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.
A spectacular speleothem not far from the stream exit
in Sinking Cove Cave, Franklin Co., TN. (photo - Michael D. Smith)
Cavers getting ready to drop the 227' pit into
Valhalla in TAG Country. Maverick Grotto's own Sharon & Dennis Welch are
second and third from the left. (photo - Rich Collier)
Corkscrew Soda Straw Valhalla - TAG Country - photo
Rich Collier
Frog in Valhalla - photo Rich Collier
Salamander in Valhalla Cave - TAG Country - Rich
Collier
200' Mega Dome Room in Valhalla - TAG Country - photo
Rich Collier
Mud formations in Valhalla - TAG Country - photo Rich
Collier
Sharon Welch on top of a climb in Valhalla - photo
Rich Collier