[Texascavers] UT Grotto Meeting January 29th

2014-01-27 Thread Andrea Croskrey
Howdy Texas Cavers! Join us this week for the UT Grotto meeting and you'll get to enjoy Matt Turner's tale of how he got started in cave diving and where his training has taken him, including dives in Mexico and Florida. Hope to see you there! We will now be meeting at 7:45pm in *Burdine 136*.

[Texascavers] new e-book on Lechuguilla Cave

2014-01-27 Thread Mixon Bill
Back in 2011, I did extensive copy-editing of a manuscript called A Fine Cave: The Elusive Splendor of Lechuguilla Cave, A Twenty-Year Odyssey of Discovery, by Ron DeLano with Donald Davis. It turned out to be quite a project, as the text was about 170,000 words. At the time I envisioned a

RE: [Texascavers] new e-book on Lechuguilla Cave

2014-01-27 Thread Stefan Creaser
Looks like this is also available on iBooks (for Apple stuff), search for Elusive Majesty and it's the only hit. I intend to download it when I'm at home and I'll bring it to the Posse on Wednesday, for those in the UT Grotto who'd like to see what it looks like. Cheers, Stefan -Original

[Texascavers] Conference Announcement: Integrated Use and Protection of Underground Spaces

2014-01-27 Thread George Veni
Dear Friends, The Integrated Use and Protection of Underground Spaces is a conference that will focus on the problems of scientific study and exploitation of underground spaces, management, tourism, and recreation in karst areas. It will be held in the Perm Region of Russia on 26-31 May 2014

[Texascavers] Flashlight related

2014-01-27 Thread David
Costco store has a 3-pack that equates to $ 6.12 per flashlight. These are pocket-sized flashlights, but have a high lumen setting of 250, and one dimmer setting, which I would guess is 60 lumens. Also, has strobe setting. These appear to be rugged and compact enough as your 3rd source of