[Texascavers] Help a caver

2007-09-25 Thread speleosteele
From TagNet this morning: I summon the help of all cavers! By: Ted Lord (Athens, Georgia) tedwi...@juno.com My name is Ted Lord. I am vice chair of A.S.S. (Athens, GA grotto) I play in a band called Joker. There is a nation-wide competition sponsored by a new Vodka brand

[Texascavers] Fwd: Informational: Texas Memorial Museum reopens Sunday, Sept. 30

2007-09-25 Thread Katherine Arens
Delivered-To: k.ar...@mail.utexas.edu Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:58:13 -0500 From: Margaret Fischer mfisc...@mail.utexas.edu Subject: Informational: Texas Memorial Museum reopens Sunday, Sept. 30 To: GroupMail distribution: A1481CCB8DA8C86A0E: ; -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- TEXAS MEMORIAL

Re: [Texascavers] RE: Above ground cavers

2007-09-25 Thread Quinta
Thank you Louise for defending disabled cavers - me for one. I would rather be crawling but sure can not do any more. I miss it very much and this list sure helps. Quinta Wilkinson - Original Message - From: Louise Power To: mmin...@nmhu.edu ; Texascavers@texascavers.com Sent:

[Texascavers] RE: Above ground cavers

2007-09-25 Thread Minton, Mark
Gee Mark, maybe we're just disabled cavers who would like to go but can't. Maybe we should just shoot ourselves since, apparently, if you can't go caving, life just isn't worth living. Thank you Louise for defending disabled cavers - me for one. Sorry, I was not intending to discredit

Re: [Texascavers] RE: Above ground cavers

2007-09-25 Thread Quinta
It is easy to say things with out thinking - I have and do it often myself. Sure would like to go back to Devils Sinkhole!!! sigh Quinta From: Minton, Mark To: Texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:21 AM Subject: [Texascavers] RE: Above ground cavers

RE: [Texascavers] RE: Above ground cavers

2007-09-25 Thread Fritz Holt
SO WOULD I. Fritz _ From: Quinta [mailto:qui...@clearwire.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 3:02 PM To: Minton, Mark; Texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] RE: Above ground cavers It is easy to say things with out thinking - I have and do it often myself.

[Texascavers] above ground caving vs. virtual reality caving

2007-09-25 Thread Diana Tomchick
All this talk about other-than-underground caving reminds me of an incident that occurred a few weeks ago. Will Harris, Bill Steele and I took a group of four young women from the Metroplex to Austin to introduce them to underground caving. BTW, many thanks to Julie Jenkins and the TCMA

Re: [Texascavers] above ground caving vs. virtual reality caving

2007-09-25 Thread Quinta
They started a bookcrossing group on second life so start a caving group. I did not join the bookcrossing second life as I spend the time reading. Quinta - Original Message - From: Diana Tomchick diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu To: CaveTex texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Tuesday,

[Texascavers] Robber Baron Workday - Sat, Oct 6

2007-09-25 Thread Joe Mitchell
Its fall and will hopefully be cooling off soon which means its time to start up the monthly Robber Baron work days again! A great deal has been accomplished by many, many volunteers over the last few years and now I think the end of the project can be glimpsed off in the distance ... but

[Texascavers] OT - LED's in projection TV's

2007-09-25 Thread David Locklear
This post is caving related because cavers are eventually going to want to watch their HD caving videos on a big high-definition screen. I saw a Samsung TV in the store today that uses LED's for its projection source. The advantage being longer lasting bulbs, no moving parts, and less

[Texascavers] Government Canyon Karst Project

2007-09-25 Thread Marvin Lisa
The dates for the rest of the year for the Government Canyon Karst Survey Project are as follows: October 28 November 17, 18 December 16 Ridgewalking, digging leads, and surveying caves are all on the agenda. Camping is available. Contact me for details. Directions to the gate

[Texascavers] TCMA Members Meeting

2007-09-25 Thread Linda Palit
Greetings, Cavers, I would like to announce that a TCMA members meeting will be held at TCR on Sunday morning, tentatively at 9:30 am. TCMA is anxious to pay off the Deep and Punkin Preserve, and to find new properties for development and management. More details to follow! It will