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UID:pretalx-nss-convention-2026-YUHZA9@talks.caving.dev
DTSTART;TZID=EST:20260707T140000
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DESCRIPTION:In 2024 approximately 7 miles of new survey in 6 expeditions le
 d to breakouts in three new directions plus the continuing Snowy River tre
 nd in the south. In 2025 five "strong and light" teams pushed several of t
 hese leads plus continued mop-up of areas not visited in eleven years. Sno
 wy River remained dry except in the far South allowing these expeditions f
 rom May until September where they yielded another 4.7 miles of new discov
 ery. Each expedition was 3 or 4 days long\, and most were based out of Mid
 night Junction camp in the south\, 10 miles from the entrance. One team wa
 s so far from MJ that they used a lightweight bivy technique to avoid trav
 eling hours back to camp. Areas of work included discoveries in the new No
 rthwest passage\, and off Borderlands\, Red Velvet\, and MK Ultra. No team
 s made it to Noire or to the going SRS survey at Babylon and Hanging Garde
 ns\, which is far upstream Snowy River. If October hadn't been a bust with
  a government shutdown\, 2 expeditions to these areas may have added sever
 al miles. The cave is presently mapped at 56.24 miles long\, pushing it up
  to 7th on the US long caves list. 2026 seems promising for plenty of new 
 discoveries in numerous leads.
DTSTAMP:20260826T232528Z
LOCATION:Auditorium
SUMMARY:Progress in Fort Stanton Cave - 
URL:https://talks.caving.dev/nss-convention-2026/talk/YUHZA9/
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