Re: [Texascavers] TCMA Rolling Oaks Work Day, Saturday, March 21 in San Antonio
Let's hope we get the rain! We could use more here. Enjoy your weekend. Eileen Missy Egan font face=Comic Sans MSTUT... A Note from the Universe/font If you can make just one person smile today, if only by giving them one of yours, it just might change their entire week... which just might change their entire life. Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:54:23 -0500 To: Texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] TCMA Rolling Oaks Work Day, Saturday,March 21 in San Antonio From: texascavers@texascavers.com Rolling Oaks Work Day CANCELED due to 90% chance of rain. Reschedule date is May 9th, hopefully it wont be too hot by then. On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Ellie Watson ellie.tho...@gmail.com wrote: We're having another volunteer work day at Rolling Oaks Cave Preserve in Bexar County (northwest San Antonio) on Saturday, March 21st at 10am. The main purposes are to clean up the grounds (trash and branches) and to continue the dig at Niche Cave, which is full of old farm trash and sediment that is washing in. We need people, buckets, shovels. Bring your own drinks and snacks for the work. TCMA will provide bottled water and light lunch. The cave preserve is located at 224 Laurel Ridge Lane, San Antonio, TX 78253. All visitors to the Preserve will be asked to sign a liability waiver. Meet at 10:00 am. Bring your own cave gear if you wish to enter any of the four Preserve caves after the dig. I can be reached at 509-899-0007 or ellie.tho...@gmail.com in case any one gets lost, or if you would like coordinate more details. No need to RSVP if you are attending, just show up! ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Fwd: NCRC Scholarships
There are scholarships available for the NCRC National Seminar this summer. Please see the info below if your interested. Submission deadline is less that a month away. DJ DJ Walker 512-751-6010 Please excuse misspellings and typos as this is coming from the tiny keyboard on my iPhone. Begin forwarded message: The NCRC will be awarding three $330 scholarships to help students attend the national weeklong seminar at Park City, KY July 24-August 1, 2015. To be considered please send a caving resume, 2 letters of support from NSS members, and a cover letter describing your financial need and how training would benefit the caving community in your region. Letters from grotto officers will be given the most weight. Letters from Regional Coordinators will be given less weight. Submit your information to Roger Mortimer, 1455 N. Echo Avenue, Fresno, CA, 93728. All materials may be submitted electronically to ncrc-scholars...@sbcglobal.net All materials must arrive by April 26, 2015 to be considered. Awards will be announced by May 26, 2015. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Fwd: Your Daily Caving News
Your Daily Caving News Inaugural SCCi Photo Contest Winners Announced No Takers: Australia’s Jenolan Caves Remain For Sale Chinese Cavers Find Enormous Transparent Tadpole New Book Features the Caves of Ohio’s Adams County Petition: Save India’s Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat Inaugural SCCi Photo Contest Winners Announced Posted: 20 Mar 2015 04:00 AM PDT The Southeastern Cave Conservancy (SCCi) has just released the winners of its first annual photo and video contest, held earlier this year. Read More No Takers: Australia’s Jenolan Caves Remain For Sale Posted: 19 Mar 2015 12:00 PM PDT The Jenolan Caves have failed to secure a private lessee, more than two years after Australia's New South Wales government opened it up for privatization. Read More Chinese Cavers Find Enormous Transparent Tadpole Posted: 19 Mar 2015 10:00 AM PDT A team of cavers stumbled across a massive 14 centimeter (5.5 inch) tadpole while wading through a stream in a cave near the city of Zunyi in south-western China's Guizhou province. Read More New Book Features the Caves of Ohio’s Adams County Posted: 19 Mar 2015 08:00 AM PDT A new book on the caves of Ohio's Adams County has recently been published. Read More Petition: Save India’s Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat Posted: 19 Mar 2015 06:00 AM PDT An online petition has been launched in hopes of protecting an endangered bat species only known to reside in a single cave, from a nearby granite mining operation. Read More You are subscribed to email updates from Caving News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Email delivery powered by Google Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] [SWR-TX - SG] Huge Lava Tubes Could Exist on the Moon
1. drones 2. carbide lights 3. Suuntos Bruntons 4. Disto-X 5. GPS 6. compass pace . . . . . . . Maybe not.. How about calibrated string? - Pete On Mar 20, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Lee H. Skinner wrote: How would one survey such a cave? What types of light would you use? :-) http://spaceref.com/moon/huge-lava-tubes-could-exist-on-the-moon.html Lee Skinner ___ SWR mailing list s...@caver.net http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr ___ This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET. Remember when you are replying to a message, you are replying to ALL on this list. This a default setting. If you want to reply to the individual sender then click reply, go delete the name out of the To: field and insert who you want to reply to. Of course, you have to know the email address of the person you are wanting to reply to. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Huge Lava Tubes Could Exist on the Moon
