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The Explorer 2005

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	January, 2005 Cover: Mark Bockenhauer peers from the entrance of a pseudokarst cave in the Mojave Desert. Photo: Bern Szukalski. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 650th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, A Cave Inventory of the Mojave National Preserve, Southern California, Three MOJA Shelter Caves, Slot Cave map, Stark Shelter map, Rat's Nest map.
	February, 2005 Cover: The picture that answers the question: What gear do you need to go caving in the high Sierra. Photo: Rich Collier. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 651st Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, White Chief Cave Revisited,Crystal Stanislaus by Boat.
	March, 2005 Cover: Daniel Veelik peers from the entrance of the Gold Ridge Mine. Photo: David Bowman. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 652nd Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, Gold Ridge Mine Exploratory, The Attic Archives, Ord Mountains Speleological Recon, Southern California Grotto Information Sheet.
	April, 2005 Cover: Charles Nelson negotiates the sump connection between Rawen's Cave and Cacupangan Cave, Pangusinan Province, Republic of the Phillipines. Photo: Charles Nelson. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 653rd Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, Cacupangan Cave, Speleo Ed 2005 registration and information.
	May 2005 Cover: Dr. Annie Glasspool sihouetted in Church Cave, Bermuda. Photo: Bern Szukalski. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 654th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, Woot! Cave - A New Discovery, Tunnels in the Glen, Two Old Unreported Gold Mines near Mt. Baldy Village, Bermuda Caves Workshop, New Cave Finds in MOJA.
	June, 2005 Cover: A 1949 Southern California Grotto outing to look for caves in the southern Sierra. Photo: William R. Halliday collection. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 655th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, Mines of the Soledad, Another Look at Three So Cal Caves, Bodfish Cave map, Harrington Cave map, Cave Quiz.
	July, 2005 Cover: Sandy Stephens in Long Cave in Maui's Haleakala Crater. Photo: Bern Szukalski. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 656th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, Long Cave Survey, Haleakala Crater, Maui, Long Cave Map, Simi Valley's Lost Expectations, Local Reading. Cave Quiz.
	August, 2005 Cover: Original artwork by Ursula Vernon from her graphic novel Digger. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, News/Notes/Announcements, Move Over Randy Rogers, There's a New Caving Comic in Town,2005 Southern California Grotto Membership List.
	September, 2005 Cover: The descent from the first level in Crystal Kokoweef Cave, November, 1948. Photo: William R. Halliday collection. This Issue: Kokoweef Caves Special Issue, Carbide Calendar, 657th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, 658th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes,Cave Quiz, Legend of Kokoweef Cave, The Kokoweef Caves, The Kokoweef Caper, The Survey of Crystal Cave and a Visit to Kokoweef Cave, Crystal Cave Map.
	October, 2005 Cover: Jaime Lintemoot enjoys the caves and karst of the high country of Sequoia / Kings Canyon National Park during a recent grotto trip. Photo: Rich Collier. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 659th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, Local Gold Mines We Will Never See.
	November, 2005 Cover: Marc Heins emerging from the top of the entrance pit to a Kern County cave. Photo: Bern Szukalski. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 660th Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, Cave Quiz, Local Gold Mines We Will Never See - Second Installment, Baldwin Mine Site Map, Gold Dollar Site Map, The Original Hyper-Bar.
	December, 2005 Cover: Sandy Stephens admires gypsum chandeliers in a New Mexico cave. Photo: Bern Szukalski. This Issue: Carbide Calendar, 661st Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, News/Notes/Announcements, 2006 Grotto Membership Form, Peggy 5 Cave and a Few More for Mojave Cave Survey, Box Flap Shelter Map, Dune View Shelter Cave Map, Three Holer Cave Map, Lost and Found Cave Map, Peggy 5 Cave Map.