Re: [Texascavers] going to Mexico
Well said Bill. --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: From: Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com Subject: [Texascavers] going to Mexico To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 7:42 PM I'm getting downright discouraged by all the negative comments about Mexico and all the trips that don't seem to be happening. I'm pretty well plugged into the news, although my main and nearly only source is the New York Times, and I can think of only one case of a random American tourist getting killed in Mexico lately, and that was the guy on a boat near the gulf. A couple of other dead Americans worked with a US consulate. Where are all the reports of random tourists being ambushed on the highway and robbed, kidnapped, or killed? You can be sure that one incident like that would make as much news up here as fifty Mexicans killing each other (not that that's a particularly good thing to say about the US press). Remember the rule about never driving in Mexico at night, the insane Mexican bus drivers, and the trucks with no lights? We didn't worry then, and the busses seem to have been tamed. As long as you don't hang around the border towns, I wouldn't be surprised if it's safer to drive now then it was then. Of course, this is easy for me to say, I guess, because I gave up going to Mexico ten years ago for unrelated reasons. -- Mixon All the world's a stage, but the play is badly cast. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] rescue in Bulgaria
I know David posted something while this was going on, but I don't recall whether a link to the whole story has been posted. An interesting solution to rescue from a flooded cave; don't believe I've heard such a story before. More common is trying to dam or divert the water entering the cave. Anyway, here's a link.-- Mixon http://www.speleo-bg.com/lang-bg/bfs/25-aso/400-rescue.html All the world's a stage, but the play is badly cast. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - 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: rescue in Bulgaria
Thanks Bill for posting that. I can't wait to see the movie of that. For whatever reason, that article was very Blackberry friendly. I haven't seen any other web-sites upload like that. It was very easy to read. Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
RE: [Texascavers] rescue in Bulgaria
Bill, We were able to lower the water level at Dead Mans Cave in Kendall County during the caving accident by removing some rocks at the entrance. This lowered the water level a few inches which was enough to allow the recovery to occur without diving. It only worked because the rocks were controlling the level of the water in the cave where Thomas became trapped. So, there are occasions when this will work. Geary -Original Message- From: Mixon Bill [mailto:bmixon...@austin.rr.com] Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 10:12 AM To: Cavers Texas Subject: [Texascavers] rescue in Bulgaria I know David posted something while this was going on, but I don't recall whether a link to the whole story has been posted. An interesting solution to rescue from a flooded cave; don't believe I've heard such a story before. More common is trying to dam or divert the water entering the cave. Anyway, here's a link.-- Mixon http://www.speleo-bg.com/lang-bg/bfs/25-aso/400-rescue.html All the world's a stage, but the play is badly cast. You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[PBSS] PBSS T-shirts and Patches
All, This is what I have left and will be bringing to the meeting tomorrow night. T-shirts are the 25th anniversary limited edition and are $20.00 each... 10 Extra Large 4 Large 1 Medium And 52 Patches for sale and they are $4.00 each (cost us $2.44 each) with $1.56 each going to the grotto treasury. Bring your money. I will also be taking dues if you want to renew or join.. Thanks, Bill ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/pbss_caver.net
[Texascavers] Bexar Grotto Christmas Party!
The Bexar Grotto Christmas Party will be held this Saturday, December 18 at the new home of Cindy, Patrice and Sophia at 307 Squires Row. The party will start at 6:00pm. Bring a gift for the white elephant exchange, a dish for the pot luck dinner and your adult beverage of choice. If you need directions or have questions, call 210-530-9500. - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] New Zealand cavers to receive funds for deep cave exploraion :
Cavers get funds to explore deeper NAOMI ARNOLD - The Nelson Mail Last updated 12:30 14/12/2010 (http://inl.adbureau.net/accipiter/adclick/CID=fffcfffcfffc/aamsz=240x45_SPECIALOFFER/POS=RELEVANTOFFER1/acc_random=6588307/pageid=9369 769032/site=s/area=s.stuff.nelsonmail.news/SOURCEDOMAIN=www.stuff.co.nz/KEYW ORD=Fund%20NewZealand%20Cave%20DISCOVERY%20zealand%20Outdoor%20Kayak%20CHIEF EXECUTIVE%20KAYAKING%20Ice%20Coast%20NATIONAL%20HISTORY%20GRANTS%20Chief?