[Texascavers] Texas Site Confirms Pre-Clovis Settlement of the Americas
>From this week's Science magazine: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6024/1512.full.pdf News article from Washington Post: http://tinyurl.com/4nyjvrj Diana * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Diana R. Tomchick Associate Professor University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Biochemistry 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214B Dallas, TX 75390-8816, U.S.A. Email: diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu 214-645-6383 (phone) 214-645-6353 (fax) UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] Texas Site Confirms Pre-Clovis Settlement of the Americas
>From this week's Science magazine: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6024/1512.full.pdf News article from Washington Post: http://tinyurl.com/4nyjvrj Diana * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Diana R. Tomchick Associate Professor University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Biochemistry 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214B Dallas, TX 75390-8816, U.S.A. Email: diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu 214-645-6383 (phone) 214-645-6353 (fax) UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] Texas Site Confirms Pre-Clovis Settlement of the Americas
>From this week's Science magazine: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6024/1512.full.pdf News article from Washington Post: http://tinyurl.com/4nyjvrj Diana * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Diana R. Tomchick Associate Professor University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Biochemistry 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214B Dallas, TX 75390-8816, U.S.A. Email: diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu 214-645-6383 (phone) 214-645-6353 (fax) UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] Fwd: [SWR] Lincoln national forest cave tech position
> From: > Date: March 24, 2011 6:25:29 PM CDT > To: > Subject: [SWR] Lincoln national forest cave tech position > Reply-To: > > Howdy, I was informed today by Brad Bolton of the Lincoln National Forest > that they will fly the Guadalupe Ranger District cave technician position for > ten days starting tommorow (friday). Look for it on USAjobs.gov. It is open > to both the public and current federal employees and is a permanent position. > You need not be a biologist in order to apply. So, let's get some good > applicants in there from the wide range of experience within the SWR! > > Aaron > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > ___ > SWR mailing list > s...@caver.net > http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/swr_caver.net UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] Fwd: [SWR] Lincoln national forest cave tech position
> From: > Date: March 24, 2011 6:25:29 PM CDT > To: > Subject: [SWR] Lincoln national forest cave tech position > Reply-To: > > Howdy, I was informed today by Brad Bolton of the Lincoln National Forest > that they will fly the Guadalupe Ranger District cave technician position for > ten days starting tommorow (friday). Look for it on USAjobs.gov. It is open > to both the public and current federal employees and is a permanent position. > You need not be a biologist in order to apply. So, let's get some good > applicants in there from the wide range of experience within the SWR! > > Aaron > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > ___ > SWR mailing list > s...@caver.net > http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/swr_caver.net UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] Fwd: [SWR] Lincoln national forest cave tech position
> From: > Date: March 24, 2011 6:25:29 PM CDT > To: > Subject: [SWR] Lincoln national forest cave tech position > Reply-To: > > Howdy, I was informed today by Brad Bolton of the Lincoln National Forest > that they will fly the Guadalupe Ranger District cave technician position for > ten days starting tommorow (friday). Look for it on USAjobs.gov. It is open > to both the public and current federal employees and is a permanent position. > You need not be a biologist in order to apply. So, let's get some good > applicants in there from the wide range of experience within the SWR! > > Aaron > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > ___ > SWR mailing list > s...@caver.net > http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/swr_caver.net UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[SWR] Lincoln national forest cave tech position
Howdy, I was informed today by Brad Bolton of the Lincoln National Forest that they will fly the Guadalupe Ranger District cave technician position for ten days starting tommorow (friday). Look for it on USAjobs.gov. It is open to both the public and current federal employees and is a permanent position. You need not be a biologist in order to apply. So, let's get some good applicants in there from the wide range of experience within the SWR! Aaron Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® ___ SWR mailing list s...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/swr_caver.net
[SWR] Lincoln national forest cave tech position
Howdy, I was informed today by Brad Bolton of the Lincoln National Forest that they will fly the Guadalupe Ranger District cave technician position for ten days starting tommorow (friday). Look for it on USAjobs.gov. It is open to both the public and current federal employees and is a permanent position. You need not be a biologist in order to apply. So, let's get some good applicants in there from the wide range of experience within the SWR! Aaron Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® ___ SWR mailing list s...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/swr_caver.net
[SWR] Lincoln national forest cave tech position
Howdy, I was informed today by Brad Bolton of the Lincoln National Forest that they will fly the Guadalupe Ranger District cave technician position for ten days starting tommorow (friday). Look for it on USAjobs.gov. It is open to both the public and current federal employees and is a permanent position. You need not be a biologist in order to apply. So, let's get some good applicants in there from the wide range of experience within the SWR! Aaron Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® ___ SWR mailing list s...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/swr_caver.net
[Texascavers] Punkin
Does this mean TCMA owns the 9th longest cave in Texas ? Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
[Texascavers] Punkin
Does this mean TCMA owns the 9th longest cave in Texas ? Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
[Texascavers] Punkin
Does this mean TCMA owns the 9th longest cave in Texas ? Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
Re: [Texascavers] correction and Big Announcement!
