[Texascavers] Couple eaten by sinkhole in Korea
Interesting video of some folks getting off a bus and having the earth give way and falling into a pit. I understand they only went about 10 feet but I'm sure it was an exciting ride. Subject: couple eaten by sinkhole in Korea http://news.yahoo.com/sinkhole-swallows-korean-couple-150426100.html Geary Schindel attachment: winmail.dat___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Jewel Cave
Jewel Cave is now over 175 miles long and still going, amazing! http://cavingnews.com/20150221-jewel-cave-surpasses-175-miles-in-length Seen on http://www.reddit.com/r/caving/ ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Punkin Survey openings
Sorry for the last-minute notice, but I have a few openings that have come available on this weekend's Punkin survey expedition. Vertical gear and skills a must. Contact me off-list by this afternoon if interested. Crash 512-663-2287 cavercr...@gmail.com ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Couple eaten by sinkhole in Korea
When the Devil wants you, he'll go to any lengths to get you.
Back in the '60's, I was on the team that first dropped the skylight to Big
Door Cave in the Guads. (Tom Meador was first, me second.) The skylight was
on a sloping ledge, cliffs above and below. After we'd dropped and were
headed toward the main entrance (where we exited), we noticed a room on the
right that had a very high ceiling. We all thought that the top seemed very
near the surface, probably along the same ledge.
Years later ('80's) it was reported that someone was walking on that ledge
between the two entrances when the ground gave way. The lucky fellow fell on
his crotch, one leg going in the new hole and the other sliding toward the
edge of the cliff. Albeit sore, he lived to walk back to his vehicle on the
main ridge.
Sure enough about two years later I was back to Big Door and went into that
same mid-room. Saw daylight up there that time, supporting the veracity of
the story.
Big Door Cave is also known as Hermit, Wild Man, Owl, and at least two other
names.
Owls yea, no bats. No WNS.
Watch where you walk! Better to fall 10 feet from the sidewalk than 140 feet
into Big Door Cave.
Jim Evatt
Subject: [Texascavers] Couple eaten by sinkhole in Korea
Interesting video of some folks getting off a bus and having the earth give
way and falling into a pit. I understand they only went about 10 feet but
I'm sure it was an exciting ride.
Subject: couple eaten by sinkhole in Korea
http://news.yahoo.com/sinkhole-swallows-korean-couple-150426100.html
Geary Schindel
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[Texascavers] SubTropolis
There was a story on NPR's Market Place on Wednesday about an abandoned limestone mine turned into an underground secure industrial park. http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/subtropolis-yeah-its-pretty-underground. I'd heard of such places before, and in fact anyone who went to the NSS Convention in Indiana in 2007 attended the photo salon and banquet in such a facility. This one in Kansas City is apparently the largest in the world. Full story at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-02-04/welcome-to-subtropolis-the-business-complex-buried-under-kansas-city. Mark ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
