http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2011/white-nose-syndrome-06-14-2011.html
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2011/white-nose-syndrome-06-14-2011.html
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2011/white-nose-syndrome-06-14-2011.html
http://www.adventure-journal.com/2011/06/oregon-cave-art-vandals-nailed/
http://www.adventure-journal.com/2011/06/oregon-cave-art-vandals-nailed/
http://www.adventure-journal.com/2011/06/oregon-cave-art-vandals-nailed/
How unusual. Bats were found in an old building:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localdallas/20110602/ts_yblog_localdallas/thousands-of-bats-invade-walls-of-historic-cleburne-building?bouchon=623,tx
How unusual. Bats were found in an old building:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localdallas/20110602/ts_yblog_localdallas/thousands-of-bats-invade-walls-of-historic-cleburne-building?bouchon=623,tx
You better go kill a dolphin...you were wrong:
Fluorescence is the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light
or other electromagnetic radiation of a different wavelength. [1]. It is a form
of luminescence.
In most cases, emitted light has a longer wavelength, and therefore
How unusual. Bats were found in an old building:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localdallas/20110602/ts_yblog_localdallas/thousands-of-bats-invade-walls-of-historic-cleburne-building?bouchon=623,tx
You better go kill a dolphin...you were wrong:
Fluorescence is the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light
or other electromagnetic radiation of a different wavelength. [1]. It is a form
of luminescence.
In most cases, emitted light has a longer wavelength, and therefore
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13609260
Interesting psuedo cave related article.with perhaps some parallels to
modern day cave women
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13609260
Interesting psuedo cave related article.with perhaps some parallels to
modern day cave women
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13609260
Interesting psuedo cave related article.with perhaps some parallels to
modern day cave women
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
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
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
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13522957
This is an interesting approach being used to find Lost Cities and forgotten
pyramids in Egypt. The program airs on the BBC on May 30, 2011.
It would be interesting to see if this technique could be used to find caves.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13522957
This is an interesting approach being used to find Lost Cities and forgotten
pyramids in Egypt. The program airs on the BBC on May 30, 2011.
It would be interesting to see if this technique could be used to find caves.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13522957
This is an interesting approach being used to find Lost Cities and forgotten
pyramids in Egypt. The program airs on the BBC on May 30, 2011.
It would be interesting to see if this technique could be used to find caves.
If you zoom inThere are actually 4 parallel lines visible in the
sinkole. Maybe they rigged it for a spring Caver / Naturefest party on Mars.
--- On Sun, 4/24/11, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote:
From: David dlocklea...@gmail.com
Subject: [Texascavers] Re: new mars sinkhole photo
To:
If you zoom inThere are actually 4 parallel lines visible in the
sinkole. Maybe they rigged it for a spring Caver / Naturefest party on Mars.
--- On Sun, 4/24/11, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote:
From: David dlocklea...@gmail.com
Subject: [Texascavers] Re: new mars sinkhole photo
To:
If you zoom inThere are actually 4 parallel lines visible in the
sinkole. Maybe they rigged it for a spring Caver / Naturefest party on Mars.
--- On Sun, 4/24/11, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote:
From: David dlocklea...@gmail.com
Subject: [Texascavers] Re: new mars sinkhole photo
To:
After seeing Sanctum...I was interested in the real story of cave exploration
in Papua New Guinea. And I have been reading Beneath the Cloud Forests by
Howard Beck. It is a history of cave exploration in Papua New Guinea. Numerous
expeditions were lured to PNG after seeing large mega dolines
After seeing Sanctum...I was interested in the real story of cave exploration
in Papua New Guinea. And I have been reading Beneath the Cloud Forests by
Howard Beck. It is a history of cave exploration in Papua New Guinea. Numerous
expeditions were lured to PNG after seeing large mega dolines
http://www.dallasnews.com/travel/southwest/20110305-caving-101-at-carlsbad-caverns.ece
From today's Dallas Morning News...
Many recreational cavers have no desire to attend grotto meetings, but
getting a monthly caving publication in their mailbox is a good start towards
educating even the rawest spelunker about current events in the caving world.
Do any Caving organizations other than the NSS actually send out
to quote a famous song by Gil Scott Herron: the revolution will not be
televisedapparently he was wrong in this instance. He also had a great
song entitled Whitie on the moon...which is appropriate music for another
topic of discussion today
--- On Wed, 2/16/11, Diana Tomchick
Not a dive trip? Huh? Nullabor was very much a cave diving trip/expedition.
