| August 2025 Minutes | | Meeting was held on August 05, 2025 | | Minutes recorded by: Brian Alger |
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| Attending | - Matt Brasher (Host)
- Brittany Brasher (Host)
- Jenson Brasher
- Gunnison Brasher
- Boone Brasher
- Brian Alger
- William Tucker
- Tammy Tucker
- Lee Ann Dean
- John Johnston
- Taylor Kuiken
- Darcy Phillips
- Jordan Glassman
- Pierson Miller
- Ryan Marshall
- Piper Weekly (Zoom)
- Tom Chanton (Zoom)
- Yee-Bien Chuah (Zoom)
| | Old Business | - Covered last month's minutes. One correction was needed to the date of the Merus Cave Survey Trip.
- The Tucker's hosted a vertical training class at the Lubbock Fire Department's training tower on August 2. Those in attendance were William, Tammy, Jordan, Darcy and Grant.
- Tammy's attempt at having a Zoom meeting available during our monthly meeting is proving successful.
- Taylor is trying make contact with the land owner of the second cave that was found in the Balmorhea area.
| | New Business | - Jenson and Gunnison were each presented with a LAG T-Shirt.
- Group Me - Jordan suggested using a standard naming convention for each to make it easier to find relevant information. In addition, Brian will get with Michael so gain a higher security level within our account to help management it.
- Lee Ann, Pierson and Ryan contacted Georgia Schneider in regards to getting the Ralph Canyon dig going again. Plans are to have a trip at the end of October or early November. According to Don Mittan, approximately 50,000 lbs. of debris have been removed from the pit between 1990-2014.
- Fort Stanton Cave Rescue Class - Taylor and his wife have received a course outline and area waiting for the waiver while Tom and Yee are on the waiting list. There are currently over 60 people wanting to attend.
- Ryan became an official Trip Leader for Cave Tree Cave.
- Carlsbad Caverns is considering opening Lake Cave, Goat Cave and Chimney Cave to commercial operations for non-profit. They are still trying to formulate this concept.
| | Trip Reports | - Jenson - He gave a trip report of his trip into Cave Tree Cave. This was his favorite cave of the trip.
- Gunnison - He gave a trip report to his trip to Cave of the Bell. It was a long drive on a rough road and a long hike.
- Matt and Gunnison - They gave a tip report from there time in Hidden Cave. This was Gunnison's first vertical cave. William appreciated Matt carrying the rope to the cave... and back.
- Darcy - She gave report of her trip report of her trip to the High Guads. It started out with a little car trouble which made for a late arrival on the hill. Cave Tree Cave was visited on Saturday. It was a beautiful cave a fancy formation named Burke's Helictite. Getting out of the cave was a bit tricky and the hike back was hot. Later at Cave of the Bell, she stayed near the entrance and listened to bats while the others explored.
- Pierson - Attended a speleothem repair trip with Mike Mansur to 2nd Parallel in Cotton Wood Cave. They spent 4-5 hours in the cave fixing broken speleothems.
| | Upcoming Trips | - Tentative lint picking trip to Carlsbad Caverns.
- Mike Mansur has three openings on his speleothem repair trip to 2nd Parallel in Cottonwood Cave.
- The Southwest Region Fall Regional will be held October 11-12 in the High Guads. The Pecos Valley Grotto will host the event.
- Ryan is putting together a trip to Carlsbad in August. Potential caves are Wind Hicks, KFFC, Doc Britto and Jernigan's #2.
- Fort Stanton Study Project - The Fall expedition will be held September 20-28.
- Blowing Crack Cave dig - Tentatively scheduled for the fall.
- Ralph Canyon dig October 25.
| | Next Meeting | - September 2, 2025
- 7:00 PM
- Lee Ann Dean Residence
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