Ok, Texas cavers, I know y'all have been going underground and going to a
convention since the last issue, so let's help Jill out. Preserve and project
managers, send in a status-trip-project report with pictures if you haven't
done so in a while. Grottos, if you've been on a great trip, tell
Someone has the AMCS copy of Kur number 18 (from the La Venta group in
Italy). Please take or send it to the UT Grotto meeting tomorrow night
for me. -- Mixon
Nothing is better than complete happiness in life. A ham sandwich is
better than nothing.
Kiwi Sink Dig is scheduled for this coming Sunday, 19 May 2013, at 444
Billie Brooks Lane, Driftwood TX. We have reached a point where only 6 or 8
people can work at a time in the floor removal portion of the Project. So
we rotate diggers through work and rest sessions (or they rotate
themselves).
Bat Bomb
An interesting aside to this thread is that Doc Adam's son, Bill , has been
close friend for many years. Bill ran gas station in Las Cruces, was a
skilled EMT and trainer for the New Mexico EMT system, and then was in charge
of the Professional Ski Patrol at the Sierra
Please submit map and article to the Texas Caver.
Preston
- Original Message -
From: Dale Barnard
To: Mark Minton
Cc: * Texas Cavers
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Photoshop
I drew the Kiwi Sink map using Inkscape. I like the app a lot,
Sounds like this could be fodder for a Texas Caver
article. Maybe Gill and/or David could write an article about Kiwi Sink.
Mark
At 11:21 PM 5/13/2013, Mimi Jasek wrote:
Actually, Gill did post something - diggers, barrels and rocks
removed etc - and since it is his project, I would
Thought you all might like to see this.
Geary
From: Kresic, Neven A [mailto:neven.kre...@amec.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 1:08 PM
To: zstev_2...@yahoo.co.uk; Neno Kukuric
Cc: Kresic, Neven A
Subject: Karst conference in spectacular Dinaric Karst
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to announce
texascavers Digest 14 May 2013 18:37:53 - Issue 1755
Topics (messages 21759 through 21770):
Re: a personal story - blog style
21759 by: Mallory Mayeux
21762 by: Mark Minton
21769 by: caverarch
Texas Caver articles
21760 by: Jill Orr
21761 by: Mimi
I did this trip more than 15 years ago and it is
a nice trip. A truck with a long wheel base
cannot really make it to the site without damage
to the underside, but a jeep can make it fairly
easily. There are only 1-2 tough places (stepped
rock slabs).
The hike in from the stepped rock slabs
FYI, for the geomorphologists/geologists/archaeologists who might have known
him or his papers.
Logan
Original Message
Subject:Dr. Donald L. Johnson
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 08:36:16 -0500
From: Paul V. Heinrich hein...@lsu.edu
Reply-To: Paul V. Heinrich
texascavers Digest 15 May 2013 03:35:47 - Issue 1756
Topics (messages 21771 through 21777):
Re: my personal story
21771 by: Fritz Holt
A way to find caves in the Guads
21772 by: Lee H. Skinner
21773 by: Andy Gluesenkamp
21774 by: Mark Minton
Urgent: Bracken
Hunters In Louisiana Build Thermal Camera Carrying Drone to Hunt Hogs
http://tinyurl.com/d5fnsgr
N?ow how about using it to hunt blowholes in the Guadalupes on a cold
winter day, or hot summer day with that thermal camera.?
Lee Skinner
___
SWR
This sounds like a job for Agent Cooper.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 14, 2013, at 4:52 PM, Lee H. Skinner skin...@thuntek.net wrote:
Hunters In Louisiana Build Thermal Camera Carrying Drone to Hunt Hogs
http://tinyurl.com/d5fnsgr
N?ow how about using it to hunt blowholes in the
Greg Springer has recently used a good-quality commercial
infrared camera to locate blow holes in West Virginia. See
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RXjRzaS87Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RXjRzaS87Y
and
I can think of places in Mexico a thermal imager could be put to good use.
