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"Murder Hole Cave" Preserving Cave History for Future Generations [Webinar]


Join Extraordinary Woman Caver and author Marian McConnell and videographer David Socky on Mar 23, 2017 at 8:00 PM CDT.


Videographer David Socky, and Author Marian McConnell, talk about the Murder Hole cave movie and books as an example of preserving cave history for future generations. This infamous cave in Catawba, Virginia, is now the subject of a book and a movie documentary; both of which educate (and entertain) the public about cave safety, conservation, and lessons learned from the past. Stories, artwork, photographs, and music, as well as more modern tools such as drones, helmet-mounted cameras, and video was used to preserve the history of this significant cave. As McConnell likes to say, "Someday, when my ashes are strewn into the Murder Hole daylight cave, the new owner and visitors will have an 'owner's manual' about this very special place."

David has been actively caving since 1974. He has caved throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, Mexico, Belize, and China. In the late 1980's he got into doing cave videography and since then has produced a good number of programs – mainly about caving and mountain climbing.

Marian is the landowner of Murder Hole Cave. She is an Author, artist, musician, and caver. She has written songs about caving (including "Legends of Murder Hole" on the video), painted and drawn pictures of it, written the "Murder Hole" book, and now, with David Socky, created the movie, "Murder Hole Cave".

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