About this episode
Val McNamara shares her extensive caving history and experiences, including her return to the sport after raising her children.
Val McNamara --- Val shares her caving history going back to the early 90s, along with a few harrowing tales in TAG and Mexico, as well as her big return to caving after her kids grew up. Order a custom cave suit from our sponsor, Sophireaptress! https://www.sophireaptress.com/ Order custom cave survey notes from Custom Cave Pages: https://www.customcavepages.com/ REGISTER for the 2026 NSS Convention https://caves.org/convention/2026-nss-convention/ Volunteer at Convention! https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/8533252580101/false#/invitation Cave Week 2026 https://nckri.org/cave-week/ NSS Calendar of Events https://caves.org/calendar/ Find your local grotto! https://caves.org/committee/i-o/grottos/new_grotto_page-v2.shtml
People in this episode
Host: Matt Pelsor
Guest: Val McNamara
Topics covered
- caving history
- personal stories
- caving in TAG
- caving in Mexico
- return to caving
- NSS Convention
- caving community
Keywords
- caving
- Val McNamara
- TAG
- Mexico
- NSS Convention
- caving stories
- caving community
- cave suit
- cave survey notes
Sponsors
Sophireaptress
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Custom Cave Pages, NSS
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