FAR OUT! I haven't been there in wy too long. Let me know the next time y'all are surveying.I would like to join Justin or David's team.. -Original Message- From: Jim Kennedy To: CaveTex Sent: Thu, Mar 24, 2011 4:03 pm Subject: [Texascavers] correction and Big Announcement! Yikes! In my haste to get out the Punkin Cave trip report, I inadvertently forgot to add in the surveyed length from the December expedition, which left the cave at 3303.13m. With the 251.25m of new surveys from this past weekend, the length of Punkin Cave is now 3554.48m, making it the NEW 9th LONGEST CAVE IN TEXAS! We just passed Spring Creek Cave (3315m), Natural Bridge Caverns (3354m), Caverns of Sonora (3375m), Airmans Cave (3442m) and Sorcerers Cave (3510m). Woo Hoo Cave without a Name (4306.8m), look out!!! We are coming to get ya! I apologize profusely to all the survey participants last weekend for not catching this sooner. I owe you all a big celebratory party! -- Crash, shamefaced (but elated) Punkin Survey Project coordinator
Re: [Texascavers] correction and Big Announcement!
FAR OUT! I haven't been there in wy too long. Let me know the next time y'all are surveying.I would like to join Justin or David's team.. -Original Message- From: Jim Kennedy To: CaveTex Sent: Thu, Mar 24, 2011 4:03 pm Subject: [Texascavers] correction and Big Announcement! Yikes! In my haste to get out the Punkin Cave trip report, I inadvertently forgot to add in the surveyed length from the December expedition, which left the cave at 3303.13m. With the 251.25m of new surveys from this past weekend, the length of Punkin Cave is now 3554.48m, making it the NEW 9th LONGEST CAVE IN TEXAS! We just passed Spring Creek Cave (3315m), Natural Bridge Caverns (3354m), Caverns of Sonora (3375m), Airmans Cave (3442m) and Sorcerers Cave (3510m). Woo Hoo Cave without a Name (4306.8m), look out!!! We are coming to get ya! I apologize profusely to all the survey participants last weekend for not catching this sooner. I owe you all a big celebratory party! -- Crash, shamefaced (but elated) Punkin Survey Project coordinator
Re: [Texascavers] correction and Big Announcement!
FAR OUT! I haven't been there in wy too long. Let me know the next time y'all are surveying.I would like to join Justin or David's team.. -Original Message- From: Jim Kennedy To: CaveTex Sent: Thu, Mar 24, 2011 4:03 pm Subject: [Texascavers] correction and Big Announcement! Yikes! In my haste to get out the Punkin Cave trip report, I inadvertently forgot to add in the surveyed length from the December expedition, which left the cave at 3303.13m. With the 251.25m of new surveys from this past weekend, the length of Punkin Cave is now 3554.48m, making it the NEW 9th LONGEST CAVE IN TEXAS! We just passed Spring Creek Cave (3315m), Natural Bridge Caverns (3354m), Caverns of Sonora (3375m), Airmans Cave (3442m) and Sorcerers Cave (3510m). Woo Hoo Cave without a Name (4306.8m), look out!!! We are coming to get ya! I apologize profusely to all the survey participants last weekend for not catching this sooner. I owe you all a big celebratory party! -- Crash, shamefaced (but elated) Punkin Survey Project coordinator
[Texascavers] correction and Big Announcement!
