Desert Dogs

08/18/2025

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 ?

06/06/2025

05/26/2025

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.

12/05/2024

One of Ukraine’s greatest caves !

11/27/2024

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 .

11/06/2024

11/06/2024

Hike to shaft with mine camera

11/06/2024

Mine cam being lowered

11/06/2024

Underground Search for Missing person Chris Sins

11/06/2024

Arizona, assisting on the Search for Chris Sins, clearing mines.

11/05/2024

A multi day adventure begins with part of the group assisting on the Chris Sins missing Person Case in Arizona. 64 Plus Mine features were cleared in 12 hours using the mine cameras and physical searches.