[Texascavers] Caves in video games
Cave imagery is becoming popular in video games. Please skip the first 19 seconds of the video in the link below. https://youtu.be/Vkhoczu6Rd0 At the end of the cave passage, the character pulls out a pick-axe and digs a narrow tunnel leading to a mysterious virgin room. Unfortunately, the game developers have not yet put anything in that room. D.L. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] 700 foot pit ?
Don says the depth of Na One was measured at 935' from the lip of the pit. The difference is in the sag of the line in the center of the tyrolean. The pit is owned by Bishop Estates and they gave permission specifically stating that nothing be published. Halliday essentially ended access when he published. Caving in Hawaii is trickier than many places due to landowner and native hawaiian sensitivities. At the moment we have been sticking to mapping lava tubes close to home - some quite small - and have the scars to prove it! Barb and Don Coons Sent from my iPhone > On May 12, 2018, at 3:23 PM, Mixon Bill wrote: > > My guess is that David was conjecturing about a rappel down the wall of a > caldera. > > There are actually two real pits in Hawaii that are the two deepest pits in > the US, per http://www.caverbob.com/pitdome.htm (If the NSS web site was > working right, you could get to caverbob's long and deep lists by way of the > Geology and Geography Section of the NSS.) > > One water-filled pit has been plumbed to 865 feet. Not sure whether this was > by an ROV or simply a weighted line. > > One shaft, Na One, of 862 feet was actually descended by Don Coons. There was > an article about it in the NSS News November 1995, pages 294-295 of a longer > article. The NSS News material is not accessible to Google, so almost might > as well not exist. A map of the pit appears in > http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1278&context=ijs. > -- Mixon > > A chicken is the egg's way of making another egg. > > You may "reply" to the address this message > (unless it's a TexasCavers list post) > came from, but for long-term use, save: > Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu > AMCS: a...@mexicancaves.org or edi...@mexicancaves.org > > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers Good Morning America Confirms Unfortunate News greatsuperstars.world http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5af7573ea6f29573d53cest03duc ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] calderas
Bill, That was fascinating. I met Dr. Halliday once. However, I was proposing something sort of similar to the classic deep-thought movies like Arnold Schwarzeneggar's, "Running Man," or "The Hunger Games." My idea is nowhere as crazy as Elon Musk's "Big Fricken Rocketship."Did you all see the BFR presentation. He was having to fight his emotions to keep a straight face. If we do get to go caving on Mars, it will most like be on whatever rocketship Mr. Musk and his SpaceX team end up launching. In the meantime, I am extremely skeptical of the BFR proposal. However, he has the "creds" now to make such outlandish presentations. D.L. P.S. I worked part-time this week at a desk job for the first time in a decade. How do you all keep your sanity. I doubt I will make it another day. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] 700 foot pit ?
My guess is that David was conjecturing about a rappel down the wall of a caldera. There are actually two real pits in Hawaii that are the two deepest pits in the US, per http://www.caverbob.com/pitdome.htm (If the NSS web site was working right, you could get to caverbob's long and deep lists by way of the Geology and Geography Section of the NSS.) One water-filled pit has been plumbed to 865 feet. Not sure whether this was by an ROV or simply a weighted line. One shaft, Na One, of 862 feet was actually descended by Don Coons. There was an article about it in the NSS News November 1995, pages 294-295 of a longer article. The NSS News material is not accessible to Google, so almost might as well not exist. A map of the pit appears in http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1278&context=ijs. -- Mixon A chicken is the egg's way of making another egg. You may "reply" to the address this message (unless it's a TexasCavers list post) came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: a...@mexicancaves.org or edi...@mexicancaves.org ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
