Val McNamara

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Val shares her caving history going back to the early 90s, along with a few harrowing tales in TAG and Mexico, as well as her big return to caving after her kids grew up.

Order a custom cave suit from our sponsor, Sophireaptress!

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Order custom cave survey notes from Custom Cave Pages:

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REGISTER for the 2026 NSS Convention

https://caves.org/convention/2026-nss-convention/

Volunteer at Convention!

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Cave Week 2026

https://nckri.org/cave-week/

NSS Calendar of Events

https://caves.org/calendar/

Find your local grotto!

https://caves.org/committee/i-o/grottos/new_grotto_page-v2.shtml