Justin is correct. That's a pretty amazing oversight on the
part of the editors; even if it qualifies as karst by some arcane
definition, surely they could have found something more
appropriate. Reminds me of a similar faux pas committed by the NSS
some years ago. The book "Caving in America" published in 1991 as a
commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the NSS had two cover
photos: one of cavers from the 1940s and one of cavers from the
1990s. I can't speak for the former, but the picture of the latter
was of Rolf Adams, Noel Sloan and me at Cheve in 1989. Two of us
(Rolf and I) had never been NSS members at the time, and the other
(Noel) had let his membership lapse. Maybe they didn't check, but
you'd think they would have publicized long-standing members in
modern gear. Somewhat surprisingly, we already look dated (carbide
"ceiling burners" and Wheat lamps).
Mark Minton
At 12:45 AM 7/31/2011, Justin Leigh Shaw wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong,
but the cover picture is of a sinkhole in Guatemala that opened
in April of 2007 and was not the result of the workings of a karst
system, but rather the result of the workings of piping caused by
faulty drainage systems installed in poorly consolidated volcanic
ash substrate. If this is correct I am led to conclude that the
sinkhole is the result of human engineering error, and not the
result of a karst system. I recall a past CaveTex posting citing a
study with this conclusion.
I know you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, but really?
Justin
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