[Texascavers] New film on World's largest cave chamber
Five years after I caved with them in Papua New Guinea, British cavers Andy Eavis, Tony White, Sid Perou and other friends were part of the Mulu 80 expedition that pushed an underground river in Sarawak, Malaysia to discover the world's largest underground chamber. Now there's a new film on their discovery by Emmy Award winning cameraman Gavin Newman. Here's a cool preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrZkKPPZhEA
[Texascavers] Subaru drivers
Does anyone drive or know who drives a pale Subaru with large Texas NSS bat sticker in the lower-left side of their rear window? I've seen the car twice on Lockhill-Selma in San Antonio but haven't been able to see the driver. Just curious which caver car I don't recognize keeps driving by my neighborhood. --Bennett
texascavers Digest 1 May 2014 02:23:30 -0000 Issue 1971
texascavers Digest 1 May 2014 02:23:30 - Issue 1971 Topics (messages 23749 through 23762): TSA Convention 23749 by: Jim Kennedy Paging Ron Rutherford 23750 by: Mark.Alman.L-3com.com Re: Status of New Mexico Caves? 23751 by: Charles Goldsmith sort of semi-cave related 23752 by: David 23753 by: Bill Bentley 23754 by: Butch Fralia 23755 by: Geary Schindel Texas Caver Deadline - Monday May 5. 23756 by: Jill Orr 23758 by: Lyndon Tiu 23759 by: Stefan Creaser AMCS at TSA 23757 by: Mixon Bill Another Sort of Cave Related Current Story 23760 by: Preston Forsythe Portable buildings free 23761 by: Gill Edigar Re: TSA 2014 Spring Convention, General Agenda: 23762 by: Bennett Lee Administrivia: To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: To unsubscribe from the digest, e-mail: To post to the list, e-mail: -- --- Begin Message --- Austin cavers, the TCMA is looking for someone to haul its new trailer from Ediger's house to CWAN by Friday. It's heading to San Antonio afterwards, so no need to bring it back. Contact me offline if you have a hitch and are willing to help out. Thanks in advance. Jim Mobile email from my iPhone--- End Message --- --- Begin Message --- Hey, Ron! Could you give me a shout offline? I need to talk to you about purchasing a couple of cave packs or three. Thanks, Mark --- End Message --- --- Begin Message --- Mark, mind sharing any info you receive offline? Thanks On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 7:59 AM, wrote: > > > All, > > > > > > The subject came up this past weekend during a caving trip as to the status > of the caves out in CaCa land. > > > > We would like to plan a trip out there this Fall and were wondering if the > Forest Service, NPS, and the BLM still had Goat, Cottonwood, Black, > > Sitting Bull Falls Cave, and the McKittrick Hill caves still closed, due to > WNS. > > > > If someone if the know could give me a definitive update, it would be most > appreciated, as inquiring minds would like to know. > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > Mark Alman > > > > > > > > > > > > --- End Message --- --- Begin Message --- I was in a nursing home cafeteria today, making a 5 minute visit to an ill cousin. An 83 year old guy at the table who was in poor health would not shut up and just kept rambling about whatever was on his mind. He seemed to have some bizarre need to share his thoughts, and there was not a soul in the building willing to listen to him. I was just about to leave, when he started rambling about spelunking in Indiana caves. I only asked him to tell me more. He wasn't a caver, but I could tell that he could talk about caves on and on. He said his dad was one of the spectators at the Floyd Collins rescue. He said he had been spelunking about 20 times when he was a teenager with a carbide lamp that a friend ( who he said was a real spelunker from Bloomington ) had loaned him, but he did not consider himself a spelunker. He had a reliable memory of all the commercial caves in that cave region. But I couldn't stay. He would probably enjoy a video-taped interview. David Locklear --- End Message --- --- Begin Message --- My memories of interviews with elderly people in nursing homes...consists of great tales of caves with entrances big enough to ride a horse and wagon full of Gold barsit went on for miles and connects to Carlsbad Caverns at some deep level... now if they could just remember where it was located? Lots of weekends hiking the West Texas desert on wild goose chases... Bill Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID David wrote: >I was in a nursing home cafeteria today, making a 5 minute visit to an ill >cousin. > >An 83 year old guy at the table who was in poor health would not shut up and >just kept rambling about whatever was on his mind. He seemed to have some >bizarre need to share his thoughts, and