Howdy Caver,
You are cordially invited to attend the UT Grotto meeting on Wednesday September 7, 2011 from 7:45 P.M. - 9:00 P.M on the University of Texas Campus in 2.48 Painter Hall (156 West 24th Street, Austin TX 78712) http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/pai.html Victoria Siegel and Bill Stone will present - Cave Hunting in Siberia >From July 12 to August 10, a Russian-American team conducted a reconnaissance trip the Altai Republic of Russia, on the border with Mongolia, to search for high elevation Alpine karst and caves. The project was organized by the Novosibirsk "Diggers" caving team. They traveled to the village of Aktash in the central valley leading to Mongolia and then headed east over the tundra and up into the mountains in 6-wheel drive personnel carriers. A final two days of approach march on foot got them to the 2,200m elevation limestone plateau that was the target of the project. Basecamp was set in a Siberian pine forest overlooking the Sugary River. The talk will discuss what it was like getting to central Russia in the post-Cold War era, what it was like working with Russian cavers, and will present some of the amazing scenery and strange and different ways of the Altai people. Come spend some time with Austin Texas Cavers and visit with friends of the extended caver community. For information on Underground Texas Grotto activities, please see www.utgrotto.org Officer contact, trip reports, event calendar, and new caver training links to beginner trips or vertical rope training are available. Before the meeting, take advantage of Sao Paulo www.saopaulos.net for happy hour specials. This area is the best place to park and meet folks walking over to the meeting. Then after the official meeting, we continue with the decades long tradition to reconvene for burgers, beer, and tall tales of caving at Posse East. www.posse-east.com The UT Grotto needs you, the caver with photos and a story to share about your adventures, scientific research, or something else really cool. Contact me. Sincerely, Gary Franklin UT Grotto Vice Chair & Program Organizer 512-585-6057 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
