Upcoming DC Grotto Meetings and Events


Saturday, December 7
DC Grotto Holiday Potluck Banquet

The Grotto's annual Holiday Banquet will be at the Westleigh Recreation Center in North Potomac, MD (near Gaitherburg). The banquet will be a potluck event. The banquet will be simulcast on Zoom so everyone can enjoy. See below for what you should bring.

All cavers are welcome. You don't to be a Grotto member to attend.

SPEAKERS: This year we will have two speakers. Mike Ficco is a recipient of the 2023 NSS Lew Bicking award. This is the highest NSS award for cave exploration and mapping. Katarina Ficco has Ph.D. in Karstology and has experience in many expeditions in the United States and Europe.

Mike and Katarina Ficco will give a double-header talk about exploration in two of their favorite project areas. The first will focus on discoveries in Virginia’s Powell Valley, home of the Omega and Burja Cave Systems. This will be followed by the exciting results of their Kučka Korita expeditions in Montenegro, where a high karst plateau is slowly revealing its hidden secrets.

MEAL: The Grotto's Executive Committee will provide the main dishes for the buffet. Others should bring munchies or appetizers, side dishes, salads organized by the first letter of your last name (see below). Fancy, ethnic or even home cooked dishes are welcome, but not required. Carry-out, deli, or grocery stores are alternate resources for non-cookers. 
* Please bring any serving utensils that your dish needs, and enough food to serve about eight cavers.
* A microwave, refrigerator, and limited stovetop space (no oven) will be available for heating dishes. 

E-G            Appetizer or chips & dip (please arrive early)
A-D, H-M  Side dish (vegetable, salad, etc.)
N-Z            Dessert

NOTE: BYO beer, wine, or ANY other beverages. (NO water, sodas or coffee provided this year, sorry!)

WHEN:
Saturday, December 7th
Social Hour 5:30-6:30pm
Dinner 7pm
Presentation 8pm

WHERE: Westleigh Recreation Club, 14900 Dufief Mill Rd, North Potomac, MD 20878
Link to location on Google Maps

We ask that everyone provide a $10 donation per adult. (The requested donation goes to help pay the cost of renting the banquet room and providing paper supplies for the
banquet).

The zoom meeting will begin at 5:30 pm. Click here to go to the Zoom meeting.

Saturday, December 28
Day trip to Whitings Neck Cave

This will be a day trip to Whitings Neck cave near Shepherdstown, W. Va. This will be both a horizontal and vertical trip. There is a 20-foot drop to rappel, but the climb up can be completed without a full vertical setup. Details will be sent to the Grotto's email list about a week before the trip.


Sunday, January 19
Grotto Social Meeting


The meeting will be at the Quarry House Tavern at 8401 Georgia Ave in Silver Spring, MD. It's a 10-minute walk from the Silver Spring Metro station. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM. This is an informal meeting with friends, food, and beer. Check the Tavern's website at quarryhousetavern.com.


Sunday, February 16
Regular Grotto Meeting on Zoom


The Zoom meeting will begin at 7 PM for socializing and the presentation at 7:30 PM. Anyone interested in caving is welcome to attend. You don't have to be a Grotto member. The program has not been determined. The Zoom link will be posted here and sent to the Grotto's email list about a week before the meeting.


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