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Year

2024

Location

Sewanee, TN

Photos Submitted

314

Best in Show

Kevin Downey

Honorable Mentions

18

Merit Awards

13

Judges

Nikki Fox, Fofo Gonzalez, and Kenneth Ingham

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Rules & Submissions
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Year

2024

Location

Sewanee, TN

Photos Submitted

314

Best in Show

Kevin Downey

Honorable Mentions

18

Merit Awards

13

Judges

Nikki Fox, Fofo Gonzalez, and Kenneth Ingham
First Entry in New Find at Sapucaia - Kevin Downey
Best In Show

Kevin Downey

First Runner Up
Glow Worms in Spellbinder Cave - Kevin Downey
Second Runner Up
Entrance Shaft in Ario Bowl - Bartek Biela
Up The Only Safe Way Through - Kevin Downey
Third Runner Up
Delicate Blue Walls in Aven des Crozes - Kevin Downey
Fourth Runner Up
Merit Award Winners
Unthanks Tube - Ryan Maurer
The Hand of Dog - Kevin Ditamore
Surgeners Borehole - Ryan Maurer
The Gullet of Rapps Cave - Kevin Downey
Last Drop to Lago Suspenso - Kevin Downey
Crazy Aragonite Millipede - Kevin Downey
Racer Snake in Mulu - Bartek Biela
The Hall of Dams in Piercy_s Mill Cave - Kevin Downey
Straws Room in Hollow Hill Cave - Kevin Downey
The Cave Cats Bring Home the Bacon - Dave Bunnell
Hidden Below the Serra Bodoquena - Kevin Downey
Shadow Puppet Sniffs the Nest - Mara Reed
Really Worth the Trip In! - Kevin Downey
Honorable Mention
The Lake - Ryan Maurer
Clear Conditions at Mimoso - Kevin Downey
Stay Dry - Ryan Maurer
Toilet Bowl - Jacob Lieber
Caverna Pobo Jari - Where Sprits Cry - Kevin Downey
Forever on the Hunt - Ryan Maurer
Olaf_s Demise - Kevin Liow
The Sinkhole - Charles Blanton
Popcorn! - Mara Reed
Hot, Wet, Smelly and Wonderful - Kevin Downey
Loyalhanna Stream Borehole - Ryan Maurer
Big Step Traverse - Kevin Downey
Surgeners Formations - Ryan Maurer
Moai Formation - Bartek Biela
Droplet 2 - Ryan Maurer
Tiny Creature - Irina Tabarana
Forced Perspective - Ryan Maurer
The Archway at Lago Azul - Kevin Downey

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