Keith Wheeland

Keith Wheeland joined the Nittany Grotto caving club in 1952 and was awarded honorary life membership to the club in 1985. In 1953, Keith became a member of the National Speleological Society (NSS) and in 1969, he became a member of the Butler Cave Conservation Society (BCCS). Keith contributed to the Caves of the Burnsvile Cove, Virginia, Fifty years of Exploration and Science, published in 2015, to the Encyclopedia of Caves, first edition, and co-authored the Speleo Digest 25-year Cumulative Index, 1956 Through 1980. In his chronological memoir called Keith: Uncommon Adventures of a Common Man, our debut author shares many of his caving stories and adventures in and outside of Pennsylvania and the U.S.