Excellent idea and itinerary ! This is the sort of workshop that the TSA should be sponsoring, also. Kudos to Mike and Justin ! Jerry. In a message dated 2/17/2011 11:51:41 A.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Basic Caving Workshop Texas Cave Conservancy- Winter Conference February 26, 2011 9:00am So you want to be a caver? You want to know the difference between Vadose and Hypogene and what clues can help find more passage in a Phreatic Cave System? You Want to Go Caving? This Day-Long Workshop is designed to be a fun and engaging time for the "beginning" cave explorer (less than 3 years-ish) who who wants to be a long term "caver". We will be visiting three great caves and have a captivating classroom session. Those three caves are going to keep you underground for the better part of the day, so your going to need to bring your clean caving gear and some cave snacks. The workshop is free, however some cash will be handy when we stop for lunch between caves. If you have any cave toys - cameras, survey gear, etc. bring those too. The workshop will be conducted by Justin Shaw who has been exploring and introducing people to caves for over 15 years. A variety of subjects will be covered, in varying amounts of detail, including; Cave Appreciation Types of Caves and How They Form Texas' Known Caves and POTENTIAL for caves - or "Where to Find Caves in Texas" Landowner Relations How To Find Caves Digging Virgin Exploration Techniques Survey and Mapping Photo Documentation Personal Data Management & the Texas Speleological Survey Speleomorphology for Cavers - or "How to Read a Cave to Find More Cave" Bio-Speology or "Cave Bugs" WNS Decontaminatin Procedures Conservation & Restoration Team Organization Trip Leader Duty's First Aid Kits Caving Organizations - or "the other TCC - the Total Caver Collective" Your Responsibility's as a Caver. Rough Schedule (Three or four caves) 9:00 - 11:00 Classroom Session (synopses of everything) 11:15 - 12:15 - Cave in Cedar Park (focus on speleomorphology, digging, biology, paleontology) 12:15 - 1:15 - Lunch (focus on food) 1:15 - 2:30 – Cave in Round Rock (focus on survey, conservation, biology) 3:00 - Out of Steam - Cave in Round Rock (focus to be determined by group) The Basic Caver Workshop starts at 9:00 A.M. Saturday, February 26 at the Texas Cave Conservancy Headquarters located at: 1800 West Park Cedar Park, Texas 78613 512-249-2283
