Re: [Texascavers] Robber Baron Open House - April 9

[Ellie via Texascavers]

Ted Lee has agreed to let caver volunteers camp on his 5 acre property near the 
cave. Contact me for details. 509-899-0007, falgout.el...@gmail.com.

On Feb 15, 2016, at 8:53 PM, Joe & Evelynn Mitchell via Texascavers 
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> The next Open House for Robber Baron Cave on scheduled for Saturday, April 9 
> and volunteers are needed! This is a big fundraiser for TCMA and we need help 
> for taking and selling photographs, registration, selling t-shirts, selling 
> concessions, distributing and collecting gear, and of course, a big crew of 
> volunteers to camp out in the cave and make sure our visitors don't wander 
> off. (Cave volunteers must have their own gear.) If you can participate and 
> there is a particular job you would like to do, please e-mail Evelynn, who is 
> serving as volunteer coordinator, at evel...@satx.rr.com. If you are just 
> interested in helping and don't care what you do, let her know that too. 
> Thanks everyone!
> 
> Joe Mitchell
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Re: [Texascavers] New TSS Officers

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Thank you for your service. I believe the new officers will do a great job! 
Ellie
ellie.tho...@gmail.com

On Mar 27, 2016, at 6:34 PM, Joe & Evelynn Mitchell via Texascavers 
 wrote:

> The Texas Speleological Survey would like to give a big thank you to outgoing 
> President Ron Ralph who has worked hard to lead the organization over the 
> past few years! We would also like to thank outgoing Editor Kevin Stafford 
> for his work on TSS publications, especially getting the recent high quality 
> "Karst of the Urban Corridor”. Finally we would also like to thank outgoing 
> Director Travis Scott for his service on the Board as well.
> 
> The new TSS officers are:
> 
> Secretary: Jim Kennedy
> Treasurer: Marvin Miller
> Editor: Jerry Atkinson
> President: Joe Mitchell
> 
> For any newer cavers unfamiliar with the TSS, it is an organization dedicated 
> to the collection and management of data and information about Texas caves. 
> The TSS produces many publications on Texas caves which may be purchased at 
> Texas caving events such as the upcoming TSA Spring Convention and at TCR or 
> from TSS Directors who are members of your grotto. The TSS has an a very 
> extensive library and cave file collection at its office at the Pickle 
> Research Center of the University of Texas in Austin. Cavers are welcome to 
> arrange a visit to search the maps and files to conduct your own research. 
> The TSS also solicits data from cavers to expand the cave database which can 
> be submitted online here: 
> http://www.texasspeleologicalsurvey.org/data_submit/submit.php
> 
> If you would like to help out the TSS, we are always looking for new 
> volunteers - please contact any Officer or Director for details. For more 
> information on the TSS, visit our website at 
> http://www.texasspeleologicalsurvey.org
> 
> Thanks,
> Joe Mitchell
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[Texascavers] Honey Creek Cavers Facebook Updates Link

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 This just in! A facebook group for hard core Honey Creek Cave 
 fans!https://www.facebook.com/groups/1446350182328915/ (Request to Join!)
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Re: [Texascavers] [TSA Spring Convention Photo Salon]

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Rules: http://www.cavetexas.org/events/photosalon.html

On Apr 18, 2015, at 3:08 PM, Don Arburn via Texascavers 
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 Texas Cavers: now would be a good time for you to gather your spectacular 
 cave photos for submission into the TSA Spring Convention's Annual Photo 
 Salon for perusal by your fellow Cavers. Bring these pictures to me at Cave 
 Without A Name and I will see they are judged fairly.
 
 
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[Texascavers] Honey Creek Cave Dive Results, Jan 2015

