Re: [Texascavers] UT Grotto meeting ­ February 17, 2010

2010-02-16 Thread speleosteele
and Crew included Diana Tomchick, in whose truck both Sean and I rode, Don Broussard, Paul Fambro, Catherine McClure, Nico Escamilla, Tom Shifflett, Viginia Del Rosario, Ben Edelstein, Linda Ryan, Matt Lutz, Lacey Heath, Joe Datri, Emily Zuber, Ellie Thoene, and the two fierce camp watchdogs,

[Texascavers] A 'cave boutique

2010-02-16 Thread John P. Brooks
No need to dye trace this ³cave²...and it comes complete with the latest fashions and LED lighting http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/9170/suppose-design-office-karis .html

[Texascavers] TCMA volunteers

2010-02-16 Thread Ron Ralph
The University of Texas at Austin What starts here changes the world ** Know Events, a service of the Office of Public Affairs, is a gateway to the university community. It provides information to faculty and staff about events

[PBSS] February meeting notes

2010-02-16 Thread J. LaRue Thomas
PBSS Meeting February 09, 2010 The meeting opened at precisely 1900 and the new gavel continues to operate efficiently and effectively. Attendees: Bill Bentley, Walter Feaster, Kerry Lowery, Tony Abernathy, Kel (notes) and Jacqui Thomas Treasurer Bill reported that the treasury holds

[ot_caving] FW: Kevin's Latest Film on YouTube A FAVOR PLEASE.

2010-02-16 Thread Fritz Holt
Dear friends and also those who know me, I will greatly appreciate your watching this 100 second video produced by the son of a longtime employee of Town and Country Insurance Agency. Viewing this will add to the hits on his web site and aid him in his job seeking efforts. There is no further

[Texascavers] WNS Confirmed in NE Tennessee

2010-02-16 Thread Preston Forsythe
News out today that WNS has been confirmed from a cave in NE Tennessee near Bristol. More info later. Preston in Western KY

Re: [Texascavers] Interesting website and video of famous Winter Park Sinkhole of 1981 :

2010-02-16 Thread caverarch
Nice reminder of a forgotten Florida story, Rod. Some day I'll have to see those slides. Roger Moore GHG -Original Message- From: Rod Goke rod.g...@earthlink.net To: Texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Mon, Feb 15, 2010 10:45 am Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Interesting website and

[Texascavers] Strange but true: Skier survives 40m fall into Austrian sinkhole :

2010-02-16 Thread JerryAtkin
Skier survives 40 metre plunge into sinkhole 15. 02. 10. - 12:00 A Czech skier survived a 40 metre plunge into a sinkhole yesterday afternoon (Sun) at the Krippenstein ski area in Upper Austria’s Gmunden district. Police said the man had been skiing with a Czech friend when they veered

Re: [Texascavers] a Texas cave diving story

2010-02-16 Thread Chris Vreeland
Cave Tex -- providing Informal Geology Classes since what -- 1995? :-) Where does anyone suppose the water issuing from Goodenough comes from? (I really haven't heard much about it, and yes, I know Show up for the talk at the Spring Convention.) Just to prove I'm not totally worthless as a

RE: [Texascavers] a Texas cave diving story

2010-02-16 Thread Fritz Holt
Having visited and swum in Goodenough Spring numerous times in the mid to late 60's before it was inundated, to me it was a most remote and beautiful paradise. It was maybe a half mile north of the Rio Grand into which it flowed and about 15 miles south of Comstock. It was in desert country. I

Re: [Texascavers] a Texas cave diving story

2010-02-16 Thread Mark Alman
Very nice pix, Chris! Thanks for posting (and shooting) them. Mark From: Chris Vreeland cvreel...@austin.rr.com To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Tue, February 16, 2010 6:46:47 AM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] a Texas cave diving story Cave

[Texascavers] 6 cave fatalities

2010-02-16 Thread David
A group of 7 kids, age 10 11, ventured into a cave to explore it Monday. It had bad air, and 6 of them died. http://english.eastday.com/e/100217/u1a5025063.html I presume it was a mine shaft and not a real cave, as they referred to it as a mining cave.

[Texascavers] cave archaeology in the news

2010-02-16 Thread David
Here is a story that may be a hoax: http://www.allnewsweb.com/page119325.php - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail:

[ot_caving] global warming mojo

2010-02-16 Thread Scott Nicholson
The following was put forth in a conversation regarding global warming by a man I sorta knowamazing.  I wish this stuff didn't piss me off so badly. It's like we live in the Dark Ages all over again!  I'm trying to calm down before I draft my response.

Re: [ot_caving] global warming mojo

2010-02-16 Thread Don Cooper
There is nothing new in mankind's ignorance diminishing his number or quality of existence. Nature and time will take care of all the rest. It only frustrates me that the intelligence to turn it all around is in place, it's within our grasp. I'm convinced though - that apathy, ignorance and

Re: [Texascavers] Lemons Ranch Cave

2010-02-16 Thread Andy Zenker
Actually, Matt Zaldivar and I surveyed the final depth of Lemon's Ranch. Mark and Rafal recorded the data. It was bad air, very muddy and a ton of fun! Andy Zenker On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Preston Forsythe pns_...@bellsouth.netwrote: We were able to complete the survey by running 225