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UID:pretalx-nss-convention-2026-FKNAWX@talks.caving.dev
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DESCRIPTION:Robert R. Stitt was born in 1941\, the same year the NSS was bo
 rn\, and he spent a major portion of his adult life as a caver and NSS vol
 unteer. Starting his caving in Montana\, over the years Rob lived and cave
 d in Washington\, New Mexico\, Sweden\, Minnesota\, and upstate New York. 
 He's attended numerous Conventions\, dragging his sister\, wives\, childre
 n\, and grandchildren along to many of them while serving variously as NSS
  Conservation Chair\, Board Member\, Executive VP\, and NSS President for 
 many years. After all that\, Rob served many more years as the Conservatio
 n and Management Section Chair\, leading a team of early NSS speleologists
  who all used typewriters to pound out the correspondence that built the f
 oundation of the American grass root cave and karst conservation efforts w
 e participate in today. In 1970 Rob started writing cave ballads\, and in 
 1972\, he helped start the annual NSS Cave Ballad Contest that we continue
  to hold annually at our NSS Conventions. Rob and his grandson\, Aslan Rif
 e\, will tell tales\, sing some of Rob's cave ballads\, and show some phot
 os. Speleo Heritage Cheers to Rob and Aslan!
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SUMMARY:Celebrate the Conservation Legacy of Rob Stitt NSS 5403 Stories\, S
 ong\, Snacks ! Three Generations of Caving\, Conservation\, and Speleopoli
 tics Rob Stitt - 
URL:https://talks.caving.dev/nss-convention-2026/talk/FKNAWX/
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