Re: [Texascavers] A mobile-camp-kitchen idea.

[Allan Cobb via Texascavers]

This is a pretty good idea. I am of the opinion though that the table 
part takes up space in the box. You would probably be better off with a 
big box like that for stuff and a 4 foot plastic top office table or a 
folding 5 foot table (although I hate those folding tables). It gives 
you more table space and more storage space in the box for less money.


Allan Cobb
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Re: [Texascavers] Digging Question

[Allan Cobb via Texascavers]

Weave tubular sling through it and pull with man-power or a come-along. 
Keep repeating as needed.


Allan


On 12/3/2017 10:08 AM, John Brooks via Texascavers wrote:

I was wondering if anyone had experience or techniques for extracting bailing 
wire plugs from a sinkhole ?

We know where the really good leads are on a ranch because the rancher that 
previously owned the property threw bailing wire into the really nice sinkholes 
to plug the holes up.
We have looped chains through the bailing wire and pulled plugs out of several 
sinkholes successfullyand found several new caves.

The "plugged" sinks are upstream of a very large cave in the recharge area.

But one of the best sinkhole leads has us mystified.

The bailing wire is rusted and fragile. And there is significant organic matter 
captured in the wire mat. So the previous technique is not working.

We have several untested ideas.

But thought someone might have experienced this before. Any ideas ?

Please contact me offline with responses.

John Brooks

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Re: [Texascavers] [Texas Cavers Reunion]

[Allan Cobb via Texascavers]

So, TCR is now a week long event?


On 9/11/2017 1:02 PM, Don Arburn via Texascavers wrote:

Paradise Canyons gates open after noon this October 12 to the *19th*


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Re: [Texascavers] TCR cooks wrap-up (sort of...)

[Allan Cobb via Texascavers]

Stefan,

I want to publicly thank you for your decade of cooking. You took lots 
of stress out of TCR while I was running. When you first came to me and 
said you wanted to take over cooking, I was skeptical. You proved me 
wrong and have done a great job over the years. All I can say is


*THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU*.

Allan


On 10/19/2016 12:31 AM, Stefan Creaser via Texascavers wrote:


The coolers are washed and put away, the recycling sorted (thanks all 
for only 0.5% trash in there!) and put out, bills paid… Only the 
washing up and re-pack of the trailer to go…


Would like to thank the Aggies for another **outstanding** 
contribution – helping cook, serve, wash up after (!!), dismantle tent 
and re-pack of trailer. We could not do the weekend without their 
help, and it is **very** much appreciated.


The following people were largely responsible for getting all y’all 
fed  -  Cammy and Vico Jones, Sean Vincent, Laura, Jocie Hooper, Eric 
Flint, Rob Upchurch, and a host of choppers (too many to list), 
stirrers and last minute shoppers (Ken Demarest)! I want to thank them 
for all their hard work, and putting up with me being a miserable  
all Saturday! Oh, and Sam Marshall for hauling the new trailer to and 
from TCR.


I have been chief cook and bottle washer for 10 TCRs now and the time 
has come for me to hang up my spoon and apron, and pass the trailer 
keys to a new, more enthusiastic, volunteer. It has been an 
interesting ride, but I need to enjoy Paradise Canyon from the other 
side of the pot sometime.


If you have the desire to take this on – lead a team of enthusiastic 
volunteers of your making, cooking food for your greater circle of 
friends, then please get in touch asap and we’ll pass on some wisdom 
before our old brains erase it.


So long, and thanks for all the chillies.

-Stefan

Stefan Creaser

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Re: [Texascavers] related to a caver obituary

[Allan Cobb via Texascavers]

I caved with Mason a few times around Texas before we went to Huautla in 
1988. His first big trip into San Augustin was probably taking a duffel 
of camp supplies down to the staging area at 600 m before it would be 
moved to Camp 3. Mason hobbled into the kitchen with each foot wrapped 
in a bandana. He sat down in a chair. Someone asked what was wrong and 
he said his boots had given him blisters and he didn't know if he would 
be able to cave again.


Being good cavers, someone asked him to show us his blisters. He 
unwrapped his feet and showed us his blisters. My feet reflexively 
winced in pain when I saw his blisters. On the arch of each foot, he had 
huge, raw, open blisters that were like looking into Hell. They were 
huge, they were VERY painful looking.


I believe it was Jim Smith who said, "Grab one of those pickled 
/jalapeños /from that jar and slap it on your blister. Rub it around 
really good and it will make them heal faster." This, of course, made 
everyone laugh because it was such an obviously stupid suggestion. Mason 
grabbed the jar of /jalapeños/, fished one out, and, like a good Aggie, 
slapped it on his hellish looking, raw, open blister that was the size 
of a Jumar and began grinding into his raw, open blister.


Mason writhed in his chair as he was grinding this pickled /jalapeño 
/into the blister. I'll give him credit, he didn't scream. He did 
however make inhuman sounds that sounded as terrifying and horrible as 
his blisters looked. I was absolutely speechless, as was everyone in the 
room. Watching this was liking watching a train wreck, it was horrible 
but I couldn't take my eyes off of it. I'm sure everyone watching had 
the same look of horror that I had on my face. When he stopped from what 
seemed like an eternity or more of grinding this pickled jala/jalapeño 
/into a raw, open blister, Jim Smith said, "It was a joke, I didn't mean 
for you to do that." Mason replied, "(gasp, gasp) Well, it actually 
(gasp, gasp) feels better."


Mason put his foot down, pulled up the other foot and began grinding the 
pickled /jalapeño /into the other hellish looking, open, raw blister 
that was the size of a Jumar on his other foot. This was followed by 
more inhuman sounds and writhing around by Mason and certainly more 
horrified looks from those of us present. Thankfully, after an eternity 
and a half, he stopped abusing his raw open blister with pickled 
/jalapeños/. He declared that it helped that foot just as much as the 
other. Mason, continued doing this (although I fortunately never 
witnessed this scene again). His blisters quickly healed over and he was 
caving again within a week or so.


The moral of this story is either grind a pickled /jalapeño /into your 
raw, open blisters that are the size of Jumars on your feet to make them 
heal faster or don't listen to Jim Smith.


Allan Cobb

On 6/19/2016 1:55 PM, David via Texascavers wrote:

About 2 years ago, I posted somewhere that an Aggie Caver that I once
knew from the 1987 era, had passed away.

I could not find anybody that wanted to talk about it, as his death at
such a young age was very unexpected and tragic.




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[Texascavers] Devils Sinkhole -- Calling all Old Timers!

[Allan Cobb via Texascavers]

I am doing a talk at the TSA Spring Convention about Devils Sinkhole. I 
would like to hear from cavers who were there in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. 
Bonus points if I can get photos to use in my talk.


Please contact me off-list at a...@oztotl.com.

Allan
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