page_title: Jan and Herb Conn
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Jan and Herb Conn / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Created by Hollis Marriott, using rubber stamps by Jan Conn (designed by Jean Dolan, a climbing friend of Jan).
context_page_description: Jan Conn and Herb Conn were climbing and caving pioneers. They are credited with establishing many classic climbs in areas like Carderock in Maryland, Seneca Rocks in West Virginia, Cannon Cliff in New Hampshire and Black Hills of South Dakota. They are also well known as cave explorers who in the 1960s and 70s discovered and mapped over 60 miles of Jewel Cave, making it the world’s third longest cave system.
context_section_description: Jan's musical play, Run to Catch a Pine Cone, has been performed throughout the country. She is also an accomplished rubber stamp artist.
  In a 2008 interview for Climbing Magazine they stated "I know sometimes people think we had this high dream of living like this, in a place like this … it wasn’t that way. We just kept backing away from the things we didn’t like. This is where we landed." In a 2008 talk, Jan said that they no longer climb rocks, but still enjoy the outdoors. She said, "Fortunately, the slower we move the more we see.
  In summer of 1985, Herb and Jan Conn were awarded the Conservation Service Award by the Secretary of the Interior, Don Hodel.
  On September 17, 2011, Herb and Jan were inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in recognition of their pioneering exploration. Soon afterward Herb's health failed and on February 1, 2012, he died in sleep in his home near Custer, at the age of 91.
  Herb was also an amateur mathematician.
caption: Search for the mystery fern cartoon depicting search for Asplenium × alternifolium in Black Hills[31]
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