[Texascavers] UT Grotto Meeting - Web Feb 1
Howdy Caver, You are invited to the UT Grotto Meeting in Room 2.48 Painter Hall - Wed Feb 1, 2012 7:45 - 9:00 PM Come out for Elections where you can contribute to something really cool and help to make a difference. Every position is open where majority vote can elevate you to officer status. As always, it is guaranteed fun and fellowship with Austin Texas Cavers. Bill Stone will present the Program for the evening as: Recent Explorations in Hellhole Cave, West Virginia Hellhole Cave and Schoolhouse Cave, located in Germany Valley, Pendleton County, West Virginia are historic east coast U.S. vertical caves that have lore dating back to the earliest days of the National Speleological Society, to a time when vertical caving techniques consisted of body rappeling and climbing out via cable ladder. They are described vividly in early books on caving, notably in Halliday's Depths of the Earth. Schoolhouse was made into the substance of legend in Tom Culverwell's famous carbon sketches (still available at Amazon ! ) which depict bold explorers in Jules Vernian settings. Despite all the early attention both caves remained relatively short, but highly technical. Hellhole had a 55m spectacular freefall entrance drop and led to approximately 2 kilometers of very large, bat-harboring tunnels. Perseverance Dome -- potentially in excess of 120m high, has been discovered at the southern exploration limit. Vickie Siegel and Bill Stone have participated in many camps in Hellhole and have just returned from a 4 day Christmas climbing push to Perseverance Dome. The talk will provide a general history of Hellhole exploration with a focus on the climbing of the highestdomes in the system. Before the meeting, take advantage of Sao Paulo www.saopaulos.net for happy hour specials. This area is the best place to park and meet folks walking over to the meeting. Then after the official meeting, we continue with the decades long tradition to reconvene for burgers, beer, and tall tales of caving at Posse East. www.posse-east.com The UT Grotto needs you, YES YOU !!!, the caver with photos and a story to share about your adventures, scientific research, or something else really cool. Contact me. Sincerely, Gary Franklin UT Grotto Vice Chair Program Organizer 512-585-6057 vice@utgrotto.org
[Texascavers] UT Grotto Meeting - Web Feb 1
Howdy Caver, You are invited to the UT Grotto Meeting in Room 2.48 Painter Hall - Wed Feb 1, 2012 7:45 - 9:00 PM Come out for Elections where you can contribute to something really cool and help to make a difference. Every position is open where majority vote can elevate you to officer status. As always, it is guaranteed fun and fellowship with Austin Texas Cavers. Bill Stone will present the Program for the evening as: Recent Explorations in Hellhole Cave, West Virginia Hellhole Cave and Schoolhouse Cave, located in Germany Valley, Pendleton County, West Virginia are historic east coast U.S. vertical caves that have lore dating back to the earliest days of the National Speleological Society, to a time when vertical caving techniques consisted of body rappeling and climbing out via cable ladder. They are described vividly in early books on caving, notably in Halliday's Depths of the Earth. Schoolhouse was made into the substance of legend in Tom Culverwell's famous carbon sketches (still available at Amazon ! ) which depict bold explorers in Jules Vernian settings. Despite all the early attention both caves remained relatively short, but highly technical. Hellhole had a 55m spectacular freefall entrance drop and led to approximately 2 kilometers of very large, bat-harboring tunnels. Perseverance Dome -- potentially in excess of 120m high, has been discovered at the southern exploration limit. Vickie Siegel and Bill Stone have participated in many camps in Hellhole and have just returned from a 4 day Christmas climbing push to Perseverance Dome. The talk will provide a general history of Hellhole exploration with a focus on the climbing of the highestdomes in the system. Before the meeting, take advantage of Sao Paulo www.saopaulos.net for happy hour specials. This area is the best place to park and meet folks walking over to the meeting. Then after the official meeting, we continue with the decades long tradition to reconvene for burgers, beer, and tall tales of caving at Posse East. www.posse-east.com The UT Grotto needs you, YES YOU !!!, the caver with photos and a story to share about your adventures, scientific research, or something else really cool. Contact me. Sincerely, Gary Franklin UT Grotto Vice Chair Program Organizer 512-585-6057 vice@utgrotto.org
[Texascavers] UT Grotto Meeting - Web Feb 1
Howdy Caver, You are invited to the UT Grotto Meeting in Room 2.48 Painter Hall - Wed Feb 1, 2012 7:45 - 9:00 PM Come out for Elections where you can contribute to something really cool and help to make a difference. Every position is open where majority vote can elevate you to officer status. As always, it is guaranteed fun and fellowship with Austin Texas Cavers. Bill Stone will present the Program for the evening as: Recent Explorations in Hellhole Cave, West Virginia Hellhole Cave and Schoolhouse Cave, located in Germany Valley, Pendleton County, West Virginia are historic east coast U.S. vertical caves that have lore dating back to the earliest days of the National Speleological Society, to a time when vertical caving techniques consisted of body rappeling and climbing out via cable ladder. They are described vividly in early books on caving, notably in Halliday's Depths of the Earth. Schoolhouse was made into the substance of legend in Tom Culverwell's famous carbon sketches (still available at Amazon ! ) which depict bold explorers in Jules Vernian settings. Despite all the early attention both caves remained relatively short, but highly technical. Hellhole had a 55m spectacular freefall entrance drop and led to approximately 2 kilometers of very large, bat-harboring tunnels. Perseverance Dome -- potentially in excess of 120m high, has been discovered at the southern exploration limit. Vickie Siegel and Bill Stone have participated in many camps in Hellhole and have just returned from a 4 day Christmas climbing push to Perseverance Dome. The talk will provide a general history of Hellhole exploration with a focus on the climbing of the highestdomes in the system. Before the meeting, take advantage of Sao Paulo www.saopaulos.net for happy hour specials. This area is the best place to park and meet folks walking over to the meeting. Then after the official meeting, we continue with the decades long tradition to reconvene for burgers, beer, and tall tales of caving at Posse East. www.posse-east.com The UT Grotto needs you, YES YOU !!!, the caver with photos and a story to share about your adventures, scientific research, or something else really cool. Contact me. Sincerely, Gary Franklin UT Grotto Vice Chair Program Organizer 512-585-6057 vice@utgrotto.org
