From: Mallory Mayeux <mmay...@gmail.com<mailto:mmay...@gmail.com>> Subject: [Texascavers] Fwd: TSA Speaker Schedule Date: April 27, 2014 11:25:36 AM CDT To: "Texascavers@Texascavers.Com<mailto:Texascavers@Texascavers.Com>" <texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:texascavers@texascavers.com>>, GHG <greater_houston_gro...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:greater_houston_gro...@yahoogroups.com>>
Good morning cavers! I hope you're getting all your "weekend chores" done around the house for this weekend and next, because next weekend is the TSA Spring Convention and I hope to see all of you there! The convention begins Friday evening, May 2 at Cave without a Name in Boerne and ends on Sunday, May 4. The informational talks are held INSIDE the cave on May 3. The lineup is awesome and listed below. 9 AM Bill Steele 2014 Huautla Expedition Bill spent for the month of April in Huautla, and will be presenting their discoveries and achievements. Cavers from five countries (USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Romania), explored the cave, carried The Explorers Club flag, and were an official project of the NSS. 9:35 AM Ernie Garza and Gill Edigar Kiwi Sink An introduction to the discovery and subsequent digging into Kiwi Sink. First, we used a loader/backhoe until it got too deep, then used hand digging to fill up barrels to be winched up. We found some real cave as a result, the cave dig continues. 10 AM Peter Sprouse The Jaguar Paw System: a new mega-maze in Quintana Roo Cavers of the Paamul Grotto cut a jungle trail through a long segment of collapsed cave passage. With over 15 km mapped so far in multiple segments, the full extent of this system won't be known for years. BREAK 10:40 AM Ron Ralph The Texas Speleological Survey: Over 50 Years 11 AM Ellie Watson, Dr. Jean Krecja, and Joe Furman See My Shovel Tank Haul Trifecta Fest A video presentation about the ongoing cave diving efforts in See My Shovel Cave (CM Cave). Cavers gathered for 3 weekends in a row to haul dive gear for divers Dr. Jean Krecja and James Brown. 11:45-1:30 GROUP PHOTO AND LUNCH BREAK 1:30 PM Jim Kennedy Recent LIDAR Mapping of Some Major Texas Bat Caves The latest accomplishment in our continued research into the large Mexican free-tailed bat roosts of central Texas has been the detailed LIDAR mapping spearheaded by Dr. Nicolay Hristov of the Center for Design Innovation at Winston-Salem State University. To date, Bracken Bat Cave, James River Bat Cave, Davis Blowout Cave, and Ney Cave are mostly completed. We’ll show samples of the scans, compare them to the old-school paper maps, and discuss the conservation and research potential of this project, including our future plans. 1:50 PM Bill Steele Golondrinas climbing video A 10 minute video done by Italian cavers about a direct aid climb out of Sotano de las Golondrinas, up the wall, from the floor to the entrance and out—an amazing feat. This will be the first showing of this video in the US! 2:05 PM Matt Turner My First Year of Cave Diving A talk about what it's like to go from caving to cave diving and things Matt has learned along the way. 2:30 K. Lindsay Eaves Caving Contributions to the 'Cradle of Humankind.' A brief overview and discussion of the contributions of caving to the discovery of early hominid fossils within the Rising Star Cave System within South Africa's Cradle of Humankind. This is part of an ongoing excavation deep within the system that began in November 2013 through the joint auspices of the University of the Witwatersrand and National Geographic Society. BREAK 3:00 PM Chuck Noe Goodenough - Exploring the Depths of a Prolific Texas Spring Hear a brief history of this underwater tributary of the Rio Grande, and experience the tale of its record-setting deep exploration by the GSEP (Goodenough Springs Exploration Project). Learn about the GSEP's ongoing research project to identify the origin of Goodenough's water source. Dive team members will be available after the presentation to answer questions and provide further information. 3:30 PM Monica Ponce Bustamante cave exploration ACEAC2014 A talk about the results of exploration in Bustamante cave. With 9 trips in one year, exploration of the cave is slow but very detail oriented. The cavers have discovered many small entrance pits under the floor of the "paso de la muerte" area. They are close to finishing planned exploration but need help to do the survey, since the Tourism Secretary of Nuevo Leon has new projects to do inside of this cave. Again, this should be a great convention. Roger Moore, with the support of cave owner Tom Summers, has arranged for great parties (a band on Saturday, a musical party on Friday night) and we will have all the usual fun stuff (the "big feed", kegs of Shiner, the TCMA auction, vertical troubleshooting courtesy of GGG and David Ochel, etc). I can't wait to see you all next weekend! Mallory Mayeux TSA Convention Speaker Coordinator ________________________________ UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today.
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