[Texascavers] NSS Victor A. Schmidt Conservation Award

2007-11-08 Thread Geary Schindel
Folks, I wanted to remind everyone that November 15 is the deadline for nominations for the Victor A. Schmidt Conservation Award. This is awarded to an individual for their sustained commitment to the conservation of caves and karst. I know of a number of people in Texas that are deserving of

[Texascavers] Road Runner users only

2007-11-08 Thread bob cowell
Recently I have received a few notices from Time Warner Road Runner about up grading my account info . Site looks like it is real, but I'm not a believer sort of person. I contacted them tonite here in San Antonio, they told me not even to open the site, but to delete it . Just thought you'd

RE: [Texascavers] TSA Officer Elections

2007-11-08 Thread Fritz Holt
Let's see. Who would be the best write-in candidate to rig the election? Your help is needed (not really). _ From: Linda Palit [mailto:lkpa...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:44 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: FW: [Texascavers] TSA Officer Elections

RE: [Texascavers] kayving?

2007-11-08 Thread Fritz Holt
Hey Wild, Which difficult Texas cave are you and Bill Steel referring to. Fritz _ From: wwildch...@aol.com [mailto:wwildch...@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 10:42 PM To: pitboun...@gmail.com; Texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] kayving? Nico,

RE: [Texascavers] kayving?

2007-11-08 Thread speleosteele
Honey Creek Cave, Texas' longest cave. He's talking about the long endurance trips to the upstream sump, which takes six hours each way. They include such fun and challenging things as wading in cold water for hours, some swimming, low air space, walking in beautifully decorated stream

[Texascavers] OT: Party Saturday

2007-11-08 Thread Denise P
Hi-I haven't announced this before because it's not truly an open invitation, but it turns out a lot of folks I thought were invited did not get the email, so I just wanted to say... Dale and I are getting hitched November 16, and my friends Adrienne and Elise are throwing us a party this

[Texascavers] kayaking the cave

2007-11-08 Thread Mixon Bill
I gather the target cave for the alleged kayaking trip is Chorreadero. It will be more a matter of cavers hauling their boats through the cave --Mixon - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [Texascavers] kayaking the cave

2007-11-08 Thread speleosteele
Yep, that's what it seems to me, too. I've done Chorreadero twice. I recall a canal you have to swim which was about 400 feet long. Then there's a pool near the lower entrance. Other than that, I think they'll be dragging their kayaks on the floor. That is, unless they're doing it at high

[Texascavers] Thanks to the Cowtown Grotto for the Christmas Gift!

2007-11-08 Thread Linda Palit
TCMA would like to thank the Cowtown Grotto for their donation of $100 to help pay off Deep and Punkin' Cave Preserve. We owe about $40, 000 and have two years to pay it off, so every additional contribution toward the principal helps! If other Grottos or Cavers are thinking about their

Fwd: [Texascavers] Thanks to the Cowtown Grotto for the Christmas Gift!

2007-11-08 Thread Charles Goldsmith
-- Forwarded message -- From: Linda Palit lkpa...@sbcglobal.net List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Nov 8, 2007 4:50 PM Subject: [Texascavers] Thanks to the Cowtown Grotto for the Christmas Gift! To: texascavers@texascavers.com *TCMA would like to thank the Cowtown

[Texascavers] speleo-kayaking

2007-11-08 Thread David Locklear
That photo in the previous post shows a scenic cave. I would love to go to Chiapas someday. Has anyone ever kayaked thru the 2 big river caves near Taxco:Chonta and San Jeronimo. I seem to recall someone floating them in inner tubes. I haven't been thru San Jeronimo and have only

RE: [Texascavers] speleo-kayaking

2007-11-08 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Re gmail monitoring, yes they can, we do it at our work. Not content, but time spent. -Original Message- From: David Locklear dlocklea...@gmail.com To: Texas Cavers texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: 11/8/2007 11:17 AM Subject: [Texascavers] speleo-kayaking That photo in the previous

[Texascavers] RE: speleo-kayaking

2007-11-08 Thread Minton, Mark
Another cave that one can boat through is the Great Tunnel of the Río la Venta in Chiapas. Some Texas cavers did that trip a few years ago. Here's a photo of the exit: http://m-c-g.org.uk/expeditions/rio-la-venta/077.jpg. Mark Minton

RE: [Texascavers] speleo-kayaking

2007-11-08 Thread John P Brooks
You can cave canoe in barton creek cave in belize. Its a quite popular tourist attraction...a few tousand feet in...the river is blocked by a collapse...and you start quot;cavingquot; at that point. David Locklear wrote: That photo in the previous post shows a scenic cave. I would love to

[Texascavers] Ballots

2007-11-08 Thread Ron Ralph
By now you should have received your little green ballot with a slate of candidates for the Texas Speleological Association officers for next year. At this time, I have received 46 in the mail. Last year we got 70 in all and I hope to break the record, so place your Xs or checks in the boxes and

[Texascavers] e-mail address for ....

2007-11-08 Thread Ted Samsel
anyone have an e-mail address for Jill Dorman? Thanks. Ted. http://home.infionline.net/~tbsamsel/ - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional