, Auditorium
Many of the large cave systems in Rockcastle County, Kentucky were explored and surveyed in the 1960s and 1970s. By today's standards the maps are primitive, yet these caves — Pine Hill, Smokehole, Mullin Springs, Marler Hollow, and Roundstone — contain trunk passages, large galleries, active streams, and real potential for virgin cave. This presentation will revisit those early survey efforts, including the equipment and techniques of the era, and will display the original maps. The goal: to stir interest in resurveying these significant but overlooked systems.
Mary Gratsch, NSS 14755