I am curious how the furlough is affecting cavers.
I bumped into Timmy Joe at a Cajun restaurant in downtown Houston about 2
years ago.
He subtly indicated to me that he had other hobbies occupying his spare
time.
My fuzzy memory recalls something about a bad back or bad knee, etc.
Feel free to correct me.
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was
airborne, my brain had time to say to itself, you got to be frickin
kidding me.
The moral to the story is,
There is really a reason not to stand on that top step.
And,
for once I can say, my fat posterior came in handy, as it took the brunt
of the fall.
David Locklear
Am I understanding correctly the recent annoucement by British
researchers studying Antartica that there is an enormous system of
underwater
tunnels under the floating ice sheets of Antartica ?
Or,
Are they implying that there is an enormous layer of water such as a lake,
and
that in that lake
contacts get a blue logo.
The NSA is probably really confused about all this, presuming they are
not really
the ones in control of it.
To me continued
David Locklear
P.S.
Sorry I will miss TCR.Sorry I will miss the birthday party, and
the meetings
I have not heard any new news about the cave found by the road
construction crew.
One news-site says that it was to be filled in by mid-October.
Anybody out there have new information ?
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I have a current photo of the entrance if anybody cares to see it.
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I know the next scheduled dig is a week away, but was wondering if anyone
is digging in Kiwi Sink on Mother's Day ?
If so, there is a chance I could.
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years since I tried blogging, so I don't know if I am doing it right.
http://david-locklear.blogspot.com/
Just don't click on it please, if you are not interested.
I am going to try to make next Sunday's dig at Kiwi Sink.
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.
It is going to be hot, but I really do want to dig in Kiwi Sink, and do not
have any
legitimate excuse for not going.
I don't have any idea who all plans to dig. I can dig late Sunday, as
I don't have to rush back.
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different gin pole rig set ups on a truck.
One for just lifting, another for lifting,
and then moving the object onto the very same truckbed , and another for
erecting a tall structure.
It seems many cavers are certified in the use of gin poles.I was
unaware of that.
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caver
playing
it at TCR ( hint, hint ):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN4FYpIvUIw
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, but have to presume the social media guru is making
identical announcements on Facebook.
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caver in Fort Bend County
it works the same
on an iPhone.
I don't know if Google+ does this when you download photos there with a
regular digital camera.
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Ref:
Supposedly, your profile photo on Google+ can be animated.
https://plus.google.com/communities/106368006447834107693
and rock affected the drainage or if
it opened
up any new voids under the rocks.
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got 2 inches of rain.
One weather map, made it look like the storm weakened and moved over
New Braunfels.
But Robber Baron, got soaked. Right ?What about Cascade Caverns,
and Natural Bridge Caverns ?
One of the weather maps showed about 10 dumped just west of Lost Maples
State Park.
David
Pavillion Building. There is some free parking on
Rosalie street near Milam St. about 2 blocks from the rail station.
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The 2nd Annual Caver's Beach Party will unofficially start in about an hour.
Location: Quintana Beach County Park, Ariel Cabin.
No internet access.
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Hopefully, someone will show up by Saturday afternoon with party/picnic
supplies. I am just furnishing
I am posting this as a blog, mostly to show a few photos. There were no
cavers in
attendance, but we had our best intentions to make it a caver party. We
had a great
weekend.
http://david-locklear.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-summary-of-2013-texas-cavers-beach.html
NaturFest Association has
of the mixture.
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the way.
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That is only 500 meters from the old Spelunker Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA8nMuo1yXAfeature=youtube_gdata_player
The 500 meter number was estimated from the end of the upstream unexplored
passage to the sink-hole.
name is Police Security.
David Locklear
P.S.There are quite a few new LED headlamps out there if anybody
wants to post something about them. There is one sold at Northern
Tool Company for $ 45 that I have been wanting to try.
I have sudden urge to jump in the car and drive to Peter Strickland's Pond
Party. I have never been there.
And dig a little in Kiwi Sink tomorrow.
I am leaving from the town of Cypress near Houston, in about an hour.
David
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place that put my mind at ease.
I need to get away again already, and I have only been back 22 hours.
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http://www.spaceflight101.com/uploads/6/4/0/6/6406961/7960414_orig.jpg
Is that a very tiny speleothem on the right ?
Reynosa
or Nuevo Laredo
Friday night and Saturday morning.My phone doesn't work down there.
But I can
get text messages close to the border at 281-995-8487.
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Ref:
http://www.soah.state.tx.us/about-us/alr/index.asp
access to.
To be continued ...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMGAUukKuc4
-site. But there are no bugs, and
it is quiet. Sleeping on a cot is the way to camp here.
Andy Gluesencamp lives just about 100 meters from the camp-site.
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, but I ran off one beautiful fox.
It is more fun to drive across Texas when you have a base-camp. If I
am not there, feel free to use my cot, my chairs table or anything else
stored under the tarp.
