hat purpose or not relevant anymore.That
person could probably be "nominated" for a speleo-historian award.
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full gear quickly.
By the way, the UT Grotto opens their meeting with the announcement, "Welcome to
the UT Grotto - the grotto that caves." Then their guest speaker
showed a slide show about
trains in Peru.
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Since it is quite out there in CaveTexLand, I thought I would try
something nostalgic.
Who wants to go first ?
What ever happened to .. Doug Allen ?
What ever happened to Joel King ?
etc.
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One more try,
Whatever happened to John Spence ?
Whatever happened to Spencer Woods ...?
Whatever happened to Pam Oskowski ( ? ) Woods ?
Whatever happened to Troy Shelton ?
nobody else got anything ?
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-eco-tours.Probably the
only way I would go caving
in South America, Indonesia, or China, or Belize.
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to try to attend the
BOG. ]
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President of NaturFest Association
NSS # 27639 ( life member )
https://www.facebook.com/groups/128288927251881/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2133009320
cebook is playing in documenting caving activity
and sharing it.Without Facebook,
we would have almost no knowledge that the event even took place.
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the
organized caving community because of this kind of stuff,
and that they are still actively but very quietly caving. I am
not ready to throw in the towel just yet.
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with lots
of bats, caves with lots of swimming, sea caves, etc.
The little graphic symbol on the photos in the brochure doesn't do
anything for me.
But I do want to emphasize that I liked the booklet.
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NSS # 27639
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7;s, or to request
a reduced suspension, only because they did quite a bit of work on the
BOG and have also
on previous occasions, and it would would have been a complete
disaster had they dropped
the ball at the last minute.
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much more grumpier
e, at least a dozen of those attendees wouldn't go in a cave
or
support the NSS, if you paid them to.They were either spouses or
friends of a caver, and many of those cavers were arm-chair
cavers.
Later, when I spoke to non-cavers about the tortillas, they all said
that I need to find a new
tely and I will share the comments
with others. )
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There used to be a thing in the Texas Caver called, "Mystery Caver."
Can anybody out there take a guess at this one:
https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1308222742/portrait.JPG
If that is who I think it is, would someone like to post a "What ever
happened to
her....thing ?
Here may be a chance for some cavers to find some work related to caving.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/02/us-vale-mine-caves-idUSTRE7911L920111002
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most of my rants on Google + now.I like it better
than Facebook.
So, I am trying to avoid Facebook, but it just seems to have to much
practical purpose.
For example,
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cavechatorg/168120223246915?sk=wall
Cheers,
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President of
some kind of NSS app on my tablet that
keeps me connected to
my NSS friends and the NSS activities.
I think it was a great idea to put NSS CaveChat on Facebook.Kudos
to the people that did
that.
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ion of the cave.
For most of you,
the best reference, will be the town of Nacogdoches.
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ne a U.S. president doing something like that ?
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How many cave rescue teams do you know that have their own
rescue vehicle ?
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fit in at.
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o learn
how to negotiate an 11 meter long sump, someday.Swildon's Pot looks
like a really fun cave.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swildon's_Hole
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It is illegal now to impersonate somebody on-line.
Meaning if you post on CaveTex pretending to be David Locklear, you better
be damned funny.
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Below is a very interesting video of some hard-core cavers determined to
push a lead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZz1OAC4V0g
Note this was posted 8 months ago, so there may be some news since then
about this lead.
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I will let someone
else explain how that all works.
Just click on the arrows ( below the box "Refine Search" ), to scroll
thru the list of articles.
For example, the link below shows an article published just a few days
ago, I think.
http://www.karstportal.org/index.php?P=
e. But it is not well lit.
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He took the family to stay with relatives near Galveston. He is
going to chill there
for a while, so does not have any urgent needs.
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will work well in a really muddy pit.
There is a tiny carbon steel piece fused into the aluminum of the
biner latch.I wonder
how that will corrode ?
Skip to 1:30 in the video below:
http://vimeo.com/26180155
Note he ends the video by using the phrase, "very secure."
Davi
of the pit, or
if they went
back to get their ropes.