They used large underwater sleds (aka big diver propulsion vehicles) to haul
massive amounts of tanks over long distances...and used dive scooters.and
besides the epic flood and the incident; the cave and
Does anyone have any caver contacts in Puerto Rico? I will be down there in a
few weeks...and think it would be fun to going caving for a day or two.
Please respond OFF LIST.
Has anyone experienced problems with the wire connector plugs on Stenlights?
My Sten light seems to be having some issues.
This show is replaying on Monday, December 27th at 5 pm
Plenty of time to hit those post Christmas sales and buy a BIG screen TV.
--- On Mon, 12/20/10, Logan McNatt lmcn...@austin.rr.com wrote:
From: Logan McNatt lmcn...@austin.rr.com
Subject: [Texascavers] 9:00 CDT tonight: World's
http://scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/following-maps-and-finding-a-lost-world/?ref=science
This is an interesting BLOG on the NY Times website, posted by a expedition in
Madagascar. In this and other posts; they have visited quite a few caves. They
don't have a TV show requiring a
Maybe the TCMA ( aka...The Caving on the Moon Association) will buy it for us.
--- On Mon, 12/20/10, Gill Edigar gi...@att.net wrote:
From: Gill Edigar gi...@att.net
Subject: [Texascavers] Fwd: Caving on the moon
To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com
List-Post:
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/texas/features/art29779.html
I think the seller is Rod Sanders of Dallas. Apparently, if it is the same
Sanders, he is a trustee with the Nature Conservancy.
--- On Fri, 10/29/10, edwin lehr edwin_leh...@hotmail.com wrote:
From: edwin
I have a question for you engineers.
The Sten light power brightness summary :
http://www.stenlight.com/fact-sheet.htm
States that on TURBO setting with no limiting the LUMEN output is 140
lumens...and at the top of the chart it says the units are LUMENS 2 (
squared).
What does that
Please excuse my recent rant concerning TPWD cave closures due WNS. I
apologize if my rant offended anyone.
For the record; I think we should do everything we can do to preserve bat
populations; because like Logan, I can't imagine Texas without bats.
I understand that most of the caves
After 30 years of active caving...and very few incidents to report from
vertical caving; I recently found myself in this predicament.
My t shirt was pulled into my rack...through to about the second bar. My
first impulse was to try to cut it loose...but fortunately did not have a
knife. As it was
I find it interesting that there are some many new cave like
buildings..from the new Las Vegas casino project by Jean Nouvel, based
on Caves.( he got the geology wrong, but cool building ).The
gambling halls are designed to look like large cave rooms.
And now the torch at the
I would agree with AndyI am not one of the states foremost
snake-i-tologists, picnic-i-tologists or gun-i-toligists...nor do I own a gun.
But in over 30 years of caving in Texas and in the rattlesnake invested
Arbuckle Mountains; I have never seen the need to carry a gun, or shoot a snake
No need to dye trace this ³cave²...and it comes complete with the latest
fashions and LED lighting
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/9170/suppose-design-office-karis
.html
I will refrain from texting underground...so do not see the need to
abbreviate. If I am ever in need of a rescue while caving; you should
expect to NOT hear anything from me. Sonext time I post on my facebook page
that I am going caving...and IF NO ONE receives a text from me...you
http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/brad-pitt-buys-bachelor-pad-01-26-2010
Don't get too worked up...it's a man cave. Not sure what THAT is proof
of...but maybe Angelina will spill the sordid details
--- On Tue, 1/26/10, Mallory Mayeux mmay...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Mallory Mayeux
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/8827/search-and-cma-villa-vals.html
Here is an interesting cave like house
I have kept paper copies of the Texas Caver around for over 30 yearsthere
hasn't been any degradation, other folded corners or slight yellowing of the
paperand I haven't had to make new copies every 10 years or so..and
unlike digital copies which may, by the admissions below, not be
I want to save the TSA from financial ruinI will go digital if Ediger
renews his membership. Anyone else willing to make that commitment?
On 12/14/09 1:14 PM, mark.al...@l-3com.com mark.al...@l-3com.com wrote:
Welcome back, Karen!
Now, if we could only get Ediger to rejoin!
Shouldn¹t this subject fall into the category of ³Don¹t ask, Don¹t tell² ?