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managed to pull
myself out of their luring trap, while I still had about $ 700 of it left,
and managed to make it home with $ 600.
On a related note, I have a welder working on a new mining gadget, that
will come in handy someday, and on my way to pick it up right now.
David
seconds.
Rule # 1, is take a deep breath, beforehand. Right ?
David Locklear
On Saturday, July 13th, some cavers are setting up a
big tyrolean traverse in front of Desoto Falls, in the TAG part
of Alabama.
http://www.hcru.org/tyroleantraverse
I am about to leave for a road-trip out of Arcola, and heading west in the
general direction of Kiwi.
I don't have an itenarary, but hope to do some swimming and some digging.
I have some extra gloves and an extra digging tool.
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shower at camp and was visited by an owl.
UKBC is now on the roof of my Honda Fit, and I am in San Marcos bound for
Arcola.
I would like to thank Ernie, and Terry and the Gluesencamps for all the
help they gave me.
I doubt I can make the next dig, but I will try.
David Locklear
Here is a new way to bop the really deep entrance pits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=eGimzB5QM1M#at=69
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*
*
*
They are sold at the Palladium Outlet Store in Houston.
David Locklear
Additional info:
Details of boot above:
• Bottom: One piece molded rubber outsole.
• Sockliner: Dri-Lex ® Moisture
In my last post, I bet I was referring to the pit called Tira Grande, in
a cave called Borbollon. It is on the deep pit list.
It was a featured trip at the Mexpeleo that was held in the Valley of the
Fantasmas.
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cavers
learn about events they were un-aware of.For example, I have never
heard of the YTR.
http://www.youngtimersreunion.com/
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cavers who may have negative feelings towards me personally.
This event is not about me.I ask that you come, and set those
feelings aside until next week.
This event will go on even it it rains, but if the forecast is severe
thunderstorms, then we will post
an announcement.
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for another year. He
has been dealing with me for nearly 10 years now I think, so he
deserves some sort of an
award. I am working on that too. Last year, we only gave him a
Stanley coffee thermos, but he
deserves something nice.
David Locklear
.
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Fit engineers never envisioned their tiny little car
hauling a big ladder across Texas.
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in order to
host NaturFest.
And then checked into a cheap motel in Houston to recuperate.
To be continued
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anywhere
west of Brenham.I would like to thank Mike Walsh for coming all
the way from Cedar Park.
In summary, planning NaturFest 2014 is going to require lots of work
and resources.Mark
your calendar for March 8th 9th, and hopefully there will be someone
crazy enough to do
it again.
David
deaths per week than the average cartel related deaths in
the region around the town of Reynosa.
But the victims of these tragedies are different.
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myself spending
most of Spring Break
every year for the remainder of my life at Camp Happy Hollow
celebrating NaturFest.
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On April 1st, a study will be conducted to determine the exact depth of the
entrance pit down to the millimeter.
Several truckloads of 5 kilogram rocks will be dropped into the entrance
and using an iPhone app to measure the time of impact, and another app to
calculate the average depth, the
I would like to nominate Mark's last post as one of the top 10 most
interesting post in the history of CaveTex.
David Locklear
On April 1st, a project will begin in Lechiguilla Cave to to use the new
supercalihydrophobic coating to stunt the growth of the infestation of
minerals seeping throughout the tiny orifices in the walls and ceiling of
the cave.
Cavers will be needed with low-pressure sprayers mounted on their
. Rain-gutters.
Depending on the products sunlight exposure resistance.
, it could be used for outdoor stuff like playgrounds, boats,
bleacher-seats, and thousands more.
David Locklear
, and somehow I managed to
type the whole message without Windows 8 crashing.
Windows 8 is not going to simplify your computing life. But there is a
ray of hope for the product's
future, if the annoying parts become more user friendly. I guess they
will call that Windows 9.
David Locklear
Ref:
http
,
at the spur of the moment.
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, if they knew how hard it is to
get land-owners to agree to do that. Try finding a land-owner east of
Austin willing to do that. I hope I have been able to open up Camp Happy
Hollow in Brenham to future caver gatherings, but only time will tell.
Safe caving,
David Locklear
281-995-8487 ( text-line )
only got to page 3 of at least 34 search engine page results.
It seems like something noteworthy could be said or written about this,
like I wonder if any of you ever met them at a caving event ? or it is sad
that we never got to go caving with them.
David Locklear
. So lets say you following CaveChat (
https://www.facebook.com/Cavechat.org ), then those post will refresh on
the screen. I think that is really a useful tool that could be put to
constructive use.
I will use this feature once I have a phone that has it.
David Locklear
Further review,
Out
Pro headlamp uses those, as do some digital cameras, and lots
of LED and Xenon flashlights use them. They
can easily be purchased on-line in bulk for $ 1.62 each.
David Locklear
Ref:
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/A06L_1_20110831_9650358.jpg
to go pack it up. Work family
distractions kept me from doing that Friday.
Please don't miss dinner.
To be continued.
