[Texascavers] More on Mars Pits

2007-11-29 Thread speleosteele
>From TagNet: More on Mars Pits By: Bill Deane (Knoxville, Tennessee) Here is a short, but up-to-date web article that discusses the "Seven Sister Caves" recently found on Mars. They have all been named. I guess these are the first entries for the Mars Cave Survey (MCS). http://spa

Re: [Texascavers] First Annual Conference of Creation Geologists

2007-11-29 Thread Geary Schindel
Diana, Thanks for the link, it was quite good. BYW, I just finished listening to NPR which had a very nice segment on genetic diversity, global warming, and evolution. Great stuff. Geary - Original Message - From: "Diana Tomchick" To: "John P Brooks" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, November

[Texascavers] Santa Elena Canyon

2007-11-29 Thread dirtdoc
> My daughters and I and a couple of old friends are planning to make a > float trip through Santa Elena Canyon in April, 2008. I keep contact with the Big Bend, and in fact are heading down to Terlingua for the rest of the year next week. Be warned that the Mexicans have returned the favor we

RE: [Texascavers] RE: Liability release

2007-11-29 Thread Geary Schindel
Butch and Mark, Thanks for the great response. Also, very nice web site. Geary -Original Message- From: Butch Fralia [mailto:cave...@charter.net] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 3:34 PM To: 'Minton, Mark'; 'txcaver' Subject: RE: [Texascavers] RE: Liability release If

[Texascavers] RE: Liability release

2007-11-29 Thread Minton, Mark
Butch, >If it makes more sense to you under support, it makes more sense to me The main reason I said the liability release form seemed like it belonged under Projects is because it has projects in the URL, same as most of the other URLs under Projects:

RE: [Texascavers] RE: Liability release

2007-11-29 Thread Butch Fralia
If it makes more sense to you under support, it makes more sense to me (I've got to admit, I never thought about it). Now it's under both support (because that's always where it's been) and projects. The menu selection is changed to project support as well. There's also a link on the main pro

[Texascavers] RE: Liability release

2007-11-29 Thread Minton, Mark
Geary, >I was under the impression that there was a standard cave liability release >from on the TSA web page. Does anyone know where I can find it on the web >page or if they have standard release form. Go to the Support page under Services,

RE: [Texascavers] RE: (OT) El Paso: West Texas Character

2007-11-29 Thread Louise Power
Hi Fritz, Better do your trip quickly before the fence goes up and you won't be able to get out of the river at all before you reach the Gulf of Mexico! Louise Subject: RE: [Texascavers] RE: (OT) El Paso: West Texas CharacterDate: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:46:44 -0600From: fholt@townandcountryi

[Texascavers] Update on the D3

2007-11-29 Thread Mark Passerby
Update on the D3. I will have one shortly as well and be using it. The Distoâ„¢ D3 should hit