--Ediger
From: Andy Gluesenkamp andrew_gluesenk...@yahoo.com
To: Lee H. Skinner skin...@thuntek.net
Cc: SWR Mailing List s...@caver.net; texascavers list
texascavers@texascavers.com
Jim Cox honored by BLM: (Ruidoso News)
http://tinyurl.com/ak4r8xq
Thank you, Jim, for all you've done!
Lee Skinner
___
SWR mailing list
s...@caver.net
http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr
Ok, Texas cavers, I know y'all have been going underground and going to a
convention since the last issue, so let's help Jill out. Preserve and project
managers, send in a status-trip-project report with pictures if you haven't
done so in a while. Grottos, if you've been on a great trip, tell
Someone has the AMCS copy of Kur number 18 (from the La Venta group in
Italy). Please take or send it to the UT Grotto meeting tomorrow night
for me. -- Mixon
Nothing is better than complete happiness in life. A ham sandwich is
better than nothing.
Kiwi Sink Dig is scheduled for this coming Sunday, 19 May 2013, at 444
Billie Brooks Lane, Driftwood TX. We have reached a point where only 6 or 8
people can work at a time in the floor removal portion of the Project. So
we rotate diggers through work and rest sessions (or they rotate
themselves).
Bat Bomb
An interesting aside to this thread is that Doc Adam's son, Bill , has been
close friend for many years. Bill ran gas station in Las Cruces, was a
skilled EMT and trainer for the New Mexico EMT system, and then was in charge
of the Professional Ski Patrol at the Sierra
I drew the Kiwi Sink map using Inkscape. I like the app a lot, and I like
the fact that it's open source, but it did crash at least 50 times while
working on the map. The saving grace is that it does a great job of
creating a backup of your project when it detects that it has crashed.
Crashing was
Please submit map and article to the Texas Caver.
Preston
- Original Message -
From: Dale Barnard
To: Mark Minton
Cc: * Texas Cavers
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Photoshop
I drew the Kiwi Sink map using Inkscape. I like the app a lot,
Sounds like this could be fodder for a Texas Caver
article. Maybe Gill and/or David could write an article about Kiwi Sink.
Mark
At 11:21 PM 5/13/2013, Mimi Jasek wrote:
Actually, Gill did post something - diggers, barrels and rocks
removed etc - and since it is his project, I would
Me, too, David. It was great that your ladder finally found a proper home! And
that you are enjoying the dig.
Roger G. Moore
-Original Message-
From: Mallory Mayeux mmay...@gmail.com
To: David dlocklea...@gmail.com
Cc: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Mon, May 13, 2013
Thought you all might like to see this.
Geary
From: Kresic, Neven A [mailto:neven.kre...@amec.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 1:08 PM
To: zstev_2...@yahoo.co.uk; Neno Kukuric
Cc: Kresic, Neven A
Subject: Karst conference in spectacular Dinaric Karst
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to announce
texascavers Digest 14 May 2013 18:37:53 - Issue 1755
Topics (messages 21759 through 21770):
Re: a personal story - blog style
21759 by: Mallory Mayeux
21762 by: Mark Minton
21769 by: caverarch
Texas Caver articles
21760 by: Jill Orr
21761 by: Mimi
David,
What ladder? Did you ever locate the extra long ladder that I wanted to buy
from you a couple of years ago? I am happily living on my Triple Creek Ranch
five miles north of Dripping Springs off of Fitzhugh Rd. If anyone wants to
visit my little Hill Country paradise it is at 12737
I did this trip more than 15 years ago and it is
a nice trip. A truck with a long wheel base
cannot really make it to the site without damage
to the underside, but a jeep can make it fairly
easily. There are only 1-2 tough places (stepped
rock slabs).
The hike in from the stepped rock slabs
FYI, for the geomorphologists/geologists/archaeologists who might have known
him or his papers.
Logan
Original Message
Subject:Dr. Donald L. Johnson
List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 08:36:16 -0500
From: Paul V. Heinrich
Subject: Urgent: Bracken Cave bat colony needs your help
Dear Friends of Bracken Cave Reserve and BCI,
I¹m writing today to ask for urgent action to protect Bracken Cave Preserve
from imminent danger. Crescent Hills is a proposed 3800 home subdivision
along the Preserve¹s southern boundary.