They are not wearing helmets, nor seem to be dressed for caving, and the cave
floor is pretty flat. Are there even caves in the Columbian highlands ?
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I think I forgot to mention that the big light that the caver
suddenly had in the cave runs off of 120 volt AC system, and
is not cordless, so they would have needed a generator,
or a big battery pack with inverter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leLlEkralMI
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I knew Roger once. Back around 1985, he came to all the Aggie
Grotto meetings.
He would tell us stories that inspired us like rappelling off the
Pecos River bridge, which
we later sort-of did.
I used to invite him on all my caving trips when I lived in College
Station during the
mid-80's.
Alanis Morissette song.She should
add a verse."It's like a free cord of wood in a fire-burning ban."
Here is the melody, just sing the phrase:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPiZmX_8ZkU&feature=fvw
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bws8RC6LngQ
Here are 2 more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71c9RgRFrNs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO6s_5e0FMo
The article alleges that his body was found 1 kilometer into the cave
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Here is a recent video showing a cave with tarantulas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9PGhTiGArI
Apparently it aired recently, and uploaded less than
a month ago.
Ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Backshall
http://www.caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/v70/cave-70-02-73.pdf
David
notarized
statement that the car is totaled.Make
sure you slip him discretely a folded 20 dollar bill, when handing him
the photos.
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vertical profile of cave:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o3WYyMegM_4/Tfgz-arggvI/AWw/N8J1Smfu094/s1600/Pollatoomary+Rising+sketch+3.bmp
area where the diver got lost:
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Ref:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/images/2011/0910/1224303828237_1.jpg?ts=1315723415
This was cut and pasted from the deceased diver's own blog.
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According to one web-site,
SIX DAYS after Polish cave diver Artur Kozlowski was reported missing
in a south Galway cave, a British rescue team brought his body to the
surface.
The highly risky and challenging operation concluded just before 5pm
on Saturday, when the rescue team led by Coventry f
shot of an
owl leaving the cave. The trip leader looks a little
more experienced, but the rest of the video is not worth
watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g7Xg0yN5YI&feature=related
Skip to 0:46 seconds, and stop watching at 2:04.
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ards from shore.That water is cold.
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The news story below describes a cave that authorities allege had
toxic chemicals dumped in it.
About 120 yards into a cave off Maplewood Drive, Bowling Green-Warren
County Drug Task Force officers recovered the remnants of 10 to 12
methamphetamine labs Monday.
Some of the waste had been insi
://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11645506
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11738424
Of those, I like the first one the best - the Icon Solo.
I saw other flashlights in the store on clearance that had some good prices.
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something in particular that put the final nail in
the coffin ?
Is the closest thing to the DX3 a Raptor Pro ?
http://www.caving-gear.co.uk/objects/graphics/raptor-pro-kit2.jpg
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175 to 250 lumen range, that I have
posted reviews on before.
Rumor is, that you can put 3 Li-ion rechargeable batteries and a
dummy-spacer in it and it will work:
http://www.batteryjunction.com/dummy-cr123a.html
http://www.batteryjunction.com/uf16340.html
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st and
the gangsters.
So if you have a YouTube app on your tablet, you can add this link to your
favorites and show it to people, for the fun of it, or plug in a cable to
your projector/TV and show it at a party or grotto gathering.
The video DVD is commonly found for $ 5 at Half-Price books.
Davi
t is a link to
a lovely acoustic guitar melody.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcPmeqxmrZ0
I am only saying that even though there are thousands of caving videos on
YouTube, there is still something an enterprising and creative caver could do
to make a video worth watching.
There are
no politics - just the simple
goal to host a fun inexpensive campout in a beautiful natural setting,
and to maintain a positive
relationship with with the owners of this setting - Camp Happy Hollow.
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skip to the middle-part of the video, and click
on full screen.
If you don't have time for that go to 3:54 minutes into the video to watch
the finish.
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All the portable models appear to require a 2-stroke fuel-oil mixture.
You could possibly order one directly from China, but the shipping cost is
rumored to be very expensive.
