texascavers Digest 11 Feb 2014 04:45:43 -0000 Issue 1927
Topics (messages 23375 through 23381):
Aggie caver related
23375 by: David
Re: Updates on 620 cave in Round Rock
23376 by: Mark Alman
23378 by: Gill Edigar
The NSS News changes
23377 by: David
Grotto 2 event at CWAN
23379 by: Mike Burrell
Re: [Rupestreweb] VENEZUELA: Exploración y registro de manifestación rupestre
a través de carro robot teleoperado
23380 by: John Greer
Re: A true love story
23381 by: Fritz Holt
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I think I posted this last year, so this is just an update.
The guy in the link below was one of the more active A.S.S. members in the
fall of 87. He was a scrawny kid when he first joined the A.S.S. His
activities were cut short by a rock-climbing accident at Enchanted Rock.
He was very lucky that day.
https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=45617003
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Thanks for posting this, Leslie!
Did any local cavers ever get to take a look at the cave, or survey it, or map
it, or photograph it or, God forbid, write a trip report on what they found?
I think I saw a little morsel on this a while back, but, not much else.
Just curious, as it now permanently sealed away.
Thanks,
Mark
On Saturday, February 8, 2014 5:12 PM, Leslie Bell <bellem...@yahoo.com> wrote:
http://impactnews.com/austin-metro/round-rock-pflugerville-hutto/officials-put-a-cap-on-cave-situation/
Leslie Bell
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There are unsubstantiated reports that the Williamson County contract
environmentalists, at least, surveyed the cave before sealing it but nobody
has produced a map as far as I know.
--Ediger
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Mark Alman <texascav...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Thanks for posting this, Leslie!
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> Did any local cavers ever get to take a look at the cave, or survey it, or
> map it, or photograph it or, God forbid, write a trip report on what they
> found?
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> I think I saw a little morsel on this a while back, but, not much else.
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> Just curious, as it now permanently sealed away.
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> Thanks,
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> Mark
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> On Saturday, February 8, 2014 5:12 PM, Leslie Bell <bellem...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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> http://impactnews.com/austin-metro/round-rock-pflugerville-hutto/officials-put-a-cap-on-cave-situation/
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> *Leslie Bell*
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> * <http://www.squeezebot.com/>*
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I have not seen this on CaveTex yet, and just found out about it.
Would someone like to elaborate on it ?
The October issue is quite colorful. Kudos to Gary Yemen. Check out that
centerfold. ( The grey background on the map is an obvious waste of ink,
though.) Also, kudos to Texas caver, Terry Raines and crew for at least 7
years of dedication to The NSS News.
Congratulations to caver, Ralph Hess ! 70 frickin years, as an NSS member.
Having a color caver portrait for the obituaries is a nice touch.
I can no longer read The News without 1.25 reading glasses.
TCR made the events page a year in advance. Kudos to TCR !
David Locklear
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Dear Friends
We are having an amazing event here at CWAN March 27th thru the 30th called
Grotto 2. Grotto 1 was held in Longhorn Caverns. This is going to be 3 days
500+ people 24 hrs a day. We are going to need help and it would be best if
cavers were doing most of the security end of the helping. So please, check out
the website www.grottocaveevents.com/site/ contact the organizers and sign up.
It's going to be epic!!! Help us make it safe for the cave.
Mike Burrell
Manager
Cave Without a Name
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I forward this for those who might be interested. Note that this is a prototype
(with lots of problems) that someone is trying out for the first time.
I have a problem with all the work to get into a cave with rock art -- seems
there must be a better entrance that the original people used. Still, I have
seen a couple of un-enterable cracks that eventually opened up and contained
archeological materials. And some exceedingly narrow holes in Maya country
where it would be nice to have such a contraption before committing one's body
to a possible uncomfortable extraction. Then, of course, there are the
naturally sealed caves in Europe and other places (like Chauvet and many more)
with nothing more than a minor air vent -- of course this little vehicle
wouldn't work at all in Chauvet (with vertical drops and long complicated
passages before entering the main painted chambers), but it's being tested in a
small dry cave of very limited extent. We presently are using the "tube"
cameras (cables) for short distances (with limited success) -- these are also
being used in sealed tombs all over. And INAH is using robots in central Mexico
(one article referenced at the end of the attachment). The main use I see for
this in serious caving is the potential to send a vehicle through the
ubiquitous tiny hole to see what must surely be beyond before pulling out the
explosives or just giving up in desperation.
John Greer
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From: RUPESTREWEB
To: rupestre...@gruposyahoo.com
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 9:33 AM
Subject: [Rupestreweb] VENEZUELA: Exploración y registro de manifestación
rupestre a través de carro robot teleoperado
RUPESTREWEB
Arte Rupestre en América latina
Nuevo artículo
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Carro Robot Teleoperado:
exploración y registro de manifestación rupestre en el interior de oquedades
rocosas
Enrique Osman Acasio
Resumen
El presente artículo tiene como objetivo mostrar la aplicación de un vehículo
robótico terrestre para hacer recorridos sistemáticos de manera teleoperado en
sitios remotos e inexplorados de oquedades rocosas como; grietas, cuevas,
catedrales, cámaras y hendiduras en la topografía del terreno que alguna vez
hayan sido accesibles al hombre, y del cual se presuma evidencias arqueológicas
y/o arte rupestre en su interior. Un robot que permita estudiar, explorar y
registrar paredes naturales en busca de pictografía y petroglifos plasmados por
los antiguos moradores, así como afloramiento de cerámica, tiestos y artefactos
líticos en el interior de las mismas. Para tal fin se diseñó y construyó un
prototipo de carro robot de nombre “Cruxent 1”. El artículo se estructura de la
siguiente manera: después de la introducción, la sección 2 describe el robot
teleoperado. La sección 3 detalla pruebas y resultados del funcionamiento del
robot. La sección 4 describe los registros y resultados del hallazgo de pintura
parietal obtenidos en la campaña de exploración de la cueva “la Peña Manaure”,
perteneciente al eje de la sierra de Coro, Estado Falcón. Venezuela.
Finalmente, la sección 5 concluye el artículo y apunta las posibilidades de
mejorar el prototipo. El artículo pretende mostrar un enfoque de la Ingeniería
como elemento de sustento para el estudio de manifestaciones rupestres, una
disciplina que se une para obtener registros de campo de modo fidedigno y
preciso.
VER ARTICULO COMPLETO EN:
http://www.rupestreweb.info/carrorobot.html
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Not caving related but if you view these pictures you should give thanks and
say your prayers tonight, especially for this young man, his family and all
those like him. Whether or not you think his sacrifice was a waste, we owe
these men and women our respect.
Fritz
Sent from my iPhone
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> From: June Levy <kittymr...@aol.com>
> Date: February 10, 2014 8:04:22 AM CST
> To: GrAcie Terrill <gracieterr...@sbcglobal.net>, Fran Bruce
> <sfbru...@att.net>, Fritz Holt <fritz...@gmail.com>, Richard J Rome
> <rjrome0...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Fwd: A true love story
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