Yikes! In my haste to get out the Punkin Cave trip report, I inadvertently forgot to add in the surveyed length from the December expedition, which left the cave at 3303.13m. With the 251.25m of new surveys from this past weekend, the length of Punkin Cave is now 3554.48m, making it the NEW 9th LONGEST CAVE IN TEXAS! We just passed Spring Creek Cave (3315m), Natural Bridge Caverns (3354m), Caverns of Sonora (3375m), Airmans Cave (3442m) and Sorcerers Cave (3510m). Woo Hoo Cave without a Name (4306.8m), look out!!! We are coming to get ya! I apologize profusely to all the survey participants last weekend for not catching this sooner. I owe you all a big celebratory party! -- Crash, shamefaced (but elated) Punkin Survey Project coordinator
[Texascavers] correction and Big Announcement!
Yikes! In my haste to get out the Punkin Cave trip report, I inadvertently forgot to add in the surveyed length from the December expedition, which left the cave at 3303.13m. With the 251.25m of new surveys from this past weekend, the length of Punkin Cave is now 3554.48m, making it the NEW 9th LONGEST CAVE IN TEXAS! We just passed Spring Creek Cave (3315m), Natural Bridge Caverns (3354m), Caverns of Sonora (3375m), Airmans Cave (3442m) and Sorcerers Cave (3510m). Woo Hoo Cave without a Name (4306.8m), look out!!! We are coming to get ya! I apologize profusely to all the survey participants last weekend for not catching this sooner. I owe you all a big celebratory party! -- Crash, shamefaced (but elated) Punkin Survey Project coordinator
[Texascavers] correction and Big Announcement!
Yikes! In my haste to get out the Punkin Cave trip report, I inadvertently forgot to add in the surveyed length from the December expedition, which left the cave at 3303.13m. With the 251.25m of new surveys from this past weekend, the length of Punkin Cave is now 3554.48m, making it the NEW 9th LONGEST CAVE IN TEXAS! We just passed Spring Creek Cave (3315m), Natural Bridge Caverns (3354m), Caverns of Sonora (3375m), Airmans Cave (3442m) and Sorcerers Cave (3510m). Woo Hoo Cave without a Name (4306.8m), look out!!! We are coming to get ya! I apologize profusely to all the survey participants last weekend for not catching this sooner. I owe you all a big celebratory party! -- Crash, shamefaced (but elated) Punkin Survey Project coordinator
[Texascavers] Punkin Cave trip report, 18-20 March
Punkin Cave Survey Expedition #15, 18-20 March 2011 reported by Jim "Crash" Kennedy, expedition leader [For general background on Punkin Cave and previous survey expeditions, please refer to past postings on CaveTex. Feel free to re-distribute or print in caving publications with appropriate credit.] Introduction: Punkin Cave lies near the tiny community of Carta Valley in Edwards County, Texas, and is currently the 14th longest cave in the state. It is rapidly growing due to the dedicated efforts of a fairly small group of cavers. We estimate that at least 1km passages remain unsurveyed, which, when eventually completed, will place the cave firmly in the top 10 list of longest caves in Texas. That is not bad for a long-neglected cave previously thought to just be a large entrance room and some crawls! Following is a brief report of the most recent trip. After the wildly successful multi-day survey trip this past winter (28 December through 1 January), it was clear to me that the massive 5-6 team survey expeditions were no longer as effective as smaller trips with people intimately familiar with certain parts of the cave. I planned this trip for a maximum of 12 surveyors, but in the end only had 10. This worked out fine, with three teams tackling different areas of the cave, mopping up leads, and surveying into virgin passage. I would still like to plan another multi-day expedition, and am currently looking at the Easter weekend. The March expedition was made up of 5 Punkin Cave veterans and 5 cavers new to the project, a nice mix. We saw 3 species of bats hibernating in the cave, tri-colored bats (Perimyotis subflavus), cave myotis (Myotis velifer), and Townsends big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii). I estimate probably 400-500 cave myotis, a few dozen big-eared bats, and