texascavers Digest 8 Feb 2014 23:12:01 - Issue 1926
Topics (messages 23371 through 23374):
Re: Looking for Contact information
23371 by: Bill Bentley
Registration is open: 6th International Workshop on Ice Caves!
23372 by: George Veni
January CBSP Project Trip Report
23373 by: Kris Pena
Updates on 620 cave in Round Rock
23374 by: Leslie Bell
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Got it.
Thanks,
Bill
On 2/6/2014 12:21 PM, Bill Bentley wrote:
I am looking for contact information for Bill Stone.
Please reply off list.
Thanks,
Bill
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Dear Friends,
I'm happy to announce that registration for the 6th International Workshop on
Ice Caves (IWIC-VI) is now open! The conference will focus on all aspects of
study involving caves with ice deposits and caves formed in ice. IWIC-VI will
be held in Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA, from 17-22 August 2014. Details about
IWIC-VI and registration (both on-line and mail-in forms) are available at
http://www.iwic-vi.org/.
Here are some important details to know:
* IWIC registration traditionally includes the cost of meals to
maximize the time everyone is together and learning, working, and playing
together. IWIC-VI includes all lunches and dinners, and if you stay at the
conference hotel your breakfast is included with your room fee.
* The registration prices increase on 3 May 2014, so register now!
* The deadline for all papers and extended abstracts is 14 April 2014.
We look forward to seeing your papers soon.
IWIC-VI is hosted by the US National Cave and Karst Research Institute, with
generous cooperation from members of the US National Speleological Society, and
is a conference series of the International Union of Speleology's Commission on
Glacier, Firn, and Ice Caves.
If you have any questions, please let me know. Also, please share this message
with anyone who may be interested.
George
George Veni, Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Cave and Karst Research Institute
400-1 Cascades Avenue
Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA
Office: 575-887-5517
Mobile: 210-863-5919
Fax: 575-887-5523
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Project Dates: January 11 - 12
Volunteers: Jim Kennedy, Matt Turner, William Quast, Kurt Menking, Kris
Peña, Dale Barnard
Total Hours: 42 hrs work time + 27 hrs drive time = 69 volunteer hours
Summary:
We had the conference center reserved this month in anticipation of the TSA
Winter Business Meeting and the TCMA Board of Governor's Meeting on Sunday
morning. Saturday morning we woke to a delicious taco breakfast prepared by
Kurt, assigned objectives and headed out. Dale wanted to return to Grand
Cedar Cave (SAB 292) which was presumed finished, but had some holes on the
map he wanted to investigate. Matt and Crash headed back out to the ever
cavernous Lively Pasture to continue work on Varmint Trap. Kris and Will
took park superintendant Kelby Bridwell out to view several of the easier
caves to consider new caves to expand the park's cave tour program. By the
time the team's started to arrive back at the conference center, more
cavers had arrived for Sunday's meetings. Dinner was shared by all,
followed by a family friendly movie. Both scheduled meetings convened
Sunday morning.
Full Trip Reports:
Team 1
Participants: Dale Barnard and Kurt Menking
Time Out: 10 AM
Time In: 5 PM
Total Hours: 14 work hours
Data: Two looseleaf pages of survey paper and project GPS
Objectives: Revisit Grand Cedar (SAB 292) and several other caves/features
to tag and re-GPS
Report: Followed GPS to Grand Cedar (SAB 292). Made more accurate reading.
Rigged cave, Dale had to shimmy down off rope because rope was stiff and
entrance tight. Ten feet down, horizontal passage thwarted him with
vertical gear on, but they enlarged it a little with a hammer (mostly Kurt
banging while inverted). Went through, but with bad air and only Dale's set
of vertical gear, decided to save it for next month with proper backup
support. Derigged. Found Porcupine Cave (SAB 253) and made better GPS
reading and wrote detailed description. GPSed K32 and wrote description.
Not sure what new SAB number should be. Didn't find two features supposedly
less than 100 ft away. GPSed SAB 252, SAB 253, SAB 250, K13, SAB 292 all
