Re: [Texascavers] Bob Cowell

2013-10-06 Thread Don Cooper
Cannot say more emphatically - Bob was a good man. What our tentative hold on life does to us - is truly unjust. -DC On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Espeleo Coahuila espeleocoahu...@gmail.com wrote: My condolences for the family of my friend Bod Cowell, he was a sweet person with me all

[Texascavers] wing-suit guy checks for caves ?

2013-10-06 Thread David
The photo-link below shows wing-suit pioneer, Jeb Corliss, about to check out some cave entrances ( rock shelters ? ) in the side of a cliff: https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/598632_613259112050379_395002478_n.jpg ( click on that photo to enlarge it ) If you freeze this video

[Texascavers] underwater glacial cavern systems ?

2013-10-06 Thread David
Am I understanding correctly the recent annoucement by British researchers studying Antartica that there is an enormous system of underwater tunnels under the floating ice sheets of Antartica ? Or, Are they implying that there is an enormous layer of water such as a lake, and that in that lake