[Texascavers] UT Grotto meeting - WEDNESDAY March 31st
Underground Texas Grotto meeting March 31, 2010 The meeting is on Wednesday from 7:45 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. on the University of Texas Campus 2.308 in Welch Hall. http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/wel.html Dale Barnard will present the Program of the eveing - Off Trail Again at Grutas de Bustamante. Dale has visited Bustamante numerous times as well lead a number of newby trips. Come check out this trademark cave that has undergone recent renovation and commercialization where we once again have the opportunity to get off trail to see this Iconic cavern. There is no telling who will crawl out from under a rock to share where they have been and what they have been doing. Phillip Rykwalder will be in Austin Texas to brief us on his latest project. Come to the meeting to hear him reveal the classified secrets. For information on Underground Texas Grotto activites, please see the website. All of our information is available through our link including officer contact info, trips reports, new caver training, event calendar, and posting links to beginner trips or vertical rope training. Before the meeting about 6:00, we go to Sao Paulo www.saopaulos.net for happy hour. Afterward about 9:15, we go for burgers and beer at Posse East www.posseeast.com Come out for a visit or the series of events. The UT Grotto needs you, the caver with photos and a story to share about your adventures, scientific research, or something else really cool to contribute toward the awesome UT Grotto Program series. Contact Gary v...@utgrotto.org Gary Franklin UT Grotto VIce-Chair and Program Organizer garyfrankl...@austin.rr.com - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] Places to eat in Brenham, just in case...
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RE: [Texascavers] 2010 TSA Spring Convention - Photos, photos, and more photos!
All, Please send any photos you deem worthy to Butch and myself. Butch's email is bfra...@maverickgrotto.org and he can post your photos on the TSA website. Mine is here or at texacav...@yahoo.com for inclusion in a color montage in the next TEXAS CAVER. Captions would be helpful, especially for Butch. Thanks to all who attended and all who made it such a great event! Mark - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
texascavers Digest 30 Mar 2010 16:07:43 -0000 Issue 1013
texascavers Digest 30 Mar 2010 16:07:43 - Issue 1013 Topics (messages 14255 through 14280): Re: Bolonchen 14255 by: Gill Edigar Re: Golondrinas update 14256 by: Greg Passmore East Texas Caver's Cookout update 14257 by: David LED lantern review 14258 by: David Emergency in Popoca, Mexico 14259 by: Antonio AA personal road trip report - TSA Spring Convention 14260 by: David caving in the news 14261 by: David TSA Spring Convention 14262 by: caverarch.aol.com 14266 by: Denise P Historic Ozark cave goes commercial 14263 by: Frank Binney The mergency in Popoca is over 14264 by: Antonio AA 14273 by: Fofo Deep & Punkin Nature Preserve 14265 by: Don Arburn WNS Article in New Scientist 14267 by: Mark Minton Spring convention. 14268 by: Fritz Holt 2010 TSA Spring Convention 14269 by: Diana Tomchick Deep & Punkin Nature Preserve Work Weekend. 14270 by: Don Arburn [Pete Lindsley] 14271 by: Don Arburn Connection Li Nita 14272 by: Gill Edigar Government Canyon schedule change 14274 by: Marvin & Lisa bat research in the news 14275 by: David oldest cave gate ? 14276 by: David rope climbing work-out ? 14277 by: David UT Grotto meeting - WEDNESDAY March 31st 14278 by: Gary Franklin Places to eat in Brenham, just in case... 14279 by: tbsamsel.verizon.net Re: 2010 TSA Spring Convention - Photos, photos, and more photos! 14280 by: Mark.Alman.l-3com.com Administrivia: To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: To unsubscribe from the digest, e-mail: To post to the list, e-mail: -- --- Begin Message --- Xta-cum-bil-xu-naan: phonetically, just like it's spelled--with a Spanish flair: Shta-coom-beel-shu-nah-ahn. It's a commercial cave now. You can pay a few pesos and go visit it. --Ediger On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Mixon Bill wrote: > That cave Bolonchen written about by Stephens in "Incidents in Travel in > Yucatan," which contained the famous drawing by Catherwood, is also called > La Gruta de Xtacumbilxunaan. (Don't ask me to pronounce that.) It's in > Campeche. -- Mixon > --- End Message --- --- Begin Message --- As an aside, we asked the fee amounts and were told a reasonable fee (about $2/person admission plus a rappel fee). We were told ropes could not go in before 11 and had to be out by 3 so as not to disturb the birds. However, when we went back at the pre-arranged time the next day, that is when another individual higher up the food chain gave us the very high fee amounts. They did ask us if we had "big or small" cameras and we told them big. Since reading other people's experiences, we have contacted locals in the tourism business asking about this high rate. One individual told us the price was "random and unpredictable". Another was outraged. So based on all of this, we are going back tomorrow with a local to try again. (I am writing this from Xilitla). Will let you know what happens. :-) --- End Message --- --- Begin Message --- I took 23 photos around the entrance area of Camp Happy Hollow on Sunday, and posted them to the event's Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=299417037079&view=user#!