What else are you interested in ??

[shibumi]

Caving is not a hobby for me, it is my life. Something like 16,000 hours of my life have been spent caving.

My only real hobby is guns and shooting which I do almost daily. I do a little hiking/backpacking not associated with caving. I hunt, but it's not a hobby, it's for food. I do a little photography but again, not as a hobby per se.

[rebelfirefighter]

I am really big into Civil War reenacting. I also hunt, fish, go hiking, relic hunting, and chase my two year old.

http://www.52ndgeorgia.webs.com

[NZcaver]

Fun topic.

Besides the caving thing, like many of you I also enjoy being outdoors. I've never been a big fan or participant of team sports, although I do have a soft spot for dog mushing and may have watched a rugby game or two. I volunteer helping with the Iditarod dog sled race in Alaska each year, and I've been walking dogs for the SPCA (though not recently). I manage to talk myself into a variety of other volunteer cleanup, maintenance and education projects in the outdoors and caves.

I love backpacking, and I'm packing right now for another trip into Denali. This also gives me an excuse to accumulate even more gear and spend hours engrossed in topo maps. I'm a novice cross-country skier with a reasonable ability to stay upright on flat ground and groomed classic trails. I used to dabble in flat water kayaking and entry level mountain biking, but it's tough to travel the country with all that equipment so not any more.

I'm an avid outdoor (and cave) photographer. Mostly landscapes, wildlife, and aurora photography. Packing light is a nice idea, but my camera gear and lenses are not small. So I cut back on carrying extra clothing instead.

My gadget obsession also extends to amateur radio and tinkering with making and modifying geek toys, although I confess I'm not active with the ham radio thing much these days. Bright lights and things that make noise are fun to play with.

I enjoy recreational shooting (pistols and rifles), and while I support the idea of sustainable hunting I'm not personally a hunter. But I will try almost any dead animal at least once, even the exotic ones. I am not a vegetarian.

I accumulated a large quantity of military collectables over the years, both as a teenager and later while serving in the military. For practicality reasons I'm not really actively collecting these days, but I have been persuaded into doing a little Civil War reenacting and I'm also loosely connected with a WWII reenacting group. I enjoy military history, museums and research.

I also help moderate a couple of forums, because really I have no life.

[RD Milhollin]

Underwater Hockey

No seriously, I will play on a team at the Nationals tournament at George Mason University the three days before the NSS Convention this year.

Actually looking for a ride to the Convention site Sunday afternoon/evening from around Vienna VA. Anyone going my way?

[Phil Winkler]

Since returning to Delaware 20 odd years ago caving has been reduced to occasional trips to TAG. Otherwise, sailing/boating has been a passion of mine since I was a little kid growing up on the Chesapeake. We've sailed 40' catamarans in the British Virgin Islands and Granada, charted two barges thru the canals of France and also charted mono-hulls a few times on our beloved Chesapeake Bay.

As a youngster I was fascinated by geology and also collected minerals. I have no doubt that led to my love of caves and caving. Imagine my surprise inside Berry's Cave in Mo. to watch as cavers came from inside the cave! They were from the Rolla School of Mines and they told me about the NSS.

Almost any technology dealing with computers interests me, but mainly that with relational database technology.

Finally, working within a large organization like the NSS is also very satisfying, most of the time.

[Gumby]

I love to design, and build wood strip canoes and kayaks.

[Dave Luckins]

For me it's sailing (we have a 27-foot Catalina), back packing, fly fishing, and traveling. Having been raised in Canada--I am infected with the Hockey gene...that sort of defines my winter season.

[Squirrel Girl]

I love to design, and build wood strip canoes and kayaks.

That's gorgeous!

[Scott McCrea]

I love to design, and build wood strip canoes and kayaks.

Is that suede on the seats? Classy!

[tagkycaver]

Pitting?

[Mudduck]

Its amazes me the similarities. I too kayak, avid hiker and camper. Drag racing is something I've Ben doing for 25 years. Sold my last car a couple years back. Sold my Busa last year as bike RA Inc was getting out of hand where I live. Building my daughter a caged 95 mustang right now. I used to like to fly until my grandfather died then I sold my plane. He had been flying since the thirties. Wasn't the same after he died. Recently got back into dirt bike riding.