[Texascavers] RE: New tour at NBC

The new tour's talking points include its unusually long soda-straw formations - one of which, at about six feet in length, is the second-longest in North America. What a crock! There are lots of places in North America with soda straws over 6 feet long. Maybe that was supposed to say

RE: [Texascavers] RE: New tour at NBC

Mark, This reminds me of what the General Manager of the Edwards Aquifer Authority told me when I first started work down here. I will never hold you accountable for what you said to the press - only what the press says you said. Geary -Original Message- From: Minton, Mark

[Texascavers] Re: New tour at NBC

Wow Mark. Thanks so much for the kind words. If I got paid every time I was misquoted by the press, I wouldn't have to work for a commercial cave, much less work at all. You are correct. That is a crock. There are lots of places in North America with soda straws over 6 feet in length. Hell,

[Texascavers] Re-engineering a typewriter

One of my ideas, is to re-engineer the typewriter Most of your ideas about the typewriter, David, are what the first word-processors looked like. My Army office, in 1982, had a Wang WP system that we thought was the cat's meow. As you say, it had a vertical CRT that displayed one complete

[ot_caving] Truck Parts for caving vehicle

I'm looking for most of the body parts for an 86 to 92 Chevy S-10 Blazer, Including Both doors. (Front Bumper, Radiator Support, Front Left Fender) Anyone knowing of a decent junkyard in the Austin that might yield these parts? -DC

[Texascavers] RE: Florida cave diving fatality

Louise Power said: in what world to people still go caving, especially cave diving, alone? It is not uncommon for cave divers to push sumps solo. They say that when pushing, it is actually safer to be by yourself so that if there is a silt-out or other problem, your partners do

Re: [Texascavers] RE: Florida cave diving fatality

Or to paraphrase the cave diver saying, when I dive solo, I can trust everyone on the dive. I may not have the wording quite correct, but you understand the implied meaning. Diana On Mar 14, 2008, at 11:53 AM, Minton, Mark wrote: Louise Power said: in what world to people still

[Texascavers] Shetland Attack Pony-True Pulse-Suuntos-D3 shot comparisons

Last weekend Aaron Bird and I got together to shoot 12 survey shots using... 1) Shetland Attack Pony(digital compass/inclo - http://shetlandattackpony.co.uk 2) True Pulse 360 - http://www.lasertech.com/360/ 3) Traditional Suuntos sighting instruments 4) New Disto D3(discount code is cavers) -

[Texascavers] 2 New tour at NBC

At 11:55 AM 3/14/2008, Minton, Mark wrote: What a crock! There are lots of places in North America with soda straws over 6 feet long. More BS. There are lots of caves that go much deeper than Natural Bridge and cut through more layers of rock with older ages. Awwwh, come on,

[Texascavers] Technicality may cut California desert areas from federally protected status

From yesterday's LA Times. One of the areas includes Spooky Cave in Afton Canyon Natural Area. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-landscape13mar13,1,3502258.story

[Texascavers] Florida cave diving etc

At 12:35 PM 3/14/2008, Louise Power wrote: While I'm really sorry for this man and his family, in what world to people still go caving, especially cave diving, alone? Look, everybody has decisions they have to make in their lives and those decisions are based on the surrounding

Re: [Texascavers] Florida cave diving etc

Gill, I must disagree with you about letting people risk their lives in caves. I do agree we need to recognize that different folks have different degrees of ability and not put undue restrictions on people more skilled than we are. I know people who are as safe walking a tight rope as I am on a

[NMCAVER] Shetland Attack Pony

John, I've been reading with some interest the discussion on the Cave Digger's list about the supposedly great attributes of the Shetland Attack Pony survey instrument. Has one been used in Fort Stanton Cave? Lee ___ NMCAVER mailing list

RE: [Texascavers] Florida cave diving fatality :

Thanks for posting this, Jerry. When reading stories like this, or reviewing the Accident Reports printed by the NSS every year, I try to relate the incidents to activities my family and I do or to talks I give to youth and beginning cavers. More than likely, you can point to something

RE: [Texascavers] Florida cave diving fatality :

While I'm really sorry for this man and his family, in what world to people still go caving, especially cave diving, alone? Especially someone who had been certified as a cave diver. On Fyvie's Web site, photos feature his travels and dives. He described diving as a hobby and said he had been

[Texascavers] Oztotl

Hey cavers, I am looking for a vector or high res bitmap image of the oztotl for a project I'm doing. Do any of you have something I could use? Please contact me at grac...@gmail.com Thanks! Grace - Visit our website: