With the group size already set to descend the pit and my usual climbing partner (Striker) not on the trip, I wasn’t planning to drop it myself. The number was about the maximum you’d want for time purposes and having […]

Okay, it’s not quite what you think. This is a caving site, so this is about a cave named after a proper Georgia town named Climax. After the cave had been closed for a few years, the landowner gave us […]

It’s science fair season! The kid and a couple of his goon friends decided to team up and skip the baking soda volcano and build a cloud chamber. Of course, a 12 year old saying “I’m going to build a […]

After months of planning, many hours of rope practice, two, 700 foot ropes being purchased the seasoned crew headed to Georgia on the evening of December 6th to drop the largest pit in the area (586 Feet). This is NOT […]

Photos by Scott Thompson (I think) Story by Philip Walker River City Grotto President Scott Thompson rounded up the gang to head south once again on October 18, 2025 to the Withlacoochee Forest for a visit a couple more of […]

The day after the March 22, 2025 trip (which is the following blog), the gang headed North to Ocala for another cave visit. Upon arrival we were very happy to find water levels had dropped enough for us to enter. […]

Scott Thompson rallied the troops of RCG for a trip down south to visit his favorite Childhood Cave on Saturday March 22, 2025. After our arrival it was ceremoniously unlocked by the head forest ranger. However, Ms. Warner would not […]

While sipping morning coffee, the tranquil silence was shattered by the familiar ring of the cell phone. Looking down at the little black box, I see Scott’s face lit up the screen. We had recently practiced rope work in some […]

By Scott Thomson Warren’s is probably one of my favorite places on earth. Just the thought of planning a trip in there gets me excited. I think it’s the fact that it’s big enough that it’s hard to say you’ve […]

NOTE: Trip Report from Scott Thomson from going on a group climbing trip in Tennessee where they took some time to do a little caving away from the group. This is the second time they ditched the group to do […]