We’ve all used it, lots of cluster references regarding caves, speleothems, and cavers! … a cluster of cavers.
Val Val Hildreth-Werker Conservation Division Joint Chief National Speleological Society caves.org/conservaton/ [email protected] On Apr 23, 2021, at 9:11 PM, Lee H. Skinner <[email protected]> wrote: We now have a dozen creative entries (maybe more from Texas as I just get the daily digest every morning): Breakdown Katherine Arens Caveat Penny Boston Cavalcade Steve Peerman Cascade George Veni Clump Mimi Jasek Clunk Jerry Atkinson Column Lee Skinner Descent Kathy Peerman Formation John Cochran Giggle Jerry Atkinson Pack Mike Mansur Stash Linda Starr Lee On 4/23/2021 8:48 PM, John Cochran wrote: > > it is obviously a "formation" of cavers > > cheers > John > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 6:50 PM Linda Starr <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Cavalcade is too hard to say, though I like the alliteration. How about one > syllable? It’s a bit too militaristic. > Linda Starr 😉 > > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 5:51 PM Steve Peerman <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Lee, > In order to preserve the alliteration, how about a “cavalcade” of > cavers? > > >> On Apr 23, 2021, at 5:34 PM, Lee H. Skinner <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> What do you call a collection of cavers? There are gaggles of geese, pods >> of whales and murders of crows. What term would do justice to the special >> nature of cavers? I once suggested a column of cavers, as cave teams >> usually go single-file when traversing (especially well protected) cave >> passages. Does anyone have a better idea? >> >> >> >> Lee Skinner >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/d8d526ce-4793-98a1-bb2e-7b1fbbe29ee3%40thuntek.net >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/d8d526ce-4793-98a1-bb2e-7b1fbbe29ee3%40thuntek.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > Steve Peerman > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't > do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the > safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." > attributed to Mark Twain, but no record exists of his having written this. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/92C39F4F-5CED-48DC-8BBA-4F758DA97B44%40comcast.net > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/92C39F4F-5CED-48DC-8BBA-4F758DA97B44%40comcast.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/CAN_2HoFAxq5FQOTCjknnkk3QEy%3D%2B13LW3HJNCg7UYx1kjrVHBA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/CAN_2HoFAxq5FQOTCjknnkk3QEy%3D%2B13LW3HJNCg7UYx1kjrVHBA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com [email protected] | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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