[Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread Linda Palit
http://www.waff.com/story/14749749/tenn-rescue-crews-trying-to-free-man-in-c ave Link to article and info on successful Sinking Cove rescue.

Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread Tim Stich
It's funny how news agencies all report that the man was trapped in the cave, which to me would indicate he had something pinning him down or that a collapse prevented getting out of the cave. News writers really don't appreciate that cavers are happy underground and that they put themselves there

Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread John P Brooks
The article had links to a flickr slide show of the cave. And it also had a link to a google map location for the cave. --- On Tue, 5/31/11, Tim Stich timstic...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tim Stich timstic...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue To: Linda Palit lkpa

Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread Linda Palit
: The article had links to a flickr slide show of the cave. And it also had a link to a google map location for the cave. --- On Tue, 5/31/11, Tim Stich timstic...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tim Stich timstic...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue To: Linda Palit

Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread Mark Minton
It's interesting how the media distort, or more likely don't really understand, what cavers tell them about caves and rescues. Several news reports have stated that the rescue was taking place a couple of thousand feet below the surface, when in fact the cave is nowhere near that deep. What they

RE: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread Geary Schindel
: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 10:43 AM To: John P Brooks Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue Locations in TAG are much more public than in Texas--long term practice for better or worse, and partly because there are so many caves. Sinking Cove may be a SCCI

[Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread Linda Palit
http://www.waff.com/story/14749749/tenn-rescue-crews-trying-to-free-man-in-c ave Link to article and info on successful Sinking Cove rescue.

Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread Tim Stich
It's funny how news agencies all report that the man was trapped in the cave, which to me would indicate he had something pinning him down or that a collapse prevented getting out of the cave. News writers really don't appreciate that cavers are happy underground and that they put themselves there

Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread John P Brooks
The article had links to a flickr slide show of the cave. And it also had a link to a google map location for the cave. --- On Tue, 5/31/11, Tim Stich timstic...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tim Stich timstic...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue To: Linda Palit lkpa

Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread Linda Palit
: The article had links to a flickr slide show of the cave. And it also had a link to a google map location for the cave. --- On Tue, 5/31/11, Tim Stich timstic...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tim Stich timstic...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue To: Linda Palit

Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread Mark Minton
It's interesting how the media distort, or more likely don't really understand, what cavers tell them about caves and rescues. Several news reports have stated that the rescue was taking place a couple of thousand feet below the surface, when in fact the cave is nowhere near that deep. What they

RE: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread Geary Schindel
: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 10:43 AM To: John P Brooks Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue Locations in TAG are much more public than in Texas--long term practice for better or worse, and partly because there are so many caves. Sinking Cove may be a SCCI

[Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread Linda Palit
http://www.waff.com/story/14749749/tenn-rescue-crews-trying-to-free-man-in-c ave Link to article and info on successful Sinking Cove rescue.

Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread Tim Stich
It's funny how news agencies all report that the man was trapped in the cave, which to me would indicate he had something pinning him down or that a collapse prevented getting out of the cave. News writers really don't appreciate that cavers are happy underground and that they put themselves there

Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread John P Brooks
The article had links to a flickr slide show of the cave. And it also had a link to a google map location for the cave. --- On Tue, 5/31/11, Tim Stich timstic...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tim Stich timstic...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue To: Linda Palit lkpa

Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread Linda Palit
: The article had links to a flickr slide show of the cave. And it also had a link to a google map location for the cave. --- On Tue, 5/31/11, Tim Stich timstic...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tim Stich timstic...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue To: Linda Palit

Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread Mark Minton
It's interesting how the media distort, or more likely don't really understand, what cavers tell them about caves and rescues. Several news reports have stated that the rescue was taking place a couple of thousand feet below the surface, when in fact the cave is nowhere near that deep. What they

RE: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue

2011-05-31 Thread Geary Schindel
: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 10:43 AM To: John P Brooks Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Sinking Cove Successful Rescue Locations in TAG are much more public than in Texas--long term practice for better or worse, and partly because there are so many caves. Sinking Cove may be a SCCI