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Texas Cavers' ReunionThe BIGGEST Caver Party in the state of TEXASView Pictures from the 2010 Texas Cavers Reunion here. View Pictures from the 2009 Texas Cavers Reunion here. View Pictures from the 2008 Texas Cavers Reunion here. View Pictures from the 2007 Texas Cavers Reunion here. View pictures from the 2006 Texas Cavers Reunion here. An online slideshow from the 2005 convention is available here. The 2012 35th Annual Texas Cavers Reunion will be held October 18-21. O.K. Texas Cavers, this is it, the official announcement for Texas Cavers Reunion 2012!! October 18, 19, 20 & 21, 2012 is the date. Paradise Canyon is the place. Registration cost: Adults $25, youth$15, and a cap of $80 for a family (adults and youth), kids <12 free. Registration includes full use of the facility and campgrounds, full participation in all activities and contests, meal on Saturday evening, and much more. For facebook users: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/204320899690447/?notif_t=plan_user_joined We will have the usual fun stuff. It's going to be awesome. More info will be coming soon. The usual rules apply:
Held every fall, the Texas Cavers' Reunion attracts about 400 cavers from Texas, the United States and other countries. Many caving vendors are present so you can touch and feel that potential new piece of caving gear before you buy. The feature event is the supper cooked on site by many Texas caving cooks. We are always looking for the perfect camp site for TCR. If you know of any other sites that that would be a good place to hold TCR, let us know. Our general requirements are: Easy access; A running stream for swimming; Some semblance of remoteness from houses; Trees. Other things which would be nice are: Electricity; Running water; Flush toilets. We always need a little assistance in setting up and running the event. If you or your Grotto would like to help, either with site preparations or an event during TCR, just let know by clicking here. A Bit of History The Texas Old Timers' Reunion was organized in 1978 by Gill Ediger, Chuck Stuehm, and Mike Walsh in order to fill a need created by the absence of a TSA Labor Day Project during most of the previous decade. It was felt that the TSA needed a fall caving event to bring Texas cavers together for fun and frolic and social interaction, all an important part of most cavers' caving education and experience. Over the years, the event grew from the original 90 participants at Luckenbach to well over 500 at recent gatherings. A few years ago the name was quietly changed from TOTR to TCR--the Texas Cavers' Reunion--to avoid confusion with the "original" OTR--Old Timers' Reunion--in West 'by God' Virginia. Although many cavers help with the event, the general philosophy is to try to make the Reunion appear that it just happens spontaneously without any or much direction from anybody. Past Reunions have been held at the following places:
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