[Texascavers] an old news story

I think I missed this news story last year. https://www.theonion.com/icy-cave-at-peak-of-andes-mountains-now-sole-remaining-1828466516 And this one too, https://www.theonion.com/elon-musk-insists-he-d-be-much-more-innovative-pedophil-1827630054 ___ Te

[Texascavers] Scholarship Opportunity Announcement

The San Francisco Bay Chapter of the NSS is excited to announce a new scholarship opportunity aimed at promoting diversity among cavers participating in cave expeditions. Check out our website for more detailed information: https://www.sfbaycaving.org/caving-expedition-diversity-scholarship/ Plea

Re: [Texascavers] Suicide Falls

When I did this drop in 2000, the trip leader ( who resembled one of the guys in the bolting photo of Minton's slide-show ), had a very low cost tiny walkie-talkie, and he went down first and the last person to go down of about 5 or 6 cavers had an identical walkie-talkie. "On rope" and "Off rope"

Re: [Texascavers] West Virginia caves

Thanks. That photo replicates an iconic older photo of the same passage, except without the caver on rope. The Big Room, or Subway Tunnel, is one of the largest passages in West Virginia. The normal route in is a 160-foot rappel near a waterfall (named Suicide Falls because of deaths when peopl

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Caving in West Virigina

Thanks Mark! Regards, John -Original Message- From: swrcav...@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of mmin...@caver.net Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 8:40 AM To: CaveTex ; SWR Subject: [SWR CAVERS] Caving in West Virigina If anyone is curious about the type of caving we do in Germany Valley

Re: [Texascavers] West Virginia caves

Wow! Awesome photo. Barb and Don Coons Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 3, 2019, at 4:26 PM, mmin...@caver.net wrote: > > Well, since you asked, last weekend Zeb Lilly and Brian Williams connected > McClungs Cave to Maxwelton by diving an intervening sump. The resulting Great > Savannah System is

[Texascavers] West Virginia caves

In 2000, I had the unique opportunity to go on a recreational caving trip into Cass Cave.That trip was one of the most fun ever. ( But only to learn two weeks later, that one of the cavers on the trip had later had a heart attack and died [ Sanders ? ] ) While in the area, I visited entrance

Re: [Texascavers] Caving in West Virigina

Looking forward to viewing. Preston in KY and already planning on WVA Conventionon the way to Huntsville tomorrow for volunteer work on hdqtrs several days and more, including grotto mtg. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 9:40 AM, mmin...@caver.net wrote: If anyo

[Texascavers] Caving in West Virigina

If anyone is curious about the type of caving we do in Germany Valley (West Virginia), the NSS recently posted a video of a presentation I gave to RASS (Richmond Area Speleological Society) summarizing recent exploration: . It is about one hour long.