Yes, Shiner Beer and many others are sponsoring the ICS. It will not only be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the state-of-the-art in cave and karst exploration, science, techniques, etc., it will also be an incredible party with the caving world coming to your backyard.
If you haven't registered yet, do! If you have, have you registered for the trips? Remember, nothing will be happening on campus on Wednesday of the ICS. Everyone will heading off on trips. Don't be left behind twiddling your Petzls. There are 20 great trips to join on Wednesday, plus 21 trips that run before and after the ICS. All of the details, including on-line registration, are available at www.ics2009.us And while the big buck and big name sponsors are great, so are all of the caver supporters of the ICS who are working hard to make it happen. Lyndon is one such supporter, as is everyone else who helped dig open the back entrance to Longhorn. I wish I could have been with them because it looks like they had a great time doing it. That's the whole idea of the daily ICS caving trips (these are different from the special trips which will be held just on Wednesday). Travis Scott and Joe Mitchell are organizing those daily trips and Longhorn is one of them. They're looking for more people to help lead the trips. Consider spending some days during the ICS going caving! OK, you'll be leading a bunch of cavers from around the world, but what a fantastic time and opportunity! I've no doubt that a lot of cavers will show up at the ICS ready to help, but for caving trips we need to reserve vans, budget for gas, make advance plans with cave owners, etc., we really need you to step up early and offer to help out. We won't be able to offer trips unless we know in advance that we have people to lead them. And the more people who help, the less "work" (if you want to call leading a caving trip "work"!) it will be for everyone. You can reach Travis at [email protected] and Joe at [email protected] If you're interested in helping in other specific or general ways with the ICS, contact Nancy Weaver at [email protected] Lastly, on 11-12 July, the weekend before the ICS begins, there will be a trip to Kerrville to begin setting up the campgrounds. We'll set up security fencing, showers, mark the campground roads, etc. More information will be coming, but if you're available and interested, mark your calendars now. Thanks, George 15th ICS Chairman and Shameless Promoter -----Original Message----- From: Fritz Holt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:29 AM To: Lyndon Tiu; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Cavern? Shiner Beer? -----Original Message----- From: Lyndon Tiu [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Cavern? According to the ics2009 website: http://www.ics2009.us/ A "Cavern" is worth between $5K and $15K and is composed of the following: Texas Parks and Wildlife Edwards Aquifer Authority HEB (Here Everything's Better. TM) ESRI SWRI TCMA Shiner Beers US Fish and Wildlife Service It doesn't say though what a "Cave" is. I'm just full of it! -- Lyndon Tiu --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