/photo_search.php?oid=299417037079&view=all If you are not on Facebook, and want to receive updates, please e-mail me privately. There are 60 acres of forest for the sole use of cavers and cave-divers, for the weekend of May 21, 22, & 23, and it is free camping. The Saturday dinner will be edible and inexpensive. David Locklear caver in Fort Bend County 281-960-0687 --- End Message --- --- Begin Message --- This is a review of a product at the TSA auction: Brunton, the company famous for compasses, has been making some of the best LED lanterns, and seems to always be one step ahead of everybody else in this market. They recently upgraded their popular Polaris LED lantern, and created a new model called the XL. It is brighter than the original Polaris, and has nearly twice the burn time on a set of batteries, and has adjustable light settings to save battery power and to make the brightness just the way you need it. It also has the best light pattern of any LED lantern on the market, and would easily replace a propane or gas Coleman mantle burner. http://media.rei.com//media/gg/d0aa5800-764b-48df-a0b3-75bd7ce23563.jpg This lantern, in my opinion, is the latest and greatest on the market. One was for bid this past Saturday night at the TSA auction. A lucky caver got it fresh out the box, with less than 5 minutes of use.And their bid was only $ 25. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention, as they were jokingly bidding to send it back to Fort Bend County with me, as many of the bidders were doing for fun. I didn't know who the
[Texascavers] WNS correction, not yet in Kentucky
Last week I posted a message that someone at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told me that WNS was found in Kentucky. This morning I received a correction. It turns out that someone from USFWS in Kentucky reported WNS in a cave in the Land Between the Lakes area, and it was assumed to be a cave on the Kentucky side of the border when it fact it was Dunbar Cave in Tennessee (where WNS was recently discovered). My apologies for the confusion. Unfortunately, it is probably just a matter of time before it is found in Kentucky. George
[Texascavers] Kentucky WNS related
Here is a bit of history on the border between Kentucky and Tennessee. http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/surveyor.html The border is just an imaginary line drawn by some folks over 150 years ago. Bats, birds, viruses, etc do not pay any attention to this line. http://www.gracegalleries.com/images/Ky-TN/KY-TN104.jpg Let's hope that whatever the cause is, that there is a natural barrier to stop the spread.Such as bats not socializing with bats outside their own colony.Fortunately, bats do not migrate cross continent like butterflies or birds. Right ? David Locklear - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] RE: Kentucky WNS related
Wrong. All U.S. bat species migrate. Some for tens of miles, some for hundreds, and a few for more. -- Jim, resident bat expert -Original Message- From: David [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 3:19 PM To: Cavers Texas Subject: [Texascavers] Kentucky WNS related Fortunately, bats do not migrate cross continent like butterflies or birds. Right ? - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] Re: Golondrinas update
So we went back to Golondrinas yesterday. Left Xilitla at 4 am to film the birds coming out. We took along a local "fixer". The same identical people who wanted to charge us crazy rates last time, charged us normal rates this time. Day and night difference with no explanation. Worth noting however, is that last month an accident happened in Huahuas. Due to this, we were told that nobody can drop Golondrinas anymore without a letter of permission from the state board of tourism in Valles (not the SLP one). We ran across a similar situation earlier this week at Sotano del Barro. There again we needed a letter of permission to drop the pit. According to the people (and log book) at Santa Maria de los Cocos, the last drop into Barro was 5 years ago by a group of Mexican University students studying the birds. The last drop by foreign nationals was 10 years ago. Now again, this is what were were told and saw in their log book. This does not mean people didn't go into the pit without local knowledge. As an aside Barro needs a lot of careful rigging due to all the loose and sharp rock. We also found a couple new Sotanos between Xilitla and Jalpan. (I guess none of this is specifically Texas caving related, huh?) - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] 500 LED Light
WOW MOM WOW! Cave with this! http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/03/500_led_extreme_flashlight. html ~F~ - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
