Spring MAR - 2026
Fri, May 01 | McClure Bean Soup Festival & Fairgrounds
Bald Eagle Grotto is proud to celebrate 40 years underground, and we are excited to serve as your host for the 2026 Spring MAR Field Meet, held at the McClure Bean Soup Festival & Fairgrounds in McClure, Pennsylvania.
Come visit the Out Standing Stitches booth in the Vendor area to try on a pair of new caving bib overalls, or checkout our other product offerings, such as backpacks and rope bags, survey bags, rope pads, chest harnesses, and more!
Offering onsite gear repair for clean and dry caving gear!
Spring Var 2026
🎉 Excitement is in the air! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary. Spring VAR 2026 hosted by Tri-State Grotto at Endless Caverns in New Market, Virginia May 8-10, 2026!
Out Standing Stitches will be there, with our full range of new items for sale, plus offering onsite gear repair for clean and dry cave gear only!
2026 NSS Convention
Hundreds of Caves, Hundreds of Miles
Corydon, IN - July 6 - July 10, 2026
The National Speleological Society (NSS) will host the 83rd Annual Convention in the lush forests and rolling hills of Corydon, Indiana.
Come visit the Out Standing Stitches booth in the Vendor area to try on a pair of new caving bib overalls, or checkout our other product offerings, such as backpacks and rope bags, survey bags, rope pads, chest harnesses, and more!
Offering onsite gear repair for clean and dry caving gear!
OTR 2026
75th Old Timer’s Reunion
The Original Underground Party; Come as you were!
Choose your favorite theme, costume, or moment from any OTR in the past, and reimagine it in your own way! Resurrect costumes from your OTR costume closet; reprise the best DooDah Parade entries from years gone by; dress up your campsite to display your favorite campsite decorations of the past. You can even reprise Wunderland if you like!
Come see us on vendor's row at the Out Standing Stitches booth! We'll have our usual line up of new products for sale, as well as offering onsite gear repair. So clean out your gear closet and bring along that old pair of coveralls that need some love! (Clean and dry gear only!)