I received 2 new LED headlamps for my birthday this past weekend.
1 )
http://www.coastportland.com/hl44-led-headlamp.htm
Purchased at a Walmart that caters to the wealthy folks.. I haven't seen it
at any other store. The good is, the light pattern and settings
are perfect
for Texas
Thanks, seems to be working now.
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Fritz Holt fritz...@gmail.com wrote:
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Grotto meeting this week! Come enjoy an update on Honey Creek Cave exploration
by Ellie Watson :-)
See the website for more about location and time.
http://www.utgrotto.org
Cavingly,
Andrea Croskrey
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On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:06 PM, DONALD G. DAVIS dgda...@nyx.net wrote:
This all I can think of at the moment. Perhaps others have pet =
e-mail peeves that they would like to bring up? Of course none of us =
are guilty of any of these things! It is always someone else that does =
all
I have a rope that is 12 years old also When new it was tested to about 7,200
pounds. It is a static line, always stored a cool low humidity place (my
garage), or in the house, hardly used, no caterpillaring, never wet. Is there a
place to get a piece of it tested? It is a 200 foot rope. Might
Thanks. Sounds like the best advice of all.
Carl….
On Jul 1, 2014, at 11:56 AM, Wm Shrewsbury wrote:
While PMI (Pigeon Mountain Industries, pmirope.com) has a drop tower and
could possibly test this for you, a review of their rope-care guide for 11mm
Pit Rope, page 11, says “RETIRE
...a review of their rope-care guide for 11mm Pit Rope, page 11, says RETIRE
IMMEDIATELY any rope which is greater than 10 years old, regardless of
history and usage.
That sounds suspiciously like Petzl's guidance to immediately retire any of
their
products (helmets, ascenders, racks) after
Not sure if I would trust a rope with 2020 breaking strength. I speculate only
that the gentle continuous weight of the decent wouldn't be the ground
breaker (bad pun) but the ascent. It would be an interesting experiment/study
to find out just how much load is exerted per stride say, while
The following new publications of the Association for Mexican Cave
Studies will be available for sale at the UT Grotto meeting tomorrow.
AMCS Activities Newsletter 37, May 2014, softbound $18
AMCS Activities Newsletter 37, May 2014, hardbound $28
(see http://www.mexicancaves.org/nl/37.htm)
