[Texascavers] New Huautla Cave Diving Expedition video online

2013-12-06 Thread Terry Holsinger
Chris Jewell has finally slowed down on his presentation schedule to put together some video (in 1080p if you have the bandwidth) from the Huautla Cave Diving Expedition trip Feb 24th- April 14th 2013 Have a look on YouTube here: http://youtu.be/iajDjEX6jqY Terry H.

[SWR] Winter Tech TOMORROW

2013-12-06 Thread Carol Belski
In spite of the frigid weather, the SWR Winter Technical Regional will be held tomorrow at the National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) in Carlsbad. We are going to have a wonderful time and hear a full day's worth of great talks. Building opens at 8 am, meeting 9-10, talks till

texascavers Digest 6 Dec 2013 16:38:55 -0000 Issue 1893

2013-12-06 Thread texascavers-digest-help
texascavers Digest 6 Dec 2013 16:38:55 - Issue 1893 Topics (messages 23119 through 23126): Cave B ? 23119 by: David Bexar Grotto Christmas Party 23120 by: Geary Schindel Bizarre microbes discovered in desert cave in Arizona 23121 by: Lee H. Skinner TCMA election

[Texascavers] Could you survive after falling 45 feet?

2013-12-06 Thread Diana Tomchick
Listen to this fascinating Science Friday podcast and remember: if you spread yourself out and fall flat into a specially designed mat, you'd probably live but your organs would hurt. http://www.npr.org/2013/11/29/247381666/at-streb-action-lab-dance-and-physics-collide How is this related to

Re: [Texascavers] Could you survive after falling 45 feet?

2013-12-06 Thread Bill Steele
Nothing super about it, thanks. Just the influence of watching Jackie Chan movies. Bill Sent from my iPhone On Dec 6, 2013, at 2:58 PM, caverarch cavera...@aol.com wrote: We've always suspected you have super powers, Bill. Roger -Original Message- From: Speleosteele

RE: [Texascavers] Could you survive after falling 45 feet?

2013-12-06 Thread Jon Cradit
When I took a wilderness emergency medical class the doctor said what kills most people that take a fall is the sudden stop. No joke. He said it causes the internal organs, which are fluid filled, to rupture similar to water balloons hitting a wall. Oh yeah, there are broken bones but it's