On 10/26/09 7:35 PM, Carl Kunath carl.kun...@suddenlink.net wrote:
Louise is refering to a photograph that was not posted to TexasCavers but
rather to a small number of former Carta Valley cavers and was not intended
Google maps is seeking nominations for where to ride their trike...that is
specially equipped to record a 360 view...there are some examples on the
website of Santa Monica Pier yawn.and a shopping mall...yawn
yawnand the Monterrey Bay Bike Trailok...a little better.
They are
Not real sure what's so scary about these tunnels..but these are some
pretty cool cave like photos:
http://smoont.com/10-scariest-underground-tunnels/
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I wonder if they serve pretzels, pop corn or beer in the salt cave?
On 10/3/09 2:05 PM, Matt Turner kat...@yahoo.com wrote:
Those are some awesome Pseudo-science websites you found there. Seems
everyone is getting on the Ionized Air craze.
http://www.thebiomatcompany.us/
Who knew
Can anyone recommend a good slide scanning service?
Have thousands of old caving slides.and would like to get some scanned.
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Scan away...I have nothing to hide.Its all around us...and is probably
pointless to worry about.
Yes...The new passports are scannable...and many countries that require VISAs
are making those scannable as wellOn a recent trip to BrazilMy VISA and
passport was scanned in Brazil and
We used to free dive several sumps in some Oklahoma caves..while
surveying one water cave; we realized that there was a submerged passage
coming into the cave from one side...on the next survey trip; we brought in
a mask...and by dropping under the water could see the mirrored surface of
the
Did someone mention Dallas?
On 8/25/09 7:49 PM, Linda Palit lkpa...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Whoa.
After cave-camping without water except for food for a week life is still
good, and squizzin¹ still worth it.
But there is not going to be that little water. Besides options are limited
logan.mcn...@tpwd.state.tx.us
On 8/5/09 7:32 PM, Marlena Cobb marlenac...@hotmail.com wrote:
If anyone has it, could you please send it to me? Many thanks!
___
Each man is haunted until his humanity awakens
LOL..Lesson learned once againNEVER LEAVE your back pack ALONE with
Bill Steele for even a NANO-SECONDor you WILL end up with a rock in your
pack.
Thats like one of the TEN COMMANDMENTS of CAVING Thou shalt not trusteth
thine pack to the Man O Steele...
--- On Thu, 7/30/09,
When checking a cave near Montell and Camp Wood years ago...we were
shown a pit that the landowner claimed was an old silver mine. I was
dubious..but we checked it. And it was obviously an excavated hole...and
not a cave.
In southern Oklahoma (north of here, in case you were
Why was the River Walk tour canceled? Is there a threat of spreading WNS to
the pigeons?
On 4/17/09 8:58 AM, Jim Kennedy jkenn...@batcon.org wrote:
Yes, but be prepared to rigorously follow all decon procedures. No bat caves
will be visited during that trip.
-- Crash
From: Preston
I would think that playing Russian Roulette...you would be a ³dumb-ass²
way before getting to the 6 out of 6 times.in fact; if you are at that
point in life.you have probably been one for much of your existence
On 3/22/09 11:37 AM, Ron Miller rons...@yahoo.com wrote:
Back in the
Excuse me for sounding like a sour pussbut it is a quarry.AND WHY
isn¹t anyone¹s ³soul hurting² for the caves that have been and are being
destroyed by urban sprawl in Central Texas? In my humble opinion; building
houses, Walmarts, hotels, strip centers AND patronizing those business is a
I may have been in deeper or worse guano before.but the grossest for me
was in Stowers Cave in Texas. I went a little way past the bat room at the
back into a crawland the floor was about 16 inches of bat guano with the
gelatinous quality of jello.the smell was horrid...and I was
Metroplex Cavers,
Its that time of year again.dig those white elelphant gifts out of the
closetand plan on attending the DFWG Holiday Party.
The details:
December 13, 2008
7:30 pm until 1:00 am
6879 Avalon Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75214
214.320.0166
What to bring ?
- Original Message -
From: John P. Brooks jpbrook...@sbcglobal.net
To: Texas Cavers texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:59 PM
Subject: [Texascavers] TSA Election Results
TSA Members and Texas Cavers;
I am pleased to announce the results of the TSA
TSA Members and Texas Cavers;
I am pleased to announce the results of the TSA Election of officers for
2009:
Chairman: Mark Alman
Vice Chairman: Rob Bissett
Treasurer: Darla Bishop
Secretary: Denise Prendergast
Congratulations to all. And thank you to all candidates who accepted a
W's gestapo has taken on that moniker as well..
