The Carbide Calendar

Meeting Information: The Pittsburgh Grotto meets the 4th Wednesday of every month (except May and December) at 7:30 p.m. A brief discussion of business is followed by a program, such as a slide show or talk. Members then adjourn to a local pub for quaffing and story telling. Please join us. Click here for meeting directions.

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(Grotto Board meetings will be scheduled on various days each month, as member availability dictates. They typically are at the home of a member. They are very informal and are open to all. If you cannot attend a General meeting, consider a Board meeting. Contact any Board member for place and time. Exact date/time/place will be posted on the listserve before each meeting.)

May 16-18, 2008 - 2008 Spring MAR: Pine Hill Campground, Hazelton, WV.  Click here for details. 

May 17, 2008 (Saturday) - Cave Trip to Bear Cave. Contact Norm Snyder at 412-351-4068

May 23-26, 2008 - Kentucky Speleofest - Hosted by the Louisville Grotto at the Lone Star Preserve, Hart County Kentucky. For details see the Louisville Grotto Website or contact Kim Gentry, Chairperson

May 28, 2008 (Wednesday)  - 7PM -  Pittsburgh Grotto Auction  Click here for details.

June 5-8, 2008 (Thurs-Sun) - First ever joint SERA Summer Cave Carnival and Spring VAR in the border area of northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. Click here for info.

June 13-15, 2008 - MAKC Open House Weekend. Eastern PA. Details will be provided in an upcoming MAKC Karst Chronicles newsletter.  MAKC members only. New members welcome.  For additional information, send email to info@karst.org.

June 14, 2008 (Saturday) - Cave Trip to Barton Cave. CANCELLED DUE TO WNS.

June 25, 2008 (Wednesday) - Pittsburgh Grotto Meeting  Program: Schoolhouse Cave Video

July 4, 2008 (Friday) - Bear Cave trip. Meet at 9:30 AM at Bear Cave Parking Lot in Hillside. Selected 4WD vehicles will be permitted to drive most of the way to the cave. If there's some interest, a few of us might camp out, cavort around a fire,  let our kidneys process some environmentally-friendly ethanol without taking government subsidies, and participate in pagan activities. For further info contact Tom Metzgar: e-mail: loyalhanna@aol.com cell phone: 724-433-5752

July 12, 2008 (Saturday) - Cave Trip to Lemon Hole. Contact Norm Snyder at 412-351-4068

July 17-20, 2008 - Karst-O-Rama - Great Saltpetre Cave Preserve in Mount Vernon, Kentucky. Click here for details. 

July 18-27, 2008 - Eastern Region National Cave Rescue Commission Weeklong Cave Rescue Class. Rockingham County, Virginia. Click here for details.

July 23, 2008 (Wednesday: 4th NOT last) - Pittsburgh Grotto Meeting  Program: TBA

August 2, 2008 (Saturday) - Bear Cave trip. Meet at 9:30 AM at Bear Cave Parking Lot in Hillside. Selected 4WD vehicles will be permitted to drive most of the way to the cave. If there's some interest, a few of us might camp out, cavort around a fire,  let our kidneys process some environmentally-friendly ethanol without taking government subsidies, and participate in pagan activities. For further info contact Tom Metzgar: e-mail: loyalhanna@aol.com cell phone: 724-433-5752

August 11-15, 2008 - NSS Convention in Lake City Florida (west of Jacksonville). Click here for information.

August 16, 2008 (Saturday) - Cave Trip to Coon Cave. Contact Norm Snyder at 412-351-4068

August 27, 2008 (Wednesday) - Pittsburgh Grotto Meeting  Program: TBA

August 28-September 1 (Labor Day Weekend: OTR

September 6-7, 2008 - Pittsburgh Grotto Picnic

September 19-21, 2008 - Fall VAR. Covington, Virginia. Click here for details.

September 13, 2008 (Saturday) - Cave Trip to Lower Beaver Hole. Contact Norm Snyder at 412-351-4068

September 24, 2008 (Wednesday) - Pittsburgh Grotto Meeting  Program: TBA

October 10-12, 2008 - 2008 Fall MAR: Woodward Cave Campground, Woodward, Pa.  Click here for details.

October 22, 2008 (Wednesday: 4th NOT last) - Pittsburgh Grotto Meeting  Program: TBA

November 26, 2008 (Wednesday) - Pittsburgh Grotto Meeting  Program: TBA

December 10, 2008 (2nd Wednesday) - Pittsburgh Grotto Christmas Party

2009

July 19-26, 2009 - NSS Convention and 15th International Congress of Speleology - Kerrville Texas.  Click here for information

2010

July 12-17, 2010 - NSS Convention in Essex Junction, Vermont.


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