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Cavestock is an annual Caving Conservation Convention held on Smokey
Caldwell's Farm in Lafayette, Georgia open to Cavestock Association
Members and their guests. You must be an association member or a guest
of one to enter. Friday morning is when registration begins check in get your information package and go find a good site to pitch a tent or park your camper. Our Friday night fire is a great place to catch up with old friends make plans for carpooling to the big projects the following day and generally relax. Locate a project leader and sign up for a project the next day there will be motivation to achieve the project goals. Saturday morning we form up for the projects at hand and leave out to go make a difference. The 6th Annual Cavestock will mark the start of the 2003 TAG caving convention season on April 11-13. Link to our registration form! |
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We gather together Cavers from all walks of life to share the work of
improving our fragile Cave and Karst areas. We remove the carelessly
discarded trash from within and without the caves. We Scrub Grafitti off
natural formations, cave walls and surounding areas. We work toward
learning ways of repairing broken and or damaged formations. Our
projects are surprisingly fun, participation has been continually
growing and the reception we generally get from the land owners has been
encouraging. Details about each project will generally be posted on the SKTF Yahoo groups prior to the event however if you go to the "Big Top"during Cavestock, project details will also be posted there. If your plans are to stay in camp on Saturday then visit the Vendors area where you will generally find all the normal caving gear, clothing, food and refreshments. We try to discourage general caving trips during the event however if you can't resist or are here visiting and are determined to see a cave not on the project lists, then be sure to sign the cave trips board to alert other potential visitors that if they visit the same cave they are likely to find you already there. This reduces overuning a cave, and allows your friends to locate you should that be needed. Saturday Night brings the lighting of the Bonfire in T.A.G. tradition, complete with quality live entertainment and great comeraderie. Gear, clothing, food, and festivities are fun for all. Bring your lawn chairs and friends and socialize with everyone these oportunities only come a couple of times a year. Sunday morning we will be having a "Cavestock in review" group meeting in the Big Top at 10:30 AM. If you have comments or suggestions this is the time to come forward and be heard. Sunday afternoon is breakdown time take you time and pack it up.
A. Conservation - Our purpose is to bring an awareness to Cavers and
others that there is a need for large able body groups of Cavers to
focus their efforts towards a common conservation goal. A cleaner
better karst region to show to our grandchildren. One area at a Time. |
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