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Ref:
http://www.jdvproducts.com/downloads/ca115.pdf
http://www.superiorsales.com/assets/
The first ever speleo-wingsuiter took to the skies yesterday in China.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6KmxvEnkuU
A Russian pilot flew a MIG thru here a few years ago.
Some might not consider this caving, but he did document his entire
journey through the cave.
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x27;s can view these.
I made a faithful effort to give Google Plus a try, but it doesn't seem to be
taking off yet.
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https://lh3.googleuserc
nt out to all Galveston cavers out there that the
Saturday party is
only 45 minutes from campus. You can't miss it !
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P.S. I can't make it to TCR this year. Sorry.
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Skip to 14 minutes into the video below to see the proper technique
for hog-tying
a javelina in a cave:
http://www.youtube.com/user/PJakopin#p/a/u/2/HfrJgbX7IXg
If you don't have time to watch it all, skip to 16 minutes into the video.
Skip to 6 minutes into the video if you don't have time to watch it all.
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the meeting ?
I am thinking there is an opportunity for a speleo-historian to make something
simple but interesting to show.
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Here is a very short clip showing how the climber got to the top of
the Washington Monument.
http://www.globalnews.ca/video/man+climbs+washington+monument/video.html?v=2146784602#top+stories
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back in 1984,
when I was shopping for my first caving flashlight.What I am
trying to say here, is that
newbie cavers don't realize how easy they have it now.
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d battery
technology will allow us to go caving for days underground on the same
charge.Some tablet apps
will make it easier to do caving related things, or at least more fun
to be an armchair caver. We will be able to watch
our caving videos in HD on an 92 inch screen, if not bigger.
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claim, remarkable ) is the way they
integrated it into Facebook.
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down a little and look on the right of the screen you can
see the blog topics listed.
There is some way to get each new post to feed directly to you thru
a 3rd party service onto your tablet or cell-phone, etc.
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This slideshow was uploaded 2 days ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7c2leQssOQ&feature=player_embedded
Click on the resolution at 720p and then click on full screen, at the bottom
right corner of the video.
This presentation is one that could be shown at a grotto meeting.
D
rs tell more about him.
In summary, Lyle was a respectable person, and an experienced caver.
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Ref:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1174880382
http://www.karstportal.org/FileStorage/NSS_news/1999-v057-008.pdf
this year, please mark your calendar for
next year, May 19th, 2012.
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Sorry about that.
Weather outlook so far for NaturFest is looking warm and muggy during
the day, but not so bad at night.
I have invited a whole lot more people this year, so if some of them
come, the event should break even.
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Any cavers coming from west or north of Brenham, that arrive with a
movie-ticket stub
( dated May 20 or 21 ) from Cave of Forgotten Dreams, will get in FREE !
2029 Happy Hollow Rd. Brenham.
And,
if you arrive at Friday before midnight, you will also get a set of
Ginsu knives.
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Does anybody still remember the old TSA Activities Newsletter and what
a pain in the ass it
was to print and mail out ?
Check this out:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_213300932024864
That took all of 10 seconds.
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out of bed in the mornings
and in their beds at night before they fall asleep.
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the event, and a small
caving book sale.So bring some money for that if you can.
My best guess is that between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday, there could
be 40 adults there, 15 being cavers, and the rest being guest of
cavers, along with
any kids they bring.
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f we had 100's of Jim Kennedy's in the world, what would we do
with them.?I think
if we cloned 5 of them, we would have to ship them to other planets to
gate caves.
Keep up the good work, Jim. I hope I get the privalege to go on one
of your trips
or projects someday.
David Locklear
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essages,
if messages become annoying.
I am excited about NaturFest.
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until I get off work and load up all the event
gear.Hopefully, that will be 8 pm.Realistically, 10 p.m.
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This is a rough draft.
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Year 23
Conversation between host and cavers:
Host:Folks I am having a feast in the year 25,
two years from now.
Caver #1:Yo, homey, you ain't with the Roman Empire.
Host: Yeh, but this is special feast.
Caver #2:
To cavers realizing that was not David from the future,
Thank you for the support.
Unfortunately, many cavers did think I wrote that bizarre post, and it
caused them to think unkindly of me.
