Lance S. Barron

Lance S. Barron finished his four-year enlistment in the U.S. Air Force in April 1976. That June he began the best job of his life: seasonal cave guide at Mammoth Cave National Park. For two summers and a couple of holidays, Lance guided, and mostly trailed, visitors through what were then known as the self-guided Historic, the Scenic Half-Day, and the Frozen Niagara tours.

Later, while attending graduate school at the University of Kentucky, he caved a lot in the Inner Bluegrass Karst, Mammoth Cave Country, and northern Tennessee. He does not go into caves that flood when there is a thunderstorm in the area. He went on multiple cave photography trips with Bob Cetera in Mammoth Cave, Great Onyx Cave, and Floyd Collins' Crystal Cave.

Since graduate school, he has held various jobs in geology and engineering consulting.

He lives in the Georgia Piedmont with his best friend and wife, Barbara.