RE: [Texascavers] OT - recent mountain climbing news

Unfortunately that'd mean more idiots on the pristine mountains we'd rather they weren't on! I guess there is a reason for... [...cut...] -Original Message- From: David Locklear [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] We don't need population control - we just need more mountain climbers. --

[Texascavers] RE: A caving trip to Picorete

Ediger said: >The original was in Spanish but since most of you aren't totally fluent in >that language and would miss some of the subtle nuances I have taken the >liberty of having Google do a translation. Uh, would you please post the original Spanish. That translation is rather

[Texascavers] OT - recent mountain climbing news

An Austrian climber claimed last week, that he climbed the himalayan peak - Cho Oyu in just 15 hours 6 minutes from base camp. ttp://www.everestnews.com/stories2007/pictures/ChristianStangl1.JPG He climbed in the night. Last week, while we were all carefully watching Britney Spears escapades;

[Texascavers] Garage Sale, hoorah!

- Original message -- From: "David Locklear" > That was a nice compliment: however, I can't take any credit for inventing the > garage sale. > Many organizations raise money this way.It goes back to the ancient times: Indeed, Hadrian's secretary and noted Roman au

[Texascavers] A caving trip to Picorete

Here is a trip report by Ramon Godina about a trip we took to El Picorete one weekend after Peter Sprouse presented a talk to the Monterrey cavers. The original was in Spanish but since most of you aren't totally fluent in that language and would miss some of the subtle nuances I have taken the

[Texascavers] RE: Earth Science--new canyon more

Ediger said: >There was a news article on the Netscape homepage yesterday. This is probably it: . It says public tours began last weekend, but they're already booked for 6 months! Mark M

[Texascavers] Re: Garage Sale

That was a nice compliment: however, I can't take any credit for inventing the garage sale. Many organizations raise money this way.It goes back to the ancient times: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazaar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yard_sale In my opinion, any object or gadget that generate

[Texascavers] Jumpin in a Cave hands

That is (by their sides, I mean) the normal place for them, isn't it? --Ediger -- Original message -- From: "Don Cooper" > I wonder why they're all running with their hands at their sides? > -WV

[Texascavers] Earth Science--new canyon more

There was a news article on the Netscape homepage yesterday. I was in a hurry and didn't get a chance to mark it. And don't have time to look it back up now, but it ought to still be there if anybody has time to do a search. --Ediger

[Texascavers] Fw: Article about Andrew/Snowy River

- Original Message - From: Tony Grieco To: ca...@caver.net Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 4:55 PM Subject: Article about Andrew/Snowy River http://www.nmt.edu/mainpage/news/2007/20aug02.html

[Texascavers] Fw: Caving

I replied to them with the NSS Web site and the TSA web site and the SWR web site... Thanks, Bill - Original Message - From: scotland...@netzero.net To: webmas...@caver.net Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 3:44 PM Subject: Caving Hi! I hope this isn't a repeat message; my other email

RE: [Texascavers] TCMA's TCR Garage Sale

Sounds great to me! Thanks. -Original Message- From: Katherine Arens [mailto:k.ar...@mail.utexas.edu] Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 5:27 PM To: Linda Palit Subject: Re: [Texascavers] TCMA's TCR Garage Sale I'm assuming that good stuff will work in any form. I have a two=unit c

[Texascavers] 1000m+ in Tianxing (China)

Hi, From a recent email sent by Erin Lynch: "The last couple of weeks have gone really well in Tianxing. After a discouraging start to their camp, Dunks and Rob Eavis pulled off the long-sought-after Qikeng - Dongba connection. They were pushing a lead near 4pm is the New Dawn, and on the very l

RE: [Texascavers] Jumpin in a Cave commercial

They have probably been watching too much "Boston Legal". _ From: Don Cooper [mailto:wavyca...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 3:07 PM To: Mark Passerby Cc: texas cavers Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Jumpin in a Cave commercial Oddly Cool! I wonder why they're all running

[Texascavers] RE: Jumpin in a Cave commercial

Don Cooper said: >I wonder why they're all running with their hands at their sides? Lemmings! Mark Minton

Re: [Texascavers] Jumpin in a Cave commercial

Oddly Cool! I wonder why they're all running with their hands at their sides? -WV On 10/6/07, Mark Passerby wrote: > > :) http://www.cavediggers.com/thehole.html > > -- > Mark Passerby > Cavediggers.com >

[Texascavers] TCMA's TCR Garage Sale

TCMA will replace its silent auction at TCR with a Garage Sale - a la David Locklear style. David said he could not put a garage sale on this year due to uncertain work commitments, so we will be taking on the task. David promises to come by, hopefully with some LED lights, if he makes it out thi

RE: [Texascavers] Earth Science

This is a most interesting area. I wish that the picture showed the dam in connection with the cut. Around 1980, my Dad and I walked across the Lake Medina Dam from east to west after some of the hardest rains and flooding in the area. At the western end there was a solid rock emergency spillway to

[Texascavers] TSS work session

Supporters and cavers, There will be a work session at the Texas Speleological Survey office on the JJ Pickle Research Campus this Wednesday October 10, beginning around 5pm. We have been painting the big room and now need to move tables, books, computers, etc. back into position. Please come a

RE: [Texascavers] TCR?

Invite all mosquitoes, whether registered or not, to join me and feel free to dine on any TSA members who are not current in their dues. Count Dracula (also a geezer) -Original Message- From: Bill Bentley [mailto:ca...@caver.net] Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 2:00 PM To: Texascavers@texa

Re: [Texascavers] OT - computer news ( Vista )

If you have your windows update set to automatic (and depending on the settings you choose) you already have all of the updated patches, if not then just manually start windows update. It's simple, automatic, and almost fool-proof.  A remember the days when MS bug fixes were over a year apa