I am certain, that if this had happened to you or any other caver,
that you would have had mixed
:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_228084757202507
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most
of the cavers there got to meet my wonderful mother.
The event lost quite a bit of money, but that was all due to
unexpected things, some
of which will be fixed by next year.
Please mark your calendars, NaturFest 2012, for May 19th, 2012,
and tell your friends about it.
David Locklear
Pre
newbies are
scared to say anything, especially that they went in
a cave without the permission of the TSP.
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y ) will use
these links, then more people can learn about caves and caving and even
go underground more often, as they will have all of this detailed info with
them at the cave entrance on their smartphone.
Long Live Zuckerberg.
R.I.P. Texas
r the time-being to educate potential cavers.
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e caving,
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not officially retired just yet
P.S. Anyone can create a group by simply going to :
http://www.facebook.com/groups
and clicking the green rectangle "Create Group"
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xcept custom made.
http://arcteryx.com/Product.aspx?EN/Mens/Gloves/Alpha-SV-Glove
Whoever goes to Mars is just going to have to really love frigid weather.
Somebody like Lonnie Dupree:
http://www.lonniedupre.com/
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unofficial candidate for U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
http://www.360cities.net/image/inside-gila-cliff-dwellings-nm#173.80,16.80,70.0
click on full screen ( top left choice ) and slowly move the mouse around.
He has some other good 360 degree shots.
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This is a news update on a topic that has been discussed on other
forums in the past few days.
http://www.fws.gov/southeast/news/2011/11-028.html
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Not sure if this is news, but you can now order tour tickets on-line
with VISA / Mastercard.
https://azstateparks.itinio.com/kartchnercaverns/tours/
The Big Room tour will be closed soon, but will re-open on October 15th.
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at
Cave, or any other
big dry cave room near the surface.
It comes with a pair of cheap alkaline batteries.
If I don't take the light back to the store tomorrow, it will end up
as a door prize somewhere someday.
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een there for several days.
The article below sounds credible:
http://www.zacatecasonline.com.mx/index.php/noticias/policia/11857-encuentran-cadaver-mina-diablo
A wild guess is the cave or mine is within a kilometer of the coordinates below:
22.749628,-102.554841
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rious caves, some of which were
visited during the 1st Mexpeleo
in 1989.
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the best swimming hole I know of in Mexico:
21.931213,-99.416056
Anybody want to show us were the cool caves are ?
Does this sinkhole have a name ?
21.924723,-99.310141
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There are probably some better links
to re-spool the safety
line reel ( finger-spool ? ).
( Someone can re-phrase that correctly, if there is a better way to word it. )
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Ref:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_line
There are lots of recent caving diving videos on YouTube related to gear:
http://www.youtub
there, not counting
the mines.
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Here is the same video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2hY6hfCGnI
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doing lantern tours, like in Grutas de la Juxtlahuaca.
I am going to recommend this product.
I will keep this one, and might buy some more.
David Locklear
Ref:
http://www.homedepot.com/Electrical-Electrical-Tools-Accessories-Work-Lights/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xg1Zbm8p/R-202532404/h_d2/ProductDi
lle Madero, the main Mexican business street.
If you head over the
bridge, walk or drive down Hidalgo about five or six blocks, then go
one block left until
you hit the street called Madero."
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Ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brackettville,_Texas
http://en.wik
5 cavers from the convention are having a pleasant afternoon in the
Mexican bordertown of Ciudad Acuna.
Our host is Charlie Loving and his wife, and along with me are Jay
Jorden and David McLung.
We had a very nice dinner at the infamous Crosbys, accompanied by a
local Mariachi infamously
known
that will have some gerry-rigged
features thrown in
in the minutes before the event.
David Locklear
Fort Bend County Speleological Society
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Last Saturday, I posted that 4 cavers and I had lunch in the
bordertown of Ciudad Acuna.
Here is a video of part of our lunch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR3yiazUdmw
[ recorded using Blackberry Style smartphone ]
( Disclaimer: I have not watched video yet )
David Locklear
un in 1948.
David Locklear
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