texascavers Digest 12 Dec 2013 21:28:33 - Issue 1897
Topics (messages 23153 through 23160):
Jacob's Well
23153 by: David
23156 by: dirtdoc.comcast.net
23158 by: Andy Gluesenkamp
23159 by: Gill Edigar
23160 by: Andy Gluesenkamp
6th International Workshop on Ice Caves: Call for Papers
23154 by: George Veni
23155 by: Julia Germany
Karst geoscience post-doctoral grant
23157 by: George Veni
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The Houston Chronicle web-site published an article today that sounded
like it was written by a middle-schooler making their first book report on their
swimming trip to Jacob's Well.
Describing the geology of the cave, it stated, the well was formed as
part of an underground aquaflow system.
The article came across as an interview with a diver, Don Dibble, who
seemed to be familiar with only part of the cave. ( I presume this is
the same person that owns The Dive Shop in San Marcos. )
The article read like an invitation for thrill-seekers to come out and swim
in the cave and free dive down to the gate.Meaning there wasn't
any information about conservation or cavers related to the article.
There was no mention of where the water comes from, or where it goes,
or the critters that live in the water.
The article was about cave-diving, yet not a single photo or video
attached to the
article was about cave-diving. There was no map or sketch explaining to the
a reader ( who you have to presume is aimed at people unfamiliar with
underwater caves ) as to what the author means by one of the longest
underwater systems in Texas.
The Houston Chronicle has become a laughing stock of journalism and an
embarassment to southeast Texas. I have given up hope of ever
finding anything credible in its articles..
I have also become very disgruntled with the way the media overall is
behaving.I am officially boycotting Time Magazine.
For what it is worth, the AMCS Activies Newsletter is one of the best
things to read on the planet. And the NSS News, is also high on my
list of favorite things to read. I wish
I had more spare time to enjoy them.
David Locklear
Ref:
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/One-of-the-world-s-most-dangerous-dive-sites-is-5055541.php?cmpid=hpfc#photo-5585236
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Jacob's Well.
Ah,yes. To see what is beyond the gate, you should read Jacob's Well by Stephen
Harrigan . Those cavers that I hired to work on the Texas Natural Areas Survey
(which helped get Devil's Sinkhole, the Lower Canyons, Mt. Livermore, Devil's
River, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Enchanted Rock, and other places set aside in
the Public Domain) will recognize slightly-disguised cavers and their
colleagues from the70s. Not only is Dwight Deal the heroic (although flawed)
model for the geologist, you can recognize parts of Ronnie Fieseler, Tom Byrd,
and Ron Ralph, Gary Moore, and certainly remember the Lady Archaeologist who
did field work in the nude.
DirtDoc
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The swimming area is closed to the public while they figure out what to do
about the car-sized rock that is now hanging precariously over the well shaft.
Bummer for us Sunday morning freedivers as well as those neoprene-clad bubble
blowers.
Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D.
700 Billie Brooks Drive
Driftwood, Texas 78619
(512) 799-1095
a...@gluesenkamp.com
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 5:48 PM, dirt...@comcast.net
dirt...@comcast.net wrote:
Jacob's
Well.
Ah,yes. To see what is beyond the gate, you should read Jacob's Well by Stephen
Harrigan. Those cavers
that I hired to work on the Texas Natural Areas Survey (which helped get
Devil's Sinkhole, the Lower Canyons, Mt. Livermore, Devil's River, Big Bend
Ranch
State Park, Enchanted Rock, and other places set aside in the Public Domain)
will
recognize slightly-disguised cavers and their colleagues from the70s. Not only
is Dwight Deal the heroic (although flawed) model for the geologist, you can
recognize parts of Ronnie Fieseler, Tom Byrd, and Ron Ralph, Gary Moore, and
certainly
remember the Lady Archaeologist who did field work in the nude.
DirtDoc---End Message---
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Make the rock smaller.
--Ediger
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Andy Gluesenkamp a...@gluesenkamp.comwrote:
The swimming area is closed to the public while they figure out what to do
about the car-sized rock that is now hanging precariously over the well
shaft. Bummer for us Sunday morning freedivers as well as those
neoprene-clad bubble blowers.
Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D.
700 Billie