Item #1 made me do a double-take. It sounds anti-bat. Perhaps it could be
worded in a different way?
George
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Frank Binney fr...@frankbinney.com wrote:
*Subject: *Urgent: Bracken Cave bat colony needs your help
Dear Friends of Bracken Cave Reserve and BCI,
texascavers Digest 15 May 2013 03:35:47 - Issue 1756
Topics (messages 21771 through 21777):
Re: my personal story
21771 by: Fritz Holt
A way to find caves in the Guads
21772 by: Lee H. Skinner
21773 by: Andy Gluesenkamp
21774 by: Mark Minton
Urgent: Bracken
Hunters In Louisiana Build Thermal Camera Carrying Drone to Hunt Hogs
http://tinyurl.com/d5fnsgr
N?ow how about using it to hunt blowholes in the Guadalupes on a cold
winter day, or hot summer day with that thermal camera.?
Lee Skinner
___
SWR
This sounds like a job for Agent Cooper.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 14, 2013, at 4:52 PM, Lee H. Skinner skin...@thuntek.net wrote:
Hunters In Louisiana Build Thermal Camera Carrying Drone to Hunt Hogs
http://tinyurl.com/d5fnsgr
N?ow how about using it to hunt blowholes in the
Greg Springer has recently used a good-quality commercial
infrared camera to locate blow holes in West Virginia. See
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RXjRzaS87Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RXjRzaS87Y
and
I can think of places in Mexico a thermal imager could be put to good use.
--Ediger
From: Andy Gluesenkamp andrew_gluesenk...@yahoo.com
To: Lee H. Skinner skin...@thuntek.net
Cc: SWR Mailing List s...@caver.net; texascavers list
texascavers@texascavers.com
Jim Cox honored by BLM: (Ruidoso News)
http://tinyurl.com/ak4r8xq
Thank you, Jim, for all you've done!
Lee Skinner
___
SWR mailing list
s...@caver.net
http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr
Here's the updated
scoop...
I was scheduled to have surgery on the right knee
again, # 3, on this Thursday. OWCP Dept of Labor did not approve pending more
information. That request led to me having a bone scan that came
out with bad results. The surgery is now slated for the 23rd,
Ok, Texas cavers, I know y'all have been going underground and going to a
convention since the last issue, so let's help Jill out. Preserve and project
managers, send in a status-trip-project report with pictures if you haven't
done so in a while. Grottos, if you've been on a great trip, tell
Someone has the AMCS copy of Kur number 18 (from the La Venta group in
Italy). Please take or send it to the UT Grotto meeting tomorrow night
for me. -- Mixon
Nothing is better than complete happiness in life. A ham sandwich is
better than nothing.
Kiwi Sink Dig is scheduled for this coming Sunday, 19 May 2013, at 444
Billie Brooks Lane, Driftwood TX. We have reached a point where only 6 or 8
people can work at a time in the floor removal portion of the Project. So
we rotate diggers through work and rest sessions (or they rotate
themselves).
Bat Bomb
An interesting aside to this thread is that Doc Adam's son, Bill , has been
close friend for many years. Bill ran gas station in Las Cruces, was a
skilled EMT and trainer for the New Mexico EMT system, and then was in charge
of the Professional Ski Patrol at the Sierra
I drew the Kiwi Sink map using Inkscape. I like the app a lot, and I like
the fact that it's open source, but it did crash at least 50 times while
working on the map. The saving grace is that it does a great job of
creating a backup of your project when it detects that it has crashed.
Crashing was
Please submit map and article to the Texas Caver.
Preston
- Original Message -
From: Dale Barnard
To: Mark Minton
Cc: * Texas Cavers
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Photoshop
I drew the Kiwi Sink map using Inkscape. I like the app a lot,
Sounds like this could be fodder for a Texas Caver
article. Maybe Gill and/or David could write an article about Kiwi Sink.
