Hose Cave 41

• Lava Beds in 1932-33 351
• Lechuguilla 518
• Lechuguilla Cave--The Exploration Continues, Parts I and II 123, 125
• Letters 514
• Limekiln--Destroyer of Caves, The 378
• Lives of Caves, The 418
• Lose Weight the Crystal Cave Way 449
• Lure of Armchair Caving, The 521

• Major Squeeze Through in Southwest Georgia, A 43
• Mammoth-Flints Longest Status Challenged 533
• Mammoth vs. Mammoth: The Great Kentucky Cave Wars 344
• Middle Levels of Poplar Cave, The 7
• Midnight Twilight 518
• Millboro Caves, The 243
• Mollala Deep Cave: A Trip Report 174
• Mongrel Cave 278
• Monolith Cave Update 89
• Montgomery County Cave Survey 201
• More Cave Wandering 323
• More (on the Debate): Do P. Townsendii Need Caves To Survive? 416
• More on the Lost Maples Caves 214
• Muther Mudd 524
• Mysterious Blowhole Near Black Butte Ranch 420
• Mystery Cave Formation Route Creek 105
• Mystery Cave to Seven Springs Dye Trace 434

• NCA Meet: Vancouver Island 303
• Neffs Cave-An Historical Perspective 365
• Neotoma floridiana Ord: Eastern Woodrat 398
• New and Improved (?) Valdina Farms Sinkhole, The 433
• New Cave at Levys 133
• New Species of Cave Creatures Discovered 523
• New York Long Cave List 138
• Next Generation is Knocking on Our Door, The 479
• Nichols Cave and Wildflower Cave 249
• Nielsons Well, A Caving Adventure 221
• Nittany Grotto Pig Roast How-to Manual 497
• North Carolina's Coldest Cave--The Black Rocks Mystery Hole 140
• Northeast Cave Diving Notes--McFails Cave 134
• Northwest Texas Caving 215
• Not Just For Beginners: Finding New Caves 464
• NSS CDS Dive Team Penetrates Fiborn Resurgence 96
• NSS Maya Caves Project 287

• Old Faithful Cave, A Baby Cave is Born 229
• Olde Formation Pit 243
• On the Origins of the Topofil Survey Device 475
• On the Rope Again 506
• One of My Personal Indiana Favorites 58

• Paleomagnetic Sampling at the Guilday Bone Preserve 381
• Paleontological Studies at Nielson's Well 384
• Pavey Cave, Crawford County 60
• Petersons Cave 185
• Peter's Cave, Todd County, Kentucky 94
• Photography Tip 471
• Photomonitoring Status 416
• Pinkys Pit, Randolph County, West Virginia 257
• Pioneering Surveys of Mystery Cave 361
• Pirate Cave 61
• Pits of the Walnut Grove Area 204
• Pop Hill Cave: A Requiem 366
• Poplar Cave 5
• Proposed Fort at Trout Rock, The 362
• Proposed Method of Surface Location of Cave Passages Through Capillary Translocation 464    
• Psychology of Growing Up Caving, The 522
• Push Trip in Nash Waterfall Pit 43

• Queer Caves of Hocking Hills, The 155

• Rack and Bars With Self Belay Spool 488
• Rainy Cave, the Next Generation 19
• Read My Lists 519
• Rebel Yelp Cave 247
• Rechargeable Batteries 463
• Reconnaissance in Colossal Cave 16
• Red Hot Hawaiian Caving 44
• Reddington Caves, The 179
• Relapsing Fever in Texas Caves 452
• Rescue: Who Needs It? 454
• Resurrection Cave 256
• Revised Caving Terms 524
• Rexton Hollow Ridge Walk 211
• Richardsons Cave, Pulaski County, Kentucky 95
• Roadside Cave #1 252
• Roaring Cave, Jefferson County, Tennessee 210
• Rope Hopper, The 487
• Ropework For One and All 494
• Roses Don't Grow in Caves 412
• Roy Freeman Cave 59
• Rush For Honey Creek 508