How would one survey such a cave? What types of light would you use? :-) http://spaceref.com/moon/huge-lava-tubes-could-exist-on-the-moon.html Lee Skinner ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] [SWR] Huge Lava Tubes Could Exist on the Moon
Lee, Isn't it obvious that you would use Lunar Lights?? Ken Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass - It's about dancing in the rain. Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:24:52 -0600 From: skin...@thuntek.net To: s...@caver.net; texascavers@texascavers.com; sandiagro...@caver.net Subject: [SWR] Huge Lava Tubes Could Exist on the Moon How would one survey such a cave? What types of light would you use? :-) http://spaceref.com/moon/huge-lava-tubes-could-exist-on-the-moon.html Lee Skinner ___ SWR mailing list s...@caver.net http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr ___ This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET. Remember when you are replying to a message, you are replying to ALL on this list. This a default setting. If you want to reply to the individual sender then click reply, go delete the name out of the To: field and insert who you want to reply to. Of course, you have to know the email address of the person you are wanting to reply to. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] [SWR] [SWR-TX - SG] Huge Lava Tubes Could Exist on the Moon
Might work if we can modify the ability of the cavers to get close enough to see through the telescope and at the same time be able to spot the dot on the far wall. Perhaps a solar-powered ground drone with a long cable plus a 3D goggle 1st person view receiver (like they used to use on those toy drones in the early 21st century) would let the cavers sit in their vehicle with their favorite beverage while operating the UMR (Underground Moon Rover). On Mar 20, 2015, at 12:58 PM, Scott Nicolay wrote: Total station. ___ SWR mailing list s...@caver.net http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr ___ This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET. Remember when you are replying to a message, you are replying to ALL on this list. This a default setting. If you want to reply to the individual sender then click reply, go delete the name out of the To: field and insert who you want to reply to. Of course, you have to know the email address of the person you are wanting to reply to. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] [SWR] Huge Lava Tubes Could Exist on the Moon
I should clarify a bit, low gun. Obviously the weight of the carbide plus all the water required and the carbide dump cans would be almost as heavy as your Moonlight Towers. However if we expanded the size of a single 7 parabolic Justrite reflector to perhaps 70 feet (or meters) using a balsa wood or graphite frame with mirror-coated foil, we could make an Earthlight (or solar) power transmitter / transponder that could point into the tunnel entrance to power the UMR (Underground Moon Rover) with on-board solar panels from one of the previous lunar landers. This is a proven technique as you can see from a full review of this site. [http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread372633/pg1] On Mar 20, 2015, at 2:20 PM, Logan McNatt wrote: The historic Moonlight Towers in Austin seem appropriate, although they would require substantial modifications. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_tower Pete Lindsley was no doubt joking when he suggested carbide lamps, unless they have developed LED carbide lamps now. Logan McNatt ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ SWR mailing list s...@caver.net http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr ___ This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET. Remember when you are replying to a message, you are replying to ALL on this list. This a default setting. If you want to reply to the individual sender then click reply, go delete the name out of the To: field and insert who you want to reply to. Of course, you have to know the email address of the person you are wanting to reply to. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Huge Lava Tubes Could Exist on the Moon
The historic Moonlight Towers in Austin seem appropriate, although they would require substantial modifications. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_tower Pete Lindsley was no doubt joking when he suggested carbide lamps, unless they have developed LED carbide lamps now. Logan McNatt On 3/20/2015 12:24 PM, Lee H. Skinner via Texascavers wrote: How would one survey such a cave? What types of light would you use? :-) http://spaceref.com/moon/huge-lava-tubes-could-exist-on-the-moon.html Lee Skinner ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