On 9/5/08 8:21 PM, Gill Ediger gi...@worldnet.att.net wrote:
At 12:41 PM 9/5/2008, RD Milhollin wrote:
I just saw this article in the magazine. Kudos to BCI, beautiful design.
You will notice, I hope, that the Texas Society of
http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/
I found this site to be quite fascinating. They are creating panographs of
UNESCO world Heritage and posting these to this site. The intent is to make it
possible for those who are disabled or otherwise cannot make the trip to visit
and experience something
I wonder if people climbing on it had anything to do with the
collapse
On 8/10/08 8:00 AM, Gill Ediger gi...@worldnet.att.net wrote:
The not-so-well-known Wall Arch in Arches National Park has
collapsed. Photos at:
Interesting articlethey were surprised to find water in a cave in the
driest place on earth.and then they were surprised to find animal bones
in another cave?seems like they should have invited a PHD in Common
Sense along on their expedition.
On 8/1/08 11:23 AM, Gill Ediger
I have been an NSS member for close to 30 years...and to date have been to a
full convention once...and parts of a convention twice...and I would say that I
am a very dedicated member despite not fully drinking the kool aide every
summer.
I would enjoy attending more conventions...but would
Here is one that you missed David. It has a wikipedia page also. But the
UNESCO page has more information.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/652/
I visited this while I was in the Philippines in June. It is quite
spectacular and a very fun tour. You take a banca across a bay on the south
China Sea
There is a hotel built in a lava tube in the canary islands as wellthe
pool is in a large sinkhole. And adjoining sinkholes have restaurants in
them. Of course the public spaces and corridors run through the lava tubes.
And I think the rooms are built in smaller sinkholes. It is quite a famous
On 6/27/08 6:01 PM, George Veni gv...@warpdriveonline.com wrote:
This is the notorious problem with Wikis. In principle they allow a great and
open exchange of information, but in practice the lack of quality control
allows anyone to post just about anything, even information that is terrible
It is interesting that they left to go caving at 10 pm.alcohol and
testosterone must have played a big part in their expedition planning.
On 3/21/08 9:06 PM, Minton, Mark mmin...@nmhu.edu wrote:
Frank Binney posted:
Search Underway for 4 Missing Tennessee Cavers
The
Greetings Texas Cavers,
This is a reminder that there will be a TSA meeting at the convention. Like
last year; the meeting will be convened after the last programs are complete
and just before dinner. Please see the schedule of meetings being circulated
for the exact time.
If you are interested
Is anyone in Austin available to help this group out?
John Brooks
Note: forwarded message attached.
---BeginMessage---
Hello,
We are having a special event to educate Austin schoolchildren in K-3rd
grades about caves in central Texas. It will take place at the
Sheffield Education
Yesstrangely you left out the format it IS available in.in a framed
print hanging on your living room wall !
On Feb 8, 2008 10:10 AM, David wrote:
I would like to see Jacqui's painting on a T-shirt. And embroidered
on the back of
my denim cave-patch jacket. And a quilt. And a
Maybe the TSS should publish quot;The Caves of the Federation od
Planetsquot;or perhaps the ICS should change it name to the Intergalactic
Conference of Speleology.
Travis could set up conference trips to lava tubes on Mars or the moon. Maybe
NASA could be enlisted as a sponsor and provide
Hello All -
We watched the Bone Detective program about Maya burial caves in Belize
(Midnight Terror, Actun Tunichil Muknal and a shelter cave near Caves
Branch) on the Discovery Channel and were appalled by the destruction of a
stalagmite, the lack of respect for the caves and their contents
But if the earth is only 8 to 10,000 years old...why is the age of speleothems
important? Does dating them prove that the cave existed before creation?
Geary Schindel wrote:
Mark,
Maybe one of the specialists in this area
will respond with more detailed information but yes,
- Original Message -
Subject: tpwd tv
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:26:36
From: Don Cash don.c...@tpwd.state.tx.us
To: chair...@cavetexas.org
John,
I’ve
produced a segment for the Texas Parks Wildlife television show on the LiDAR
laser mapping project at the Devil’s
³I¹ve done some caving in Texas but was not much impressed by the caves. ³
I doubt there is a cave anywhere in the US or internationally that can rival
BMC or Caverns of Sonora...except maybe the ³L² cave in New Mexicoand not
many anywhere much better than Midnight Cave.
The TSA does a lot for Texas Caving...but we apparently do not do a good job
of bragging about all that we do...
