texascavers Digest 5 Jan 2011 04:55:38 -0000 Issue 1219
Topics (messages 16796 through 16802):
UT Grotto Meeting - Wednesday Jan 5, 2010
16796 by: Gary Franklin
a few cave entrance photos
16797 by: David
16798 by: David
Stenlight wire connectors problems?
16799 by: John P Brooks
16800 by: Mark Minton
16801 by: Andy Gluesenkamp
Vietnam Cave
16802 by: Rod Goke
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Howdy Caver,
You are cordially invited to attend the Underground Texas Grotto meeting
which will be the first official meeting of 2011. Turn off the television
and get away from the house by spending your evening with some Austin
cavers.
Underground Texas Grotto meeting - January 05, 2011
The meeting is on Wednesday from 7:45 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
University of Texas Campus in 2.48 Painter Hall
NOTE: THE ROOM NUMBER CHANGE to 2.48 PAI
http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/pai.html
Peter Sprouse will present – Quintana Roo Caving - Endless caves in
Margaritaville
Peter traveled to the Yucatan in Mexico last November with a few cavers to
explore some of the extensive air-filled caves by the coast near the Akumal
Ecological Center. A few of the local cavers joined the crew to map 3500
meters of watery air filled passage during the day to spend the evenings
snorkeling the reef. There were even ruins close enough for some touristing
as well. Come check out what some of the Austin cavers have been doing.
For information on Underground Texas Grotto activities, please see
www.utgrotto.org All of our information including officer contact info,
trips reports, new caver training, event calendar, and posting links to
beginner trips or vertical rope training are available.
Before the meetings, we sometimes meet at Sao Paulo www.saopaulos.net for
a happy hour special. 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
Gary
Sincerely,
Gary Franklin
UT Grotto Vice Chair & Program Organizer
[email protected]
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Below is a link worth saving:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&biw=1280&bih=611&q=cave+entrance&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g3g-m7&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
Note, you can click at the bottom where it says "show more results"
and see more cave
entrance photos.
Some of these photos are interesting. For example:
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Science/Images/Content/malaysian-cave-402663-sw.jpg
David Locklear
P.S. My New Year's Resolution is to not use e-mail.
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The link below should be more interesting to cavers than the one posted earlier:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&biw=1280&bih=611&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1&sa=1&q=caving&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
This link has around 900 caving related photos and some familiar
faces, for example:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/Caving3.jpg
David Locklear
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Has anyone experienced "problems" with the wire connector plugs on Stenlights?
My Sten light seems to be having some "issues".
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At 08:22 PM 1/3/2011, John P Brooks wrote:
Has anyone experienced "problems" with the wire connector plugs on Stenlights?
My Sten light seems to be having some "issues".
We have had a few problems with those connectors, although
the more common problem is for the wire to break or short right where
it enters either the battery or the head piece. I had a pin fall out
of a connector once, and another time the pins and/or holes became
either corroded or too muddy. Cleaning fixed the problem in the
latter case. If either the wire or connector has actually failed,
Sten will usually repair it for free. (Write first to get return
authorization.)
Mark Minton
Please reply to [email protected]
Permanent email address is [email protected]
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John,
I've sent back two lights three times. The problem was leaky battery pack
(2x) and a bad LED. After an error during repair (they forgot to replace an
o-ring), they sent me a prototype "waterproof" battery pack. They recommend
greasing the connections but I have also heard that they have some fancy
gold-plated connectors that you might be able to beg out of them. Great lights
and great customer service.
Andy
Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D.
700 Billie Brooks Drive
Driftwood, Texas 78619
(512) 799-1095
[email protected]
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From: John P Brooks <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Mon, January 3, 2011 7:22:55 PM
Subject: [Texascavers] Stenlight wire connectors problems?
Has anyone experienced "problems" with the wire connector plugs on Stenlights?
My Sten light seems to be having some "issues".
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Some of you might find this interesting. It's a National Geographic article
about Hang Son Doong, or “mountain river cave,” which is a cave in Vietnam with
exceptionally large passages:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/largest-cave/jenkins-text/1
Rod
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