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The Explorer 2007

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January Explorer
January, 2007

Cover: Formations in Hidden Cave, New Mexico. Photo: Frank McDonough. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 674th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, Curing the Auto-Focus Blues, Grotto Information Sheet, For Our Junior Cavers, Southern California Grotto Dues Renewal Form.

February Explorer
February, 2007

Cover: Carlsbad Caverns. Photo: Rich Collier. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 675th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, Whipple Wash Cave - A Strange One, Whipple Wash Cave map, For Our Junior Cavers, Dues Renewal Form.

March Explorer
March, 2007

Cover: One of the many side areas in the maze of passages in Cave Of The Bells. Photo: Rich Collier. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 676th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, For Our Junior Cavers, Dues Renewal Form.

April Explorer
April, 2007

Cover: Doug Billings surveying in the Haunted Forest in an unmapped cave in Belize during the 2007 XMET Expedition. Photo: James Rice. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 677th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, Discovery Hierarchy, CRF Mojave Announcement, A Template for Explorer Article, MAD - Motorized Ascending Device, For Our Junior Cavers, Death Valley 4x4 Trip 2006, Dues Renewal Form.

May Explorer
May, 2007

Cover: The Royal Pool in Arroyo Seco Canyon, as seen during a recent Hike of The Month. Photo: Scott Schmitz. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 678th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, 2007 Executive Committee Members. Basic Recommended Equipment List for Vertical Caving.

June Explorer
June, 2007

Cover: Don Smith and Brian Pease at the upper entrance to Haunted Forest Cave, Belize. Photo: James Rice. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 679th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, Initial Survey of Haunted Forest Cave, Belize, Haunted Forest Cave map, For Our Junior Cavers.

July Explorer
July, 2007

Cover: Eric Bull at a Grotto climbing practice. Photo: Ryan Baker. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 680th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, Some Observations About GPS, Haunted Forest Cave map, Climbing Practice at Stoney Point, For Our Junior Cavers.

August Explorer
August, 2007

Cover: Charles Nelson in Dripping Cave during a recent Hike of The Month. Photo: Scott Schmitz. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 681st Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, For Our Junior Cavers.

September Explorer
September, 2007

Cover: Gua Telinga (Ear Cave), Malaysia. Photo: Scott Schmitz. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 682nd Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, XMET 2007, Grotto Membership List.

October Explorer
October, 2007

Cover: Sandy Stephens in Sunny Green Cave. Photo: Bern Szukalski. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 683rd Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, The 1855 Below Relay Junction - 2006 Update, Reflections on the Dawn Mine - September 15th.

November Explorer
November, 2007

Cover: Fall, 2007, Guads trip. Photo: Rich Collier. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 684th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, Southern California Climbing Locations.

December Explorer
December, 2007

Cover: Totem Pole, Fall, 2007, Guads trip. Photo: Scott Schmitz. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 685th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, For Our Junior Cavers.