• Saga of Sewerina--A True Story, The 516
• Saltpeter Mining At Burger Cave 376
• San Francisco Sea Cave Revisited 30
• Sandeppley Chronicles, The 175
• Saturday Night 511
• Sea Caving in San Francisco 30
• Search for the Minnesota Survey Instrument, The 474
• Seating: Chapter Three of Off Rope 531
• Second Annual Barton County Survey Trip 113
• Shaft Drain 510
• Short History of American Cave Exploration, A 505
• Short History of Plymouth Caves, A 372
• Sitting Down Using the Jumar System 485
• Sketching 472
• Small Caves of Rocky Butte: An Afternoon's Diversion, The 169
• Solar Charging Your Batteries 460
• Some Comparisons of Data from Registers 409
• Some Interesting Ohio Caves in Non-carbonate Rocks 144
• Sotano de Ocatempa, Mexico's Second 1,000 Meter Deep Cave 319
• Southeast Minnesota Trip: Finleys Cave 105
• Spacewatch 525
• Speleo-canoeing in Alexander Caverns 181
• Speleological Aptitude Test (SAT 527
• Speleology: The Mental Process 522
• Spring Cave Adventure, The 31
• Springtails 403
• Stalactoids on Pool linings in Lechuguilla: Bizarre Sub-aqueous Speleothems? 427
• Stamping Out Rabies 448
• Starlight Cave and El Capitan Cave Trip Report 10
• Stickey Wicket Cave 26
• Stumphole 65
• Subtle Caving Experience, A 70
• Subtle Tendencies 499
• Subways of the United States 528
• Summer in Pompeys Cave--or--The Three Stooges Learn to Map a Cave, A 136
• Surprise in Dodie Spring, A 188

• Tekna Light Update 462
• Terrapin Spring Cave 246
• Thailand: Temple Caves and Tower Karst 328
• THOR Cave Survey 194
• Three Caves in a Day 50
• Three Independent Sources of Light 463
• Three Points of Contact Are Not Really Necessary 491
• Through the Eyes of a Deaf Spelunker 501
• Tongue Twister 524
• Total Vertical Traverse 473
• To Tarsal or Not to Tarsal 489
• Treatise on Slips and Falls, A 515
• Tribulations of Multiple Shot Photography, The 469
• Trip Leading 447
• Trip Report--Flat Rock Cave 83
• Triple-D Blitzes Rainshelter in Triple Survey Surprise Attack 79
• TSA Winter Project 217
• Tubes in Hawaiian Volcanoes: The Role of Lava 429
• Turtle Shell Cave 41
• Twenty Pound Tick Cave: The Exploration Continues 38
• Twenty Years of Exploration: Groaning Cave Reaches Seven Miles 37
• Twin Columns Again 268
• Tygarts Saltpeter Cave, Carter County, Kentucky 88
• Tyson Spring Cave 106

• Under the Hills of Europe: A Caving Experience Abroad 304
• Underground Adventure, a Synopsis of Three Trips to Fern Cave In Early 1988 3
• Underground Beauty 518
• Underground in Transylvania 331
• Unfolding of Falling T, The 196

• Valentine Cave, Rockcastle County, Kentucky 80
• Vespertilionidae: An Introduction to the Bat Species of Ohio 386
• Vogel Well: Leon's Cloverleaf Room 278

• Watch Out for Cave Critters 403
• Water Tracing in Richardsons Cave, Long Hollow, Pulaski Co., Kentucky 431
• Weed Hole 213
• Weekend at Foglepole, A 45
• Well-l-l Randy.What do You Think We Should Name It? 55
• Well Kept Arizona Secret, A 18
• Wequiock Cave 279
• West Texas Gypsum Caving 216
• Western Kentucky Cave Survey: Cave Spring (Cerulean) Cave 83
• What is a Map For Anyway? 476
• Where is Stephen Cranes Cave 375
• Whisper Rocks 177
• Widow Cave, Major County, Oklahoma 156
• Will We Map as We Survey 477
• Wind Cave Trip Reports 189, 191
• Winola Cave, Pennsylvania 351
• Wolf Cave 182
• Wolf Hole Cave 186
• Woodbury Wildlife Area Natural Bridge: Mini Karst in Coshocton Co., Ohio 154
• Word From Miss Manners, A 513

• Yakinikak 117
• YooHoo Pit 94