Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Cavers
We’ve all used it, lots of cluster references regarding caves, speleothems, and cavers! … a cluster of cavers. Val Val Hildreth-Werker Conservation Division Joint Chief National Speleological Society caves.org/conservaton/ valhildrethwer...@caves.org On Apr 23, 2021, at 9:11 PM, Lee H. Skinner wrote: We now have a dozen creative entries (maybe more from Texas as I just get the daily digest every morning): BreakdownKatherine Arens CaveatPenny Boston Cavalcade Steve Peerman Cascade George Veni ClumpMimi Jasek Clunk Jerry Atkinson Column Lee Skinner Descent Kathy Peerman Formation John Cochran Giggle Jerry Atkinson PackMike Mansur Stash Linda Starr Lee On 4/23/2021 8:48 PM, John Cochran wrote: > > it is obviously a "formation" of cavers > > cheers > John > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 6:50 PM Linda Starr <mailto:lstarr...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Cavalcade is too hard to say, though I like the alliteration. How about one > syllable? It’s a bit too militaristic. > Linda Starr 😉 > > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 5:51 PM Steve Peerman <mailto:gypca...@comcast.net>> wrote: > Lee, > In order to preserve the alliteration, how about a “cavalcade” of > cavers? > > >> On Apr 23, 2021, at 5:34 PM, Lee H. Skinner > <mailto:skin...@thuntek.net>> wrote: >> >> What do you call a collection of cavers? There are gaggles of geese, pods >> of whales and murders of crows. What term would do justice to the special >> nature of cavers? I once suggested a column of cavers, as cave teams >> usually go single-file when traversing (especially well protected) cave >> passages. Does anyone have a better idea? >> >> >> >> Lee Skinner >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to swrcavers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:swrcavers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/d8d526ce-4793-98a1-bb2e-7b1fbbe29ee3%40thuntek.net >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/d8d526ce-4793-98a1-bb2e-7b1fbbe29ee3%40thuntek.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > Steve Peerman > gypca...@comcast.net <mailto:gypca...@comcast.net> > > "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't > do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the > safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." > attributed to Mark Twain, but no record exists of his having written this. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to swrcavers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:swrcavers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/92C39F4F-5CED-48DC-8BBA-4F758DA97B44%40comcast.net > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/92C39F4F-5CED-48DC-8BBA-4F758DA97B44%40comcast.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to swrcavers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:swrcavers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/CAN_2HoFAxq5FQOTCjknnkk3QEy%3D%2B13LW3HJNCg7UYx1kjrVHBA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/CAN_2HoFAxq5FQOTCjknnkk3QEy%3D%2B13LW3HJNCg7UYx1kjrVHBA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ 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] Help protect the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone
Done. Super quick & easy to get your vote in for the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance! - Val Hildreth-Werker On Oct 7, 2020, at 3:07 PM, Crash Kennedy wrote: The San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance promotes purchasing environmentally sensitive land around San Marcos to protect the land by making it parkland with a greenbelt trail system. This land is mostly aquifer recharge zone. Please consider helping them get this funding. See Below an excerpt from their newsletter: Take 10 seconds (no joke) to help the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance! The winner of this national voting process will receive $50,000 for their organization! This money will be used to expand and improve the local natural areas and trails. Sherwood is a founding member of the Greenbelt Alliance and has done so much for the community of San Marcos. We can’t thank him enough. Go Sherwood Go!!! You can vote once from any email address by October 15th. https://www.coxconservesheroes.com/vote <https://www.coxconservesheroes.com/vote> ___ 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] June 6 2019 is William H. Russell Austin Cave Heritage Day
Good on y'all, Texans! Thank you Justin, et al. A fitting Memorial to a great caver who gave so much … A fitting and great accomplishment for cave/karst awareness! Val Hildreth-Werker & Jim C. Werker NSS Conservation Division Chiefs PO Box 207, Cuna Cueva Hwy 27 Hillsboro, NM 88042 Val mobile: +1 575-740-0186 caves.org/conservation/ On Jun 3, 2019, at 10:04 AM, PRESTON FORSYTHE wrote: Yes, thanks to Justin for this work Honoring Bill Russell. A very fitting Memorial to a great caver. Preston Forsythe, KY Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android <https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature> On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 10:11 AM, George Veni wrote: ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com <http://texascavers.com/> Texascavers@texascavers.com <mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com> | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ <http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers <http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers> ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Graffiti Removal - Peer Reviewed & Accepted Policies / Procedures
Bob and Texas Cavers, Are you aware of our book, Cave Conservation and Restoration? The text presents 46 different speleologists as contributors and all content is peer-reviewed. The book continues to define state-of-the-art current best practices in cave conservation, management, restoration, and repair … including several chapters on various aspects of inventory and ID of historic and cultural markings, project planning and documentation, as well as cave-safe, habitat friendly techniques for removing contemporary graffiti. Hildreth-Werker V, Werker JC, editors. 2006. Cave Conservation and Restoration. Huntsville, Alabama: National Speleological Society. xiv+ 600 p. [For every decision related to a cave, the foremost concern should be the perpetuation of speleological processes, values, and resources. Contains a wealth of detail from 46 contributors describing tools and methods for cave conservation, restoration, and speleothem repair.] ISBN 1-879961-15-6 Available through the NSS bookstore, Speleobooks, Amazon, and other book vendors. (The volume was honored by the NSS and Australia with several awards.) After you peruse the pages, please feel free to contact us with questions for specific substrates and situations. Find our phone numbers below. Thank you for putting forth your question! Cave safely … cave soflty, Jim & Val Val Hildreth-Werker & Jim C. Werker NSS Conservation Division Chiefs PO Box 207, Cuna Cueva Hwy 27 Hillsboro, NM 88042 home: 575-895-5050 cell: 575-740-0186 jimwer...@zianet.com we...@cunacueva.com www.caves.org/committee/conservation/ we...@zianet.com On Mar 12, 2017, at 1:06 PM, Pete Lindsley wrote: FYI Begin forwarded message: From: Robert B mailto:robert.c.b1...@gmail.com>> Date: March 12, 2017 9:33:28 AM MDT To: Texascavers@texascavers.com <mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com> Subject: [Texascavers] Graffiti Removal - Peer Reviewed & Accepted Policies / Procedures Reply-To: texascavers@texascavers.com <mailto:texascavers@texascavers.com> Can anybody point me in the right direction to find any Policies and Procedures regarding Graffiti removal in caves. I have searched the NSS website with no luck. The best I could find is... https://caves.org/committee/conservation/restoration.shtml <https://caves.org/committee/conservation/restoration.shtml> There are times when landowners & local or state Govts might come to the Texas caving community (TSA - TCMA - TSS or the many Grottos) to request our help with graffiti in their caves. I would like to have information to give to them and if possible offer assistance on removing the graffiti in a manner that has been tried, tested and works best for the cave environment. Regards Rob Bisset TSA Chairman - chair...@cavetexas.org <mailto:chair...@cavetexas.org> ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com <http://texascavers.com/> Texascavers@texascavers.com <mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com> | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ <http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers <http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers> ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
