Re: [Texascavers] HC Road Repair Pics

[Bennett Lee via Texascavers]

Perhaps you should have left a really rough patch with deep ruts.  It’s so 
smooth now that everyone’s car will make it to camp and no one will park at the 
gate.  Consequently, we’ll have more traffic and wear out the road faster 
because you guys did too good of job.  For shame!  Learn to cut corners and 
slack off!

But don’t slack off on the write up.  I agree with Crash—this needs to be 
published in the Texas Caver.  That way future generations can see the efforts 
we took to appease landowners and maintain access to Texas’ longest cave.

--Bennett


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Subject: [BexarGrotto] HC Road Repair Pics

DropBox Link:
http://1drv.ms/1pwwfrN for the entire photo documentation.


  Too many MB's to attach.

-Arron
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[Texascavers] TSA Spring Convention Photo & Map Salon-April 23rd, 2016

[Ellie Falgout via Texascavers]

Cavers,

I will be chairing the Photo & Map Salon for the TSA Spring Convention on
April 23rd at the Fairgrounds in Rock Springs, TX. Please prepare your
photos and maps to show off to the Texas Cavers. Cash prizes for the
winners! I also need judges for the salons, please let me know if you are
willing to assist.



*PHOTO SALON *Photo Salon rules at
http://www.cavetexas.org/events/photosalon.html Prints must measure at
least 8 x 10 inches, but not larger than 20 x 24 inches. All entries must
be mounted, but not framed. The print’s title should appear either on the
matte or on the mount directly below the print. Photos that do not meet
rules will not be judged.

Categories:

   - Print
   - Digital

Photos must be submitted to me, Ellie Falgout or emailed to
donarb...@gmail.com by 10:00 a.m on Saturday, April 23rd. Any entries
received after 10:00 am will not be judged.

Photo Salon Judging Criteria:
http://www.cavetexas.org/PDF/2012_TSAConventionPhotoSalonJudgingForm.pdf
Photo Entry Form:
http://www.cavetexas.org/PDF/2012_TSAConventionPhotoSalonEntryForm.pdf


*MAP SA**LON*
Map Salon rules at http://cavetexas.org/events/mapsalon.html. Entry forms
will be available at convention. Map must be created in the last year,
anything older will not be judged. (Significant modifications or additions
made within the last year to older maps may also be submitted.)

Hard copies of all maps must be submitted to me, Ellie Falgout, by 10:00
a.m on Saturday, April 23rd. Any entries received after 10:00 am will not
be judged.

Categories:

   - Caves under 100 m
   - Caves over 100 m
   - First-time Cartographer

Map Salon Judging Criteria: http://cavetexas.org/PDF/map2007judging.pdf

See you soon,

Ellie Falgout
509-899-0007
ellie.tho...@gmail.com

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[Texascavers] Caves in National Parks

[Mark Minton via Texascavers]

  There was a collection of stories about Jewel and Wind Caves in the Los
Angeles Times last month:
.

Mark Minton
mmin...@caver.net

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[Texascavers] Devils Sinkhole -- Calling all Old Timers!

[Allan Cobb via Texascavers]

I am doing a talk at the TSA Spring Convention about Devils Sinkhole. I 
would like to hear from cavers who were there in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. 
Bonus points if I can get photos to use in my talk.


Please contact me off-list at a...@oztotl.com.

Allan
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[Texascavers] TSA Spring Convention map and photo salons

[Crash Kennedy via Texascavers]

Would the current Salon coordinators please get in touch with me ASAP?
Thanks!

-- Jim
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[Texascavers] second call for presentations --- TSA Spring Convention

[Crash Kennedy via Texascavers]

Cavers!  This year's TSA Convention is going to be the biggest ever.  We
will be at the Edwards County Fairgrounds in Rocksprings on April 22-24.
And this year we are also inviting the general public!  So come prepared to
interact with ranchers, hunters, landowners, and schoolchildren and help to
teach them about the karst on which they live.  Needless to say, we all
need to be extremely professional and on our best behavior.  Oh, and
Edwards County has a no alcohol policy, so absolutely no bottles or cans
should be anywhere in sight (and coozies are not adequate cover --  use
another opaque container instead).

This short reminder is also to solicit additional 20-30 minute talks.  We
still have some spaces available, so if you have something cool to share on
exploration, mapping, geology, biology, archeology, or paleontology
specific to Edwards Plateau caves and karst, then I want to hear about it!
Yes, this year our talks all have a theme, becoming the Edwards Plateau
Symposium.  Contact me directly if you want to make a short presentation.

Now for some other teasers:  We have camping on site, but with limited
trees, so come prepared.  (Hey, it the Edwards Plateau, so that shouldn't
be a big surprise.)  We'll have a central campfire, but no other fires are
allowed.  We'll have the usual TCMA fundraising auction, but with a few new
twists.  Esteemed chef Stefan Creaser and his crew will be serving a
delicious Tex-Mex buffet for the Saturday banquet.  There will be
doorprizes.  And you can make your own arrangements on Friday to see the
bat emergence at the Devils Sinkhole (Texas' deepest pit) or visit nearby
Kickapoo Caverns or Caverns of Sonora (both sponsors of this Convention)
before you head back home on Sunday.

If you have more questions, or need maps and directions, check out the 2016
TSA Spring Convention Facebook site.  All the latest news and details will
be posted there.

See you in Rocksprings in April!

Jim Kennedy
TSA Vice-Chair
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