Joe Ivy used to call a crowd of cavers queued up at a constriction an “idiot sump,” So how about a Sump of Cavers?
> On Apr 24, 2021, at 1:40 PM, Robert West <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Another option...a clamber of cavers. > > climb, move about, or get in or out of something in an awkward and laborious > way, typically using both hands and feet. > > Bob West > > On Apr 24, 2021 12:01 AM, Val Hildreth-Werker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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]> 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]> 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/d8d526ce-4793-98a1-bb2e-7b1fbbe29ee3%40thuntek.net. > > Steve Peerman > [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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/92C39F4F-5CED-48DC-8BBA-4F758DA97B44%40comcast.net. > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/CAN_2HoFAxq5FQOTCjknnkk3QEy%3D%2B13LW3HJNCg7UYx1kjrVHBA%40mail.gmail.com. > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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