Re: [Texascavers] Cave discovery in Montreal, QB

2017-12-05 Thread Sleazeweazel via Texascavers
--- Begin Message --- Yooge!   SW   In a message dated 12/5/2017 10:52:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, texascavers@texascavers.com writes:   200 metres long, six metres high, and about three metres wide--- End Message --- ___ Texascavers mailing list |

[Texascavers] Kanchanaburi: Part 4, Khao Laem National Park

2017-11-19 Thread Sleazeweazel via Texascavers
--- Begin Message --- Wherein the Weazel acquires his own personal Nun as a cave guide.   http://weazelwise.com/2017/11/19/kanchanaburi-part-4-khao-laem-national-park/--- End Message --- ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com

[Texascavers] Spider caver Galapagos connections

2017-11-03 Thread Sleazeweazel via Texascavers
--- Begin Message --- Forgive if I do not have the story straight. I have an interesting oddball friend named Mark Stowe who studies spiders and lives part time in Mexico. His specialty is the totally cool Bolas spider of which there are various species around the world. These are aberrant orb

Re: [Texascavers] Just for fun

2017-10-13 Thread Sleazeweazel via Texascavers
--- Begin Message --- I must have missed the precursor to all this. Texascaver posts invariably go to my spam folder. I try to extract them, but it is difficult when they are hidden among hundreds of ads for asian women, military grade flashlights, and stock tips from Donald Trump.   As to the

Re: [Texascavers] Just for fun

2017-10-12 Thread Sleazeweazel via Texascavers
--- Begin Message --- Who? What? Where?    Sleazeweazel   In a message dated 10/12/2017 6:43:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, texascavers@texascavers.com writes:   Wild guess: Bruce Morgan (Sleaseweasel)     Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net   On Wed, 11 Oct, 2017 at 10:43 PM, David via Texascavers <

Re: [Texascavers] not Loose at all

2017-09-23 Thread Sleazeweazel via Texascavers
--- Begin Message --- I have told this story before but since the subject is "not loose at all" perhaps it bears retelling again.   My very first wild cave was in 1963 or so when my buddy Dave the Nuisance and I explored John Brown's cave near Harper's ferry WV, a place that John Brown knew

Re: [Texascavers] Earthqake in China's Karst

2017-08-09 Thread Sleazeweazel via Texascavers
--- Begin Message --- Jiuzhaigou is one of the most magical places on earth. I have long been a fan of travertine streams, but Jiuzhaigou is in a class of its own. Anyone who has ever been to a Chinese restaurant has likely seen photos on the wall as a representation of paradise. The waters

Re: [Texascavers] A question about the rights of cavers

2017-07-22 Thread Sleazeweazel via Texascavers
--- Begin Message --- Property ownership is an artificial construct almost as absurd as other so called "rights" such as human rights. It is merely an agreement that is sanctioned by society because it conforms to our instinctive understanding of the territorial imperative. I am a

Re: [Texascavers] Folks, Here is an excellent article on Norm Pace, Caver Ext...

2017-07-21 Thread Sleazeweazel via Texascavers
--- Begin Message --- So the bacteria emerged before the archaea??? Sleazel In a message dated 7/21/2017 4:15:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, texascavers@texascavers.com writes: Thanks, Geary -- I caved some with Norm Pace c. 1968, when he was a grad student at the Univ. of Illinois. I

Re: [Texascavers] The future of NSS membership

2017-07-06 Thread Sleazeweazel via Texascavers
--- Begin Message --- All special interest groups have their time and a trajectory, it never goes on forever. Aside from that I am very much in accord with Dwight when he says, "let them discover for themselves". Caving is all about adventure and discovery which is why I am in a shitty

[Texascavers] Oztotl not a Mayan god!

2017-06-22 Thread Sleazeweazel via Texascavers
--- Begin Message --- So I'm palling it up with my pistol packing ranger buddy Canti (which means "snake" in Kekchi) and I ask if he knows about Oztotl and pays him the proper respect by throwing virgins into cenotes, etc. He screwed up his nose and said, "That's not a Mayan word, certainly

Re: [Texascavers] Anybody out there still blogging ?

2017-06-21 Thread Sleazeweazel via Texascavers
--- Begin Message --- The Wandering Weazel has been posting from Belize but I see no evidence that my posts are being published. What I do see is that my posts await a moderator due to an implicite destination whatever the hell that means. Just reinjured my already ruined shoulder so now I am

Re: [Texascavers] Coordinated hunting of bats among snakes

2017-05-26 Thread Sleazeweazel via Texascavers
--- Begin Message --- Various pit vipers such as moccasins and rattlesnappers are social to a degree, but it is a stretch to call lining up at trough for a good feed a social act despite the fact that you are "rubbing shoulders" with your snakey buddies. Despite numerous injuries and