upwards of a thousand or so trikes in the entire cave during the winter months. As everyone was arriving Friday evening, I led a short trip to Deep Cave to the Forest of Columns and Helictite Room. We got there right at dusk, and briefly admired the bat emergence before rushing through the cave. We got to see at least one tri-colored bat and a black scorpion up close before exiting. Joining me were Yaz Avila, Lydia Hernandez, and Aubri Jenson. The next morning we got up, had a fabulous breakfast, and broke into survey teams. The first team, TEAM SUPERSTITION, went back to some leads left since 2006 near the beginning of Superstition Maze. Some of these were obvious leads, unsurveyed and passed up by many teams over the years heading deeper into the cave. Matt Zappitello, a veteran of many Superstition surveys, ably led the team to various leads, interpreting the old survey notes and setting stations. David Ochel admirably sketched this complicated section, and Aubri Jenson logged time with the Suuntos. There are still more leads to map in this area, and everyone on the team indicated that they want to return some day. They put in an eight-hour day, and made 21 survey shots, gaining an additional 61.11m of passage (average of 2.91m per shot). The second team, TEAM WEST MAZE, headed off to the large and growing section of cave on the western side of the Entrance Room. Team leader Lee Jay Graves has been working in this part of the cave for about 4 trips now, and continues to discover large rooms and a butt-load of passages. This time he was assisted by Justin Shaw in his first time at keeping survey book in Punkin, and Galen Falgout and Angela Edwards scouting and setting stations. It was the first Punkin survey trip for all three. They placed 23 stations in a remarkable 10 hour trip, adding 72.38m to the length of the cave. This is an average of 3.15m per shot. They extended the survey downwards a lot, to the new fourth deepest point in the cave. There is a heck of lot more to do in this area, and everyone is fired up for the next trip. The third team, TEAM AREA 51, consisted of trip leader Crash and veterans Yazmin Avila and Lydia Hernandez. They began their survey slowly, mopping up a couple of small leads left from the December surveys off of Superstition Maze. They connected back to the room near the Woost Woom (now named the Widdle Woom) and another room east of that one (now called the West Woom). Finally stopped by too-tight leads and the lack of a hammer, they went back through the Widdle Woom to finish another lead left by Jim, Tone Garot, Jen Foote, and Lydia in December. It quickly connected back to previously surveyed portions of Superstition Maze. Poking around this section, they soon found large unsurveyed virgin leads. They took a 45 minute break to retrieve the Disto which was accidentally dropped down an impenetrable fissure (enlarged by pounding on it with big rocks), then cranked up the MP3 player and started reeling out long shots. The survey took them way out into a complex multi-level area of previously unknown cave heading
[Texascavers] Punkin Cave trip report, 18-20 March
Punkin Cave Survey Expedition #15, 18-20 March 2011 reported by Jim "Crash" Kennedy, expedition leader [For general background on Punkin Cave and previous survey expeditions, please refer to past postings on CaveTex. Feel free to re-distribute or print in caving publications with appropriate credit.] Introduction: Punkin Cave lies near the tiny community of Carta Valley in Edwards County, Texas, and is currently the 14th longest cave in the state. It is rapidly growing due to the dedicated efforts of a fairly small group of cavers. We estimate that at least 1km passages remain unsurveyed, which, when eventually completed, will place the cave firmly in the top 10 list of longest caves in Texas. That is not bad for a long-neglected cave previously thought to just be a large entrance room and some crawls! Following is a brief report of the most recent trip. After the wildly successful multi-day survey trip this past winter (28 December through 1 January), it was clear to me that the massive 5-6 team survey expeditions were no longer as effective