Mark
At 11:21 PM 5/13/2013, Mimi Jasek wrote:
Actually, Gill did post something - diggers, barrels and rocks
removed etc - and since it is his project, I would
Me, too, David. It was great that your ladder finally found a proper home! And
that you are enjoying the dig.
Roger G. Moore
-Original Message-
From: Mallory Mayeux mmay...@gmail.com
To: David dlocklea...@gmail.com
Cc: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Mon, May 13, 2013
Thought you all might like to see this.
Geary
From: Kresic, Neven A [mailto:neven.kre...@amec.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 1:08 PM
To: zstev_2...@yahoo.co.uk; Neno Kukuric
Cc: Kresic, Neven A
Subject: Karst conference in spectacular Dinaric Karst
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to announce
texascavers Digest 14 May 2013 18:37:53 - Issue 1755
Topics (messages 21759 through 21770):
Re: a personal story - blog style
21759 by: Mallory Mayeux
21762 by: Mark Minton
21769 by: caverarch
Texas Caver articles
21760 by: Jill Orr
21761 by: Mimi
David,
What ladder? Did you ever locate the extra long ladder that I wanted to buy
from you a couple of years ago? I am happily living on my Triple Creek Ranch
five miles north of Dripping Springs off of Fitzhugh Rd. If anyone wants to
visit my little Hill Country paradise it is at 12737
I did this trip more than 15 years ago and it is
a nice trip. A truck with a long wheel base
cannot really make it to the site without damage
to the underside, but a jeep can make it fairly
easily. There are only 1-2 tough places (stepped
rock slabs).
The hike in from the stepped rock slabs
FYI, for the geomorphologists/geologists/archaeologists who might have known
him or his papers.
Logan
Original Message
Subject:Dr. Donald L. Johnson
List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 08:36:16 -0500
From: Paul V. Heinrich
Subject: Urgent: Bracken Cave bat colony needs your help
Dear Friends of Bracken Cave Reserve and BCI,
I¹m writing today to ask for urgent action to protect Bracken Cave Preserve
from imminent danger. Crescent Hills is a proposed 3800 home subdivision
along the Preserve¹s southern boundary.
Item #1 made me do a double-take. It sounds anti-bat. Perhaps it could be
worded in a different way?
George
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Frank Binney fr...@frankbinney.com wrote:
*Subject: *Urgent: Bracken Cave bat colony needs your help
Dear Friends of Bracken Cave Reserve and BCI,
texascavers Digest 15 May 2013 03:35:47 - Issue 1756
Topics (messages 21771 through 21777):
Re: my personal story
21771 by: Fritz Holt
A way to find caves in the Guads
21772 by: Lee H. Skinner
21773 by: Andy Gluesenkamp
21774 by: Mark Minton
Urgent: Bracken
Hunters In Louisiana Build Thermal Camera Carrying Drone to Hunt Hogs
http://tinyurl.com/d5fnsgr
N?ow how about using it to hunt blowholes in the Guadalupes on a cold
winter day, or hot summer day with that thermal camera.?
Lee Skinner
___
SWR
This sounds like a job for Agent Cooper.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 14, 2013, at 4:52 PM, Lee H. Skinner skin...@thuntek.net wrote:
Hunters In Louisiana Build Thermal Camera Carrying Drone to Hunt Hogs
http://tinyurl.com/d5fnsgr
N?ow how about using it to hunt blowholes in the
Greg Springer has recently used a good-quality commercial
infrared camera to locate blow holes in West Virginia. See
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RXjRzaS87Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RXjRzaS87Y
and
I can think of places in Mexico a thermal imager could be put to good use.
--Ediger
From: Andy Gluesenkamp andrew_gluesenk...@yahoo.com
To: Lee H. Skinner skin...@thuntek.net
Cc: SWR Mailing List s...@caver.net; texascavers list
texascavers@texascavers.com
Here's the updated
scoop...
I was scheduled to have surgery on the right knee
again, # 3, on this Thursday. OWCP Dept of Labor did not approve pending more
information. That request led to me having a bone scan that came
out with bad results. The surgery is now slated for the 23rd,
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