Depending on dates I would be interested in assisting, I am a firefighter with NCRC LIII, vertical caving experience, canyoneering experience, and rope rescue instructor. If you know Heather Tuček she has caved with me in addition to multiple other UT a Grotto members. Thank you.
Les Ward (512) 293-3905 Sent from my iPhone...so the accuracy of the above message may be questionable. > On Aug 4, 2014, at 9:47, Travis Scott via Texascavers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cavers, > > I have been approached by a friend who is a director for a local Austin film > production company. They are working on a new movie that is partially based > in a cave. They have permission to film in a cave in north Austin as well as > in an on-trail portion of Sonora. They will be filming between the dates of > August 26 and Sept 5th with their time split between locations. He was > asking for a caver or cavers to assist in filming at both locations. I have > already put out feelers to specific cavers for the filming in Sonora so they > get first dibs, but the n. Austin work still needs a vertical caver's > expertise for a day or so. > > In Austin they will be simulating entering and exiting a vertical cave mostly > using stunt doubles and cables, but they would like a caver there to help > make sure they are using the gear correctly (and therefore it looks real) etc > etc. There is some possibility of training and actually helping them rappel > and maybe providing SOME gear, but those details are a bit fuzzy at the > moment. > > In Sonora, they will be getting on rope and needing quality vertical caving > guidance and assistance as well as filming the in-cave portions of their > movie. Sonora will take a few days to complete but there will only be one > day of vertical work. They would like a very confident vertical caver there > the entire time to assist. > > Please let me know if you are interested/able and I can get you in touch with > the producer to work out the details. There might be some small payment for > the help, but mostly this is being requested as volunteer help. Since this > is rope work with novices, I am asking that only serious cavers with good > vertical experience step up if your interested. Between one and three cavers > are needed, so if there is a lot of response, only a few will be able to > help, just FYI. > > Please contact me off-line if you are interested and able to assist and we > can go from there. Thank you! > > Happy Caving! > > Travis Scott > [email protected] > 979.450.0103 (cell) > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cavetex > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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