Here is one very real benefit that the TSA provides to ALL Texas Cavers
whether they are members or not: The TSA is providing funding for
improvements to the tower at Honey Creek Cave.
9 AM On Saturday. Finish by 10.45 and go caving!
On 1/9/08 3:29 PM, Terry Holsinger tr...@sprynet.com wrote:
So what time will the TSA meeting be held and on Saturday or Sunday?
Terry H.
rafal kedzierski wrote:
TSA Winter Meeting at Colorado Bend State Park project weekend is up on
³Right, back to microprocessors... at least we know when they started and
where they came from.
Stefan²
WELL DuhWe all know microprocessors came from partially destroyed,
high evolved Terminators, sent from the future, to kill Sarah Connors first
born male child.
David Locklear
The TSA does have an Awards committee and chair...when we can find someone
willing to take this task onthe TSA has also resorted to the officers as a
defacto awards committee.
As with any volunteer organization; the TSA can and will do whatever our
membership wants to
David Locklear
The TSA does have an Awards committee and chair...when we can find someone
willing to take this task onthe TSA has also resorted to the officers as a
defacto awards committee.
As with any volunteer organization; the TSA can and will do whatever our
membership wants to
David Locklear
The TSA does have an Awards committee and chair...when we can find someone
willing to take this task onthe TSA has also resorted to the officers as a
defacto awards committee.
As with any volunteer organization; the TSA can and will do whatever our
membership wants to
Radioactive concrete block? That#39;s absurd...I can assure you that if there
was even a small level of radioactivity or anything harmful in these
blocks...building codes would ban them and or our liability insurance would
prohibit the use...concrete block is safe...although I would think twice
Those Guatemala caves must be open pits? Or caves without roofs. I have seen
P51s fly over while caving in Carta Valley before. Actually, we were looking
for caves. Because if we were, tevhnically caving, unless the rock was
transperant, we wouldn,t have seen them.of course, with the
images of cave interiors. I could take
a cave trip and never leave the farm! All I would need is a can of Guano
Air Freshener to complete the illusion.
Corky
John P Brooks wrote:
Those Guatemala caves must be open pits? Or caves without roofs. I have seen
P51s fly over while caving in Carta
This is probably a very good test for the theory of evolution also.
On 12/10/07 3:20 PM, CaverArch cavera...@aol.com wrote:
There is a New York Times cover article today on the folks experimenting with
flying suits (as on the viral video of late) that discusses their ultimate
objective: to
wrote: I did a quick search at USGS pubs
and terlingua brings up seven pub titles..
Ted
-Original Message-
From: John P Brooks
Sent: Dec 4, 2007 3:36 PM
To: gi...@worldnet.att.net
Cc: Texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] theTerlingua Mine
Interesting stories! I might
Interesting stories! I might add, there is a very nice USGS publication on the
mines of the Terlingua area. It has descriptions of many of the old
minesand really cool maps that look like cave maps. I think it is out of
print...but if you ever see it for sale at a second hand book
I was wondering if anyone else saw the article on the first annual gathering of
Creation Geologists in last weeks New York Times Magazine? Great reading. An
interesting and dramatic account of the first conference of creation geologists
as they struggle through the perplexing geologic questions
David Locklear dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote:
Why did our ancient ancestors do things in caves that we
have no record of?
Probably for the same reason that there isn't a record of some of the things
that we have done in caves.
I don't think that included the historic school housewhere LBJ once
attended school.
qui...@clearwire.net wrote: I had this in an email from someone today.
I think it was posted here earllier.
Quinta
Posted Nov 25th 2007 3:02PM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Auctions
You
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7098671.stm
Russia cult members in cave siege
Scene of the doomsday cult stand-off in southern Russia
Orthodox monks have been trying to reach the cave
Police and clergy in southern Russia are trying to negotiate with members of
a doomsday cult barricaded
I agree...using photoshop is neither good or bad. It is just another tool for
creating images.
As for the extraordinary cave photos that prompted this discussion; I thought
they were stunning. They were executed with a sound understanding of
composition, color and most important; art was
That doesn't seem like much fun. Wouldn't that take all the mystery and
excitement out of cave exploration?
I think we should protest this intrusion on our domain.
David Locklear dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote:
There was something in the news this week about the launching
of a big research
You can cave canoe in barton creek cave in belize. Its a quite popular tourist
attraction...a few tousand feet in...the river is blocked by a collapse...and
you start quot;cavingquot; at that point.
David Locklear wrote:
That photo in the previous post shows a scenic cave. I would
love to
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