texascavers Digest 15 Mar 2014 18:57:11 -0000 Issue 1948
Topics (messages 23584 through 23588):
Re: The Rest of the Story
23584 by: Don Cooper
International Research-to-Practice Conference: Integrated Use and Protection of
Underground Spaces
23585 by: George Veni
To Cedar Park cavers
23586 by: David
keith heuss
23587 by: keith heuss
23588 by: Butch Fralia
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Oh GAWD I remember that corkscrew WELL!
Was SO happy that it was a 'through' trip and going back through it the
other way WASN'T necessary!!! :)
-DC
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 11:36 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> See below
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Louise Power" <[email protected]>
> *To: *"texas cavers" <[email protected]>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, March 12, 2014 6:26:17 PM
> *Subject: *[Texascavers] Favorite crawl
>
> My favorite crawl was The Corkscrew in Midnight Cave on one of my early
> trips to CV. I didn't find it a particularly hard crawl except that I got a
> little claustrophobic. But what made it stand out in my mind was that
> someone (don't remember who) had taken their speleopups into the cave. As I
> was making my down the crawl, I heard some noise behind me and four furry
> feet planted themselves in the middle of my back and a speleodog went right
> over me and out of the crawl. Guess he didn't want to wait while I made my
> way down.
>
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>
> *The Rest Of The Story*
>
> That was a memorable weekend at Carta Valley, camped inside the long-gone
> Triangle. Probably in the late 1960s. It was a dark and stormy night, as
> chronicled by Carl Kunath in his 50 Years of Texas Caving. Trucks and
> assorted vehicles arrived and found themselves parked nose-in, in a ragged
> circle. Tarps were strung from truck to truck, cavers sitting on the warm
> (initially) hoods and speleo-bumpers in the center. Louise arrived in her
> VW beetle. Jon Everage arrived from Houston with a case of odd-lot
> bargain wine from the get rid of it quick basket - a buck a chuck. Bottles
> of various unmemorable vintage were passed about the assembled cavers.
> Stories
> grew, songs were sung, and bladders filled as it continued to rain.
>
> After Sandy and I turned in, Louise decided she had found a dry spot
> under Tortuga. (See Kunath for complete description of why she found
> herself so wet in the morning).
>
> The next morning the rain had stopped and we visited with Doc Harding.
> Then off to Midnight Cave. Both Crooked Thumb and Woola were along, as
> were students from Sul Ross. Pete Lindsley was there and also stalwart
> Carta Valley Texicans. Crooked Thumb (the Truffle Hound) was the much more
> experienced caving and climbing dog. He was used to waiting patiently as
> I climbed up a distance and then signaled him, whereupon he would scramble
> up over me, using me for toe and claw-holds, and continue upward.
>
> We started up the Corkscrew, and from Louise's post, she must have been
> ahead of me (although I remember being in the lead). Crooked Thumb
> suddenly clawed his way up and around me (he failed to wait for my signal)
> and continued ahead, up the Corkscrew. He disappeared on up into the
> cave. Woola (the Norwegian Elkhouhd) less adept, followed.
>
> Dimnly, In the far distance, I hear voices of someone we did not know was
> in the cave:
>
> "Did you hear that?"
>
> "Someone is coming behind us!"
>
> "G--- D---IT!"
>
> "*IT'S A DOG!"*
>
> * "SH---!!! HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE!!"*
>
> It turned out that there were four young people ahead of us. Doc
> Harding's son and some friends.
>
> DirtDoc
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Dear Friends,
Below is an update on the International Research-to-Practice Conference:
Integrated Use and Protection of Underground Spaces.
Please share this information with anyone who may be interested.
George
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Dear Colleagues!
From 26 to 31 May 2014 in view of the 100th anniversary of tourism and research
activities in Kungur Ice Cave and V.S. Lukin's 100th birthday anniversary,
Stalagmit-Excurs Ltd., Mining Institute of Ural branch of RAS and Perm State
National Research University arrange an international research-to-practice
conference, the purpose of which is to discuss the problems of scientific study
and exploitation of underground spaces, management, tourism and recreation in
the karst areas.
Organizing committee informs about extension of deadline for registration and
presentation of materials up to March 31, 2014.
As of March 1, are registered already more than hundred participants from 12
countries, including England, Bermudas, Italy, Kazakstan, China, Korea, Russia,
Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine and Czechia. As visiting reporters will be
president of union of international speleologists Woo Kyung Sik, President of
Show Caves of the world David Summers and chairman of Balkan union of
speleologists Aleksey Zhalov. Registered participants submitted the proposal to
organize working groups during conference for solution of problems of caves
protection, creation of Russian union of speleologists and entering into
cooperation with international speleological community.
By the time of the conference will be prepared a collection of memories,
dedicated to V.S. Lukin's 100th birthday anniversary. As part of the conference
is also planned ceremonial opening of А.Т. Khlebnikov’s monument and memorable
board in V.S. Lukin's grotto.
Participants wishing to take part in proceedings of the conference, should send
the filled in registration form up to March 31, 2014.
Before the beginning of the conference is planned publication of abstracts
collection. Comprehensive texts of the reports will be published separately (in
conference source book).
For registration requirements and paper submission guidelines please visit:
http://www.mi-perm.ru/information/conference/icecave
The third circular with the conference program will be sent to conference
registrant not later than May1, 2014.
********************
George Veni, Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Cave and Karst Research Institute
400-1 Cascades Avenue
Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA
Office: 575-887-5517
Mobile: 210-863-5919
Fax: 575-887-5523
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
www.nckri.org<http://www.nckri.org>
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Any of you caving in Cedar Park on Saturday ?
This is a very tentative request to help take my daughter caving on
Saturday in Cedar Park.
She will be in Cedar Park with her mom visiting a friend on Saturday.
Please contact her mom if you can help.
Magdalena Locklear
Her email is:
[email protected]
Telephone: 832-207-7810
( text ok )
They will not have any caving gear, proper clothing or shoes or helmets,
but I will try to send them with some flashlights, if I can. ( However, I
may not see them before they leave Fort Bend County. )
I am certain that I can not make it to join them, but I will try.
They will be on a very short visit, so a regular caving trip would not
work, and it would need to be a super easy cave in Cedar Park.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
David Locklear
281-995-8487 ( text ok )
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keith heuss
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Looks like Yahoo Accounts have been hacked again!
From: keith heuss [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:24 PM
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keith heuss
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