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Is this for real ?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=db0_1301651508
Would you go vertical caving with these guys ?
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in video
from across the cave room. It should have an emergency flashlight
feature of 5 lumens.When you tap 2 cameras together, they should
interchange caving photos.What else ?
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for an interesting project.
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there.
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suit.
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again.
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It looks like ecotours are taking the general public to the edge of the pit:
http://hockingphotography.smugmug.com/keyword/sotano%20del%20barro#!i=497763611k=FtZrNGM
I did not find anything on the web about recent caving in the pit.
David Locklear
This looks promising
http://www.reuters.com/video/2013/04/30/reuters-tv-laser-powered-zebedee-springs-into-actio?videoId=242557454videoChannel=118065
This must be some kind of Chinese proto-type device.
http://distilleryimage1.s3.amazonaws.com/0c007070a24611e2950322000a1fcea7_7.jpg
Maybe NASA engineers are secretly working with them to develop this
super-high-tech
caving light.
the big
Thanksgiving caving trips.
I am sure I left something out.
David Locklear
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If that is the case, his feet are probably wet and cold.
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enjoyed socializing with cavers, as that seemed
to be a major part of his life.
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, if they choose to run again.
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guest if more people want to crash there.
If you want to camp at the party, I have a screened picnic canopy
that could sleep about 4 to 5 cavers.
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Check out these prices for Bill Steele's book:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0939748703/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8condition=used
Note that is the used price.
Amazon still has 5 new ones in stock for $ 25.00
I believe AMCS has it for only $ 23, so check with them at TCR.
David
. His silence seems odd to me. And
who would leave
a BMW out in the middle of nowhere for several hours unattended ?
I sense there is
more to this story than a young man lost in a cave.
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first thought he meant FYI,
but that wouldn't read right.So it must
be a typo for For. ( probably typed on a touchscreen device ? )
This was more of a road-trip report, than a caving trip report.He barely
mentions being in a cave.
Nonetheless, I enjoyed reading it.
David Locklear
V.P
http://wordlock.com/_images/comm_discus.jpg
This padlock is slightly larger than the typical round key locks that are
sold at retail stores.
to park along Wyandotte Road. The coordinates
below seem like a good area to search for a small
cave entrance:
38.239132,-86.305289
based on the guess that he walked perpendicular to the road from the
1st coordinates above.
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with ?
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Ref:
http://www.tceq.texas.gov/field/eapp/apps.html
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/water/wildland/downloads/appendixg-balconescanyonlandspreservekarstmonitoring.pdf
http://www.bseacd.org/about-us/framework-policies/
http://urbanwildlife2011.tpwd.state.tx.us/
https://www.facebook.com
The light in the link below could be used to clip on to your chest harness
for extra light or for an emergency
light on a long ascent, or a pitch with rebelays.
http://www.drywallzone.com/images/product_images/catalogm06.jpg
It has a rugged metal clip and a bright yellow switch, and the
.That
person could probably be nominated for a speleo-historian award.
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quickly.
By the way, the UT Grotto opens their meeting with the announcement, Welcome to
the UT Grotto - the grotto that caves. Then their guest speaker
showed a slide show about
trains in Peru.
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caver in Fort Bend County
( Arcola, Texas
Since it is quite out there in CaveTexLand, I thought I would try
something nostalgic.
Who wants to go first ?
What ever happened to .. Doug Allen ?
What ever happened to Joel King ?
etc.
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One more try,
Whatever happened to John Spence ?
Whatever happened to Spencer Woods ...?
Whatever happened to Pam Oskowski ( ? ) Woods ?
Whatever happened to Troy Shelton ?
nobody else got anything ?
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-eco-tours.Probably the
only way I would go caving
in South America, Indonesia, or China, or Belize.
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in documenting caving activity
and sharing it.Without Facebook,
we would have almost no knowledge that the event even took place.
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community because of this kind of stuff,
and that they are still actively but very quietly caving. I am
not ready to throw in the towel just yet.
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on the photos in the brochure doesn't do
anything for me.
But I do want to emphasize that I liked the booklet.
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a reduced suspension, only because they did quite a bit of work on the
BOG and have also
on previous occasions, and it would would have been a complete
disaster had they dropped
the ball at the last minute.
David Locklear
much more grumpier than usual
There used to be a thing in the Texas Caver called, Mystery Caver.
Can anybody out there take a guess at this one:
https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1308222742/portrait.JPG
If that is who I think it is, would someone like to post a What ever
happened to
herthing ?
David Locklear
most of my rants on Google + now.I like it better
than Facebook.
So, I am trying to avoid Facebook, but it just seems to have to much
practical purpose.
For example,
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cavechatorg/168120223246915?sk=wall
Cheers,
David Locklear
caver in Fort Bend County
President
of the cave.
For most of you,
the best reference, will be the town of Nacogdoches.
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. president doing something like that ?
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How many cave rescue teams do you know that have their own
rescue vehicle ?
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