National Speleological Society


	Breaking News *Do you have Questions about a Yellow Post Card you received in the mail?* Here are answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the NSS Directory Initiative! *Need to update your information online?* https://myupdate.publishingconcepts.com/nss/ *Your NSS News* is now available in your membership account at members.caves.org. Click on Quick Links, then NSS Publications. All issues can also be found in the Publications Archive. Your Journal of Cave and Karst Studies can now be found in your membership account at members.caves.org. All issues and individual articles can be found in the Publications Archive. NSS WNS Letter to the Feds (Ag & Interior) Now includes DAG Response and second NSS Letter! PDF version Text version How you can help!** Coming Soon - October 2! New Webinar: Salt, Smoke, and Sketchy Slopes: 11 Miles of Survey in Grand Canyon Caves Beth Cortright describes new finds, with spectacular photography. 2019 NSS Convention: Cookeville, TN June 17 - 21, 2019 The website will be expanding soon! Register NOW! Webinars and Luminary Talks The International Union of Speleology and the NSS The UIS is the international caving body, in which the NSS represents the US among 54 member nations. George Veni, the current UIS president, explains it all. -- See more webinars Charles Gibbs, an NSS Luminary Charles Gibbs reasoned that some type of ascender activated by the legs instead of the arms would desirably free one’s hands; the result was the Gibbs Ascender and the Ropewalker climbing system.. -- See all the NSS Luminaries		CaveChat Caving Forum The Virtual Cave Guide to Responsible Caving Caving Safety & Techniques