Welcome to the Boston Grotto We are one of the oldest grottos of the National Speleological Society. This site has information about the Boston Grotto, information about caving, and lots of pictures of caves from around the country that Grotto members have visited.
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Boston Grotto P.O. Box 380304 Harvard Square Station Cambridge, MA 02138-0304

We meet on the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at M.I.T's Stata Center in Cambridge, except on major holidays. Meetings are open to all. Click here for details.

We publish a bimonthly newsletter, The Massachusetts Caver. Members also have access to all our past issues as well as other material in the Grotto library.

For general information, see the Introduction to Caving with the Boston Grotto by Kevin Harris.

To reach a person contact one of the following:

Yet more information:

• List of officers
• Membership list
• How to join the Boston Grotto

Caving Trips

To go caving, come to our monthly meeting and join one of our trips. We have a trip calendar and signup sheet and beginners coming on one of our trips can borrow equipment for a weekend.

Boston Grotto Photo Gallery

Over 100 fine cave photos organized by topic and location.

Constitution and Bylaws

Massachusetts Caver Online

Local Cave Information

Maine Cave Page

Old Trips

Robert Blazewicz demonstrating the Bone-Norman Devil's Pinch test.

1988 Acme Mine extravaganza.

1980 Hostermans Haul.

Regional Events

National Cave Rescue Commission Seminars

Other Pages of Interest to Boston Area Cavers

Member's Caving Pages

Let us know if you have any personal stuff to list here.

• Cave photos by Kristen Ankiewicz
• CaverSteve's Carbide Journal by Steve Stokowski

Information

• The Boston Grotto Guide to SRT by Kevin Harris.
• VAR closed cave list, list of closed or restricted caves in the Virginia-West Virginia area.

Organizations

• MIT Caving Club
• Northeastern Cave Conservancy
• Northeastern Regional Organzation (NRO) and their Northeastern Caver
• Northeast Diggers Page
• Vermont Cavers Association
• D.C. Grotto
• Met Grotto
• National Caves Association, information about all major USA commercial caves
• Potomac Speleological Club

Other Caving-related Pages

• Boston Grotto's List of caving equipment suppliers.
• Cavechat, the official NSS caving discussion board.
• Chris Taylor's article on why white LEDs suck.
• Speleo Link Page: Tons of caving-related links.
• GORP's Caving Resources on the Internet: links to other grottos and caving organizations.
• Long and deep caves of the world.

Sponsors and Other Information

• Adventurous Traveler Bookstore, books on all kinds of outdoor activities, including caving.
• About.com sports and recreation.

This page last updated 4/10/08. For problems with this site, contact the

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