I would like to offer an idea. At many resale or thrift stores, they sell cotton work overalls for around $ 9.
Instead of spending a lot of time and money doing WNS decon, why not just buy some of these overalls, and give each caver one for each cave they visit. Or maybe someone could offer them for sale at ICS ? After the convention, someone can take them all to a big laundromat and then donate the overalls back to the store, or try to sell them as convention souvenirs. After all, most cavers up north are not be accustomed to caving in cotton work overalls, and may not own a pair. I think I could easily round up about 30 pairs of these overalls, but I don't have the $ 350 it would cost to do that, and that would only make a small dent in the number needed. And, Of course that still would not decon the cave pack, boots, gear, etc. Another idea would just be to cave naked or in just your bathing suit. That would simply decon procedures. Below are just some related opinions, Personally, I think we should encourage other fun activities to occupy the ICS attendees, like taking them to some good swimming holes. I would also like to add that hundreds of the ICS attendees go caving year round, and they spend the convention giving presentations, watching their colleagues presentations and socializing and planning future trips. I bet over a hundred cavers there will not have the time to cave. Caving in Texas in July is almost as bad as August. David Locklear caver in Fort Bend County --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
