Howdy Caver,
You are cordially invited to attend the Underground Texas Grotto meeting on Wednesday Deecember 15, 2010. This will be the last offical meeting of the year. Turn off the television, get away from the house, and spend your evening with some Austin cavers. The meeting is on Wednesday from 7:45 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. University of Texas Campus in 2.48 Painter Hall NOTE: THE ROOM NUMBER CHANGE to 2.48 PAI http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/pai.html Jim Kennedy will present the Program for the evening "The National Caves Association convention and some California caves" Jim was recently invited to join the NCA --- which represents the show cave operators in the U.S. --- at their annual convention in Murphys, California. He discussed White Nose Syndrome and how the show caves can help educate the public and raise money for critical research. During the conference, he was able to participate in field trips to four very interesting local show caves, Mercer Caverns, California Caverns, Black Chasm Cavern, and Moaning Cavern. At the latter, he even had a chance to take a couple of rides on their twin 1500' (458m) zip line. Come check out what the Austin cavers have been doing. For information on Underground Texas Grotto activities, please see www.utgrotto.org All of our information including officer contact info, trips reports, new caver training, event calendar, and posting links to beginner trips or vertical rope training are available. Before the meetings, some may meet at Sao Paulo www.saopaulos.net for a happy hour special. 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, the caver with photos and a story to share about your adventures, scientific research, or something else really cool. Contact Gary v...@utgrotto.org SIncerely. Gary Franklin UT Grotto VIce-Chair and Program Organizer 512-585-6057 caver.g...@gmail.com
