I got started caving while working on the West Virginia crayfish survey. A cave dwelling species, Cambarus nerterius is found there. Ray and I were contracted to investigate 42 caves for the presence of this species. I quickly fell in love with caving. It is like traveling to another planet! Most of my caving is done in West Virginia, but I have also visited caves in Kentucky and Virginia.


My daughter, Chelsey and I at the entrance to Scott Hollow Cave. The entrance is the culvert behind us. The culvert goes straight down for 30 feet. This is my favorite cave. September 1995.




My caving partner on the West Virginia project, Tom Jones (Bucketboy), and I at the entrance to U.S. 219 Cave. We found this cave to have the largest population of Cambarus nerterius of all the caves we investigated. 1989.




Tom in Higgenbothems Cave. 1989.




Column in Grapevine Cave. (Lost World Caverns)




Multicolored flowstone in Grapevine Cave.




Flowstone in Grapevine Cave.


Explore Appy's Virtual Cave


Cool Caving pictures I have found on the web.


My Cave List


Always practice Caving Safety


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