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Cavers totaled over 2,000 volunteer hours over the two weekends. 115 cavers 
volunteered to support 4 divers and 42 loads with 98 going in the cave and 17 
surface support.
I want to send a special shout out to those who hauled 2 weekends in a row, to 
our sponsors and to Bennett Lee who made 28 trips from Sump 1 to Camp Awesome! 
Jean Krejca's description of the dive: 
Objective 1: Establish camp B. Done. We leveled two campsites and put up 6 
bolts for three hammocks plus a gear line on the far side of sump 1. This 
advance camp will make it vastly more safe for future exploration.
Objective 2: Familiarize support divers. Done.  Two cave divers, Matt Turner 
and Laura Battle, became the second two people in the world to see the half 
mile of passage (submerged and dry) after sump 1. In addition to setting our 
team up to make future exploration beyond sump 4 possible, this is a huge 
safety factor for all diving operations in the cave.
Objective 3: multi flash still photography. Done. The first ever shots taken at 
sump 1 and beyond. Thanks to underwater flashes loaned by USDCT from Bill 
stone, and the haulers that carefully made this fragile gear arrive safely at 
the sump.
Objective 4: new exploration. Well, this didn't happen. We were ambitious in 
our goals. We realized halfway into our efforts at advancing gear that we had 
about an hour of time savings from last years efforts which were at the limits 
of our capacity. To push the team into that scenario was one of low reward (one 
hour of new exploration) and high risk (no resources at our camp B for dealing 
with exhaustion and hypothermia). We abandoned that objective in favor of 
safety for the team and prep for future efforts.
Hauled both weekends:
Lydia Hernandez (UT)
Bryce Smith (UT)
Matt Zap (UT)
Daniel Rossi (ASS)
Gabby Obkirchner (ASS)
Sami Carley (ASS)
Greg Sullivan (ASS)
Gary Donham (Bexar)
Sponsors:
UT Grotto
Bexar Grotto
DFW Grotto
GHG Grotto
TSA
Stone Aerospace
HAULERS-All
1  Lydia Hernandez-both (UT)
2  Bryce Smith-both   (UT)
3  Matt Zap- both   (UT)
4  Galen Falgout-Jan 24   (UT)
5  Guin McDaid-Jan 24(UT)
6  Bev Shade-Jan 24th  (UT)
7  Joey Fannin-Jan 24  (UT) 
8  Sofia Casini- Jan 24  (UT)
9  Ron Rutheford  (UT)
10Kevin Rutheford  (UT)
11Rich Zarria  (UT)
12Amin Gharabati (UT)
13Colin Strickland (UT)
14Andy (UT)
15Brittany Buchanan-Jan 24 (UT) 
16Clint-Jan 24 (UT)
17Ryan Monjaras-Jan 24 (UT)
18David Ochel-Jan 24 (UT)
19Keenan McDonald-UT grotto
20Devyn Stewart (UT)
21Spencer Ryan West- Jan 24 (UT)
22Carlos Ortega-Jan 24 (UT)
23Jessica Gordon (UT)
24William Quast-Jan 31st (UT)
25Kris Pena-Jan 31 (UT)
26Heather Tuckek-Jan 31 (UT)
27Aubri Jensen, Jan 31st (UT)
28Justin Camp-Jan 31st (UT)
29Andy Edwards-Jan 31 (UT)
30Taylor George- Jan 31 (UT)
31Casey Tucker-Jan 31 (UT)
32Joe Datri-Jan 24 (UT)
33Jeff Nichols (UT)
34Daniel Rossi-both (ASS)
35Gabby Obkirchner-both (ASS)
36Sami Carley-both (ASS)
37Brooke Tolson- Jan 24 (ASS)
38Greg Sullivan-both (ASS)
39James Hunter (ASS)
40Ray Hertl-Jan 24 (GHG)
41Nicole Garcia-Jan 24 (GHG)
42Anh Woodmansee-Jan 24 (GHG)
43Wes Rosenstein-Jan 24 (GHG)
44Tom Sims-Jan 24 (GHG)
45Bryce Lewis (Puppy Lewis' son) (GHG)
46Kendall (Puppy's son's friend) (GHG)
47Evan Strickland-Jan 31st (GHG)
48Amy Morton-31st   (GHG)
49Mallory Mayeux 31st  (GHG)
50Caleb Mayeux-Jan 31st  (GHG)
51Steve Beckwith- Jan 31 (GHG)
52Matt Zaldivar Jan 31 (GHG)
53Kathryn Hutchons-Jan 24  (Sea Aggie)
54Sarah Cline- Jan 24 (Sea Aggie)
55Stefen Pardo-Jan 24  (DFW)
56Susan Darby-Jan 24 (DFW)
57Jake McCloud- Jan 24 (DFW)
58Jacqueline Hawk - Jan 24 (DFW)
59Diego (DFW)- Jan 24
60Bill Steele-Jan 31 (DFW)
61Diana Tomchick-Jan 31  (DFW)
62Richard Thomas-Jan 31  (DFW)
63Janna Charette -Jan 31 (DFW)
64Laura Robertson-Jan 31 (DFW)
65Jessica Smith-  (DFW) Jan 31
66Casey Irocs (DFW)
67Dillon Krauss-Jan 31st (DFW)
68Brian Freyling-Jan 31 (DFW)
69Gary Donham-both (Bexar)
70Chris Lafferty- Jan 24 (Bexar)
71Brandon Stowe- Jan 24--(Bexar Grotto)
72Leia Hill-Jan 24(Bexar)
73Niki Lake, Jan 24 (Bexar)
74Wade McDaniel (Bexar)
75Kim Hartzog- Jan 31  (Bexar)
76Michelle Smith-Jan  31   (Bexar)
77Pam Campbell-Jan 31  (Bexar)
78Michael Cicherski -Jan 31   (Bexar)
79Ted Lee -Jan 31   (Bexar)
80Bennet Lee- Jan 31   (Bexar)
81Jess Buckles (Bexar)
82Berna Flehmer (Bexar)
83Tom Rogers (Bexar)
84Arron