Extraordinary Women Leaders in Speleology (EWLS)

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

Khalvin Cook has been Vice President of EWLS for 5 years! He helps with everything from cooking events meals to managing safety in difficult cave trips. Thank you for being awesome!

In honor of Valentines Day, EWLS wants to share this story written by the Kokomo Tribune about Marcy Boyd and Tim Stahl who met as cave divers. The couple began dating in March 2007 and Tim proposed underwater about a year later. "To us, this is how it's supposed to be," Tim said. Read the story here: kokomotribune.com

Besides women cavers who are vets, EWLS would like to thank all the men out there that support women cavers and especially veterans! Khalvin Cook is a Navy veteran and retired Navy Seal. He works to support women cavers and serves as Vice President of EWLS. Khalvin was introduced to organized caving in 2010 when he met Lisa our president. He has been a major force of support for our organization and we are very happy to have him! Thank you Khalvin for your service. For those men who also support women cavers, use the hashtag #WeLoveWomenCavers and thank you all veterans for your service! Read more about Khalvin here: http://www.ewls.org/khalvin-cook-1.html

Each year EWLS's event requires a strong community of supporters in the caving world and these include men. Without the wonderful help from fathers, sons, and brothers in our caving organizations, EWLS would not exist. Thank you for all that you do and Happy Father's Day! #ewls #womencavers #speleology

Two superstar photographers so far are contributing to the All-Grrs-Cave-Trip Publication "Extraordinary Women Cavers" this year: Dave Bunnell and Kim Luper! To top it off last year another superstar caver (Brent McGregor) donated his photos in 2013. All of you gentlemen rock. Thank you for supporting women cavers! EVENT INFO: ewls.org/all-grrs-cave-trip.html MAILING LIST: email lisab.ewls@gmail.com IMAGE SOURCE: http://eofdreams.com/data_images/dreams/camera/camera-09.jpg