Desert Dogs

Happy Easter from the DDT

Is that a stalactite and lava , or something else .

Happy holidays & happy new year from your SBSD Cave and Technical Rescue Team!
Wishing you all a safe and prosperous 2026.

270 Nano meters of Arachnid fun.

The Desert Dogs are now represented at the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas ! , Special thanks to OG club member and amazing drummer Bud Gaugh with his drum kit on display at the new Sublime exhibit.  The Desert Dogs started in 1981 at a Punk Rock show and the rest was history . Back then, the only thing more edgy than the punk scene was being an OC Punk rocker who also drove road warior jeeps exploring caves and abandoned mines . Do you know what bands played that infamous 11/24/1981 show ?

Gen II Desert Dogs , Blake Bassham and Jake Hill discover and then rescue a Desert Tortoise that had fallen down a mine shaft just outside the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park on Saturday. Many desert animals including Tortoise’s use abandoned mines for shelter. The Tortoise wandered into a horizontal tunnel (Adit) and then fell down an interior shaft (Winze). Fortunately the shaft was inclined instead of being vertical and the tortoise appeared uninjured.

One of Ukraine’s greatest caves !

Remains found earlier this month has now been identified as that of Chris Sins. He was found north of where the vehicle they were in became stranded. We searched the many abandoned mines located in the search area. He was not found in a mine .