Celebrating 20 years as a Texas caving organization in 2006! The Maverick Grotto is the local caving club of
Fort Worth and
Tarrant County Texas. We are dedicated to promoting safe, fun, and environmentally conscious caving. Our grotto is an internal organization of the
National Speleological Society.
The following pictures were taken at various TAG caves at
the 2005 NSS convention. All pictures furnished courtesy of Dennis and
Sharon Welch though some are taken by other photographers as will be noted
on the individual photograph. Ignore the date on some of the pictures,
someone forgot to reset their internal camera calendar.
A
special thanks to Dennis and Sharon Welch for getting the pictures together
and to Rich Collier, Michael D. Smith, Daniel
Veelik and Beatriz Farfan for letting us use their pictures on the Maverick Grotto website.
Betty Farfan has just reached the base of Neversink
using her Petzl Stop. (photo - Dennis Welch)
Sharon Welch "RopeWalking" out of Neversink towards a
warm Alabama afternoon. She has nearly reached a quarter of the way up.
Note the spectacular waterfall on the right. (photo - Dennis Welch)
Sharon Welch climbing 162 feet out of Neversink. She
has nearly reached half-way. Note the spectacular waterfall on the
right. (photo - Dennis Welch)
Headed back to Huntsville from Neversink at dusk,
Dennis Welch captures a beautifully vivid rainbow with a mist rising
from at least two caves in the hills below. (photo - Dennis Welch)
Unknown cavers on the left. Then, left-to-right is
Sharon Welch checking her light, Dennis Welch getting out his camera,
Peter "Mudpuppy" Michaud buckling his helmet and Bob "Nuke" Thompson
looking on at the entrance to Tumbling Rock Cave in Jackson County,
Alabama. (photo - Beatriz Farfan)
Some of the pretties in Tumbling Rock Cave. (photo -
Beatriz Farfan)
Betty Farfan disappears through a small hole into an
upper passage on the way to the King's Shower, a 400-foot dome with a
spectacular waterfall in Tumbling Rock Cave. (photo - Daniel Veelik)
A gorgeous unique colorful stalagmite in Tumbling
Rock Cave. The mist in the foreground was from an exhale. (photo -
Daniel Veelik & Beatriz Farfan)
Betty Farfan in the jaws of the big black ________.
You fill in the blank! (photo - Daniel Veelik)
Twin waterfalls criss-cross as they spill into the
entrance sink at Sinking Cove Cave, Franklin Co., TN. (photo - Michael
D. Smith)
Mary, a.k.a. "Thumper" strikes a pose among the
pretties in Sinking Cove. (photo - Michael D. Smith)
A brave caver (possibly Luc, a Canadian) wading the
stream exit of Sinking Cove. (photo - Michael D. Smith)
Cavers take a break at a beautiful stop in Sinking
Cove. (photo - Michael D. Smith)
Using his own equipment, noted cave photographer,
Michael D. Smith, had an unknown caver shoot this photo of him.
Mary, a.k.a. "Thumper" admires an impressive terraced
flowstone in Sinking Cove. (photo - Michael D. Smith)