_= 1292307306015) A group of cavers who discovered the deepest cave in New Zealand has been awarded a second Hillary Expedition Grant to explore their discovery further. The group, led by Waitomo's Kieran McKay, aims to find out if the Ellis Basin system in Kahurangi National Park's Mt Arthur could be one of the 10 deepest in New Zealand. Earlier this year, a team of three cavers, including Mr McKay, discovered New Zealand's first kilometre-deep cave by making a connection between two known passages in the Ellis Basin cave system. The system went from 775m to 1026m with the discovery and is one of the top 80 deepest caves in the world. It was the same grant that allowed the Extreme Caving Team to explore the system in April this year, hailed at the time as the biggest piece of news in the history of New Zealand caving. The latest grant will help the team, which includes Nelsonian Jane Furkett, to buy the technical equipment needed to explore deeper. Their expedition is scheduled to begin next month and will take two months, with follow-up trips throughout the year. Sparc allocates Hillary Expedition Grants every two years, with each one ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 out of a total $100,000 fund. Other groups to be awarded grants are a New Zealand expedition attempting to be the first in the world to sea kayak the rough waters along the Borchgrevink Coast in Antarctica's Ross Sea, an attempt to make the first speedflying descent off an 8000m peak in Tibet, paddling a waka ama from Dunedin to Gisborne and kayaking remote rivers in Papua New Guinea. Sparc chief executive Peter Miskimmin said the adventures planned by the expedition teams were truly awe-inspiring. All New Zealanders are fascinated, and feel proud and inspired by Sir Edmund Hillary's feats. These grants honour that history, Mr Miskimmin said. The people on these expeditions will need to be physically and mentally tough. They'll need to plan well, yet be ready to deal with the unexpected. They are the high-performance athletes of outdoor recreation and I hope that, like Hillary, these adventurers go on to create their own inspiring stories for New Zealanders. Previous expeditions have included crossing the Greenland ice cap, big-wall climbing in Pakistan, making first ascents including of a previously unclimbed tower in the Aisen Province, Chile, and new routes on peaks in Antarctica. _http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/4456332/Cavers-get-funds-to-explore -deeper_ (http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/4456332/Cavers-get-funds-to-explore-deeper)
Re: [Texascavers] Cascade Caverns sump dive report
Sounds like a good trip, Charles! I need to get my lazy butt down there. Would you be interested in writing a trip report, if there are more pix to go with it? Let me know. Thanks! Mark From: Charles Goldsmith wo...@justfamily.org To: Cavetex texascavers@texascavers.com; Scott Kyle sk...@cascadecaverns.com Sent: Sun, December 12, 2010 8:25:09 PM Subject: [Texascavers] Cascade Caverns sump dive report A big thanks to all of the help for the tank haul to the sump in Cascade Caverns on Saturday. James Brown dove the sump, starting at 10:36am and resurfanced approximately 40 minutes later. James extended the cave by 366 feet until he ran out of guideline. Per his report, Start of Sump dive is the smallest at 6 feet wide and 2 feet high. Underwater passage after air bell averages 12 feet wide and 6 feet high. Maximum depth is 31 feet. We'll be going back at the end of January or beginning of February to push this further. Thanks go out to the following people: Tom Sims Gerry Geletzke David Serafine Layne Hedrick Ian Riddington Brandon Cook Andy Zenker Lyndon Tiu Peter Druschke Gerry and Andy also explored Raccoon Ramada cave that is on the property, but did not get a survey yet. We'll be returning to do that as well. The entrance to this is a very tight squeeze and I don't know anyone else that has squeezed into it. I'd be curious if there are any records of this. Charles
Re: [Texascavers] Cascade Caverns sump dive report
I'm waiting on just that, pix, I didn't take any, was busy, but others did. As soon as I get pics and see what I have to work with, I will write up a blurb. On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Mark Alman texascav...@yahoo.com wrote: Sounds like a good trip, Charles! I need to get my lazy butt down there. Would you be interested in writing a trip report, if there are more pix to go with it? Let me know. Thanks! Mark -- *From:* Charles Goldsmith wo...@justfamily.org *To:* Cavetex texascavers@texascavers.com; Scott Kyle sk...@cascadecaverns.com *Sent:* Sun, December 12, 2010 8:25:09 PM *Subject:* [Texascavers] Cascade Caverns sump dive report A big thanks to all of the help for the tank haul to the sump in Cascade Caverns on Saturday. James Brown dove the sump, starting at 10:36am and resurfanced approximately 40 minutes later. James extended the cave by 366 feet until he ran out of guideline. Per his report, Start of Sump dive is the smallest at 6 feet wide and 2 feet high. Underwater passage after air bell averages 12 feet wide and 6 feet high. Maximum depth is 31 feet. We'll be going back at the end of January or beginning of February to push this further. Thanks go out to the following people: Tom Sims Gerry Geletzke David Serafine Layne Hedrick Ian Riddington Brandon Cook Andy Zenker Lyndon Tiu Peter Druschke Gerry and Andy also explored Raccoon Ramada cave that is on the property, but did not get a survey yet. We'll be returning to do that as well. The entrance to this is a very tight squeeze and I don't know anyone else that has squeezed into it. I'd be curious if there are any records of this. Charles