there was not a soul in the building >willing to listen to him. > >I was just about to leave, when he started rambling about spelunking in >Indiana caves. > >I only asked him to tell me more. > >He wasn't a caver, but I could tell that he could talk about caves on and on. >He said his dad was one of the spectators at the Floyd Collins rescue. He >said he had been spelunking about 20 times when he was a teenager with a >carbide lamp that a friend ( who he said was a real spelunker from Bloomington >) had loaned him, but he did not consider himself a spelunker. He had a >reliable memory of all the commercial caves in that cave region. But I >couldn't stay. He would probably enjoy a video-taped interview. > >David Locklear > --- End Message --- --- Begin Message --- I visited a cave in Oklahoma the owners called Horse Thief Cave. Story was that horse thieves used the cave to run horses to a town 15 mil
RE: [Texascavers] TSA 2014 Spring Convention, General Agenda:
Corrected date should be: Sunday, May 4: 7:30AM TCMA Breakfast at the CWAN Pavilion 9:00AM TCMA meeting at the CWAN Pavilion From: caverarch [mailto:cavera...@aol.com] Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 9:24 AM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] TSA 2014 Spring Convention, General Agenda: This may be a duplicate announcement, but it never arrived in my own e-mail after I posted it to the list. So I'm re-posting it to ensure that everyone sees it. Roger TSA 2014 Spring Convention, General Agenda: Friday, May 2: 4:00PM: Registration: At the CWAN Pavilion Free Shiner Beer: At the CWAN Pavilion Hootenanny and Volunteer Entertainment: Sundown until... Slide Show by Peter Sprouse! Bring your instrument, fire dancing gear, hoops, etc., and amuse and amaze your fellow cavers! Saturday, May 3: 8:00AM Registration at the CWAN Pavilion 9:00AM-11:45AM Presentations in the left hand passage of Cave Without a Name 11:45AM Group Photo in the Cave! 11:50 -1:30PM Lunch on your own, Salon Viewing (tent in Campground), Visit Vendors' Row 1:30PM-4:00PM Presentations continue in the left hand passage of Cave Without a Name 4:00PM TSA meeting, left hand passage of Cave Without a Name 4:30PM-6:30PM Vertical Gear -- Adjustment and Safety Workshop* * slight time change from initial announcement 6:30PM Group Feed at the Pavilion 8:00PM TCMA Auction and Salon Prize Announcements 30 minutes after conclusion of auction: Music by the band RTFM Saturday, May 3: 7:30AM TCMA Breakfast at the CWAN Pavilion 9:00AM TCMA meeting at the CWAN Pavilion Fees (including Tent* Camping at CWAN): $16 Individual Rate per Person $40 Family Rate (Parents and Children) *See CWAN personnel for full hook-up RV camping registration and fees
[PBSS] Fwd: [SWR] Cave Closure proposed in Southeast
Original Message Subject:[SWR] Cave Closure proposed in Southeast Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:58:28 -0600 From: jasonw...@gmail.com To: SWR Mailing List To all, � Comments are being accepted for a regional cave closure proposed for the southeast region of the Forest Service � � Jason Scoping letter R8 cave-mine closure 04022014.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document ___ SWR mailing list s...@caver.net http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr ___ This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pbss ___ This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET
[SWR] Fwd: cave closure in southeast
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[Texascavers] Portable buildings free
Galen Falgout has found a couple of portable buildings in Austin in pretty good shape. One is 10x20 the other is 12x20 that are free but need moving forthwith. The last time I had buildings moved I called Morgan Buildings and they gave me the name of a guy who can move them. And, no, I don't want to be a part of it. You're on your own.
[SWR] Cave Closure proposed in Southeast
To all, Comments are being accepted for a regional cave closure proposed for the southeast region of the Forest Service Jason Scoping letter R8 cave-mine closure 04022014.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document ___ SWR mailing list s...@caver.net http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr ___ This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET
[Texascavers] Another Sort of Cave Related Current Story
Ref. the new NSS Hdqtrs in Huntsville (that's the cave related part)--This Saturday evening there will be a Women's Roller Derby at the NSS Hall featuring Huntsville and Louisville. So come on down and volunteer Sat. and Sun. and take in the entertainment Sat. evening. The Hall is rented out almost every weekend and is bringing in some serious income to the NSS. Preston in Western KY
