Vol. 1, No.5 September, 1998 1st edition
Next Meeting: Wed., October 7th , 7:30 PM
Coming up...
9/12-13: Grotto Trip: Mystery Cave, Perry Co. Join us for a trip into one of
Missouri's (and the nation's) longest caves, at over 16 ? miles in surveyed
length.
9/19: Annual Chicken Roast. Since '72, a long standing event the grotto recently
adopted. Food, music, camping, rope work, more. RSVP Mike or Barb at
573-687-3254
or email Mike or Barb bmhmorgan@aol.com
TBA: Stream Team Inventory: The first official Chouteau Stream Team function, we
will be visiting Three Creeks to make
a preliminary assessment of our recently adopted Streams, Hunter's Cave
Stream (draining to Bass Creek) and Spring Cave Stream (draining to Turkey
Creek).
This will be an easy trip as no caving will be involved.
Regional/National...
9/19: M.S.S. Meeting. 10 AM at the DNR, Division of Geology and Land Survey
Bldg., Rolla. Our own grotto Cave Catalog will be in hand by this time. Come and
support Chouteau!
9/25-27: 12th Annual Ozark Regional Cavers Gathering (ORC), Brighton, MO.
Contact Nick & Gail Campagna at Rt. 2, Box 2770, Seymour, MO 65746; 417-683-
1000. For more information.
9/25-27:Fall MVOR, hosted by MSM. Mill Creek Recreation Area, near Rolla. MSM is
celebrating their 50th Anniversary. FMI, Contact: Rob Tayloe @ 573-465-0429 or
573-933-3184(work)
or at:tayloe@umr.edu the homepage address is:
www.umr.edu/~spelunk/f98mvor.html
Recent happenings...
August 14th: Rick Walk along with Tom Ratermann provided instruction on
vertical techniques to a class of 12 at Capen Park on a beautiful Friday
evening.
Thanks to Rick for an excellent presentation on rigging and rappelling.
Classes were also held at Capen on the following two Fridays, the 21st and
28th.
Pat yourselves on the back if you were one of the lucky few to take
advantage of this opportunity. Suggestions for beginner's opportunities?
Let's plan to do an actual pit once we're up to par on our skills.
Update / Notes:
Chouteau Grotto Stream Team will be working with MOKEG, the MissOuri Karst
Ecology Group, on coordinating bioinventories and water quality monitoring in
Hunter's Cave Stream
(draining into Bass Creek) in the near future. Details are being worked
out at this time. Please welcome JoAnne Whitaker to the grotto as she will be
the grad student primarily
responsible for conducting the surveys. -submitted by Bob Lerch
If you know someone who might like to receive an electronic version of this
newsletter have them send their request to greaserd@health.missouri.edu
Thanks to grotto member R.Michael Wardin, the grotto now has a website
which can be located at: http://www.missouri.edu/~ccmikew/chouteau.html
This page is still under construction so ideas, suggestions, improvements,
etc. are needed and appreciated. Send them to the e-mail link on the page.
A discussion group has now been set up for grotto members and the like
through coollist.com Currently there are 15 members on the list server.
This is the same type of batch mailing system as MOCaves. Send postings to:
chouteau@coollist.com Thanks to Michael once again for a job well done.
Now someone just needs to use it!
Long Missouri Caves
1. Crevice System ~32mi.
2. Berome-Moore ~17mi.
3. Mystery ~16mi.
4. Rimstone River ~14mi.
5. Carroll ~11mi.
6. Powder Mill Creek ~7mi.
7. Devil's Ice Box ~7mi.
8. Piquet ~4.8mi.
9. Meramec Caverns ~4.5mi.
10. Still Spring ~3.6mi.
Long Boone County Caves
1. Devil's Ice Box
2. Hunter's
3. Holton
4. Lewis & Clark
5. Spring
Disclaimer: This information has certainly changed since it was printed,
especially with ongoing projects such as Powder Mill. PLEASE dispute this with
me
as I would like to know. It is obviously being used as filler this month since I
didn't have a good story.
If you have a story that belongs here, send it! -ed.
Don't miss...
ANNUAL CHICKEN ROAST, SEPTEMBER 19TH AT MIKE MORGAN'S.
Call Mike at 573-687-3254 or email CaveCriter@aol.com for details.
Food, Music, Camping, Ropework, and much, much more...