as smaller trips with people intimately familiar with certain parts of the cave. I planned this trip for a maximum of 12 surveyors, but in the end only had 10. This worked out fine, with three teams tackling different areas of the cave, mopping up leads, and surveying into virgin passage. I would still like to plan another multi-day expedition, and am currently looking at the Easter weekend. The March expedition was made up of 5 Punkin Cave veterans and 5 cavers new to the project, a nice mix. We saw 3 species of bats hibernating in the cave, tri-colored bats (Perimyotis subflavus), cave myotis (Myotis velifer), and Townsends big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii). I estimate probably 400-500 cave myotis, a few dozen big-eared bats, and upwards of a thousand or so trikes in the entire cave during the winter months. As everyone was arriving Friday evening, I led a short trip to Deep Cave to the Forest of Columns and Helictite Room. We got there right at dusk, and briefly admired the bat emergence before rushing through the cave. We got to see at least one tri-colored bat and a black scorpion up close before exiting. Joining me were Yaz Avila, Lydia Hernandez, and Aubri Jenson. The next morning we got up, had a fabulous breakfast, and broke into survey teams. The first team, TEAM SUPERSTITION, went back to some leads left since 2006 near the beginning of Superstition Maze. Some of these were obvious leads, unsurveyed and passed up by many teams over the years heading deeper into the cave. Matt Zappitello, a veteran of many Superstition surveys, ably led the team to various leads, interpreting the old survey notes and setting stations. David Ochel admirably sketched this complicated section, and Aubri Jenson logged time with the Suuntos. There are still more leads to map in this area, and everyone on the team indicated that they want to return some day. They put in an eight-hour day, and made 21 survey shots, gaining an additional 61.11m of passage (average of 2.91m per shot). The second team, TEAM WEST MAZE, headed off to the large and growing section of cave on the western side of the Entrance Room. Team leader Lee Jay Graves has been working in this part of the cave for about 4 trips now, and continues to discover large rooms and a butt-load of passages. This time he was assisted by Justin Shaw in his first time at keeping survey book in Punkin, and Galen Falgout and Angela Edwards scouting and setting stations. It was the first Punkin survey trip for all three. They placed 23 stations in a remarkable 10 hour trip, adding 72.38m to the length of the cave. This is an average of 3.15m per shot. They extended the survey downwards a lot, to the new fourth deepest point in the cave. There is a heck of lot more to do in this area, and everyone is fired up for the next trip. The third team, TEAM AREA 51, consisted of trip leader Crash and veterans Yazmin Avila and Lydia Hernandez. They began their survey slowly, mopping up a couple of small leads left from the December surveys off of Superstition Maze. They connected back to the room near the Woost Woom (now named the Widdle Woom) and another room east of that one (now called the West Woom). Finally stopped by too-tight leads and the lack of a hammer, they went back through the Widdle Woom to finish another lead left by Jim, Tone Garot, Jen Foote, and Lydia in December. It quickly connected back to previously surveyed portions of Superstition Maze. Poking around this section, they soon found large unsurveyed virgin leads. They took a 45 minute break to retrieve the Disto which was accidentally dropped down an impenetrable fissure (enlarged by pounding on it with big rocks), then cranked up the MP3 player and started reeling out long shots. The survey took them way out into a complex multi-level area of previously unknown cave heading
[Texascavers] Found on Craigslist: 1966 Dodge Power Wagon 4x4, 1 ton Dully - $2500 (Lakeway,78734)
http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/2282831618.html
[Texascavers] Found on Craigslist: 1966 Dodge Power Wagon 4x4, 1 ton Dully - $2500 (Lakeway,78734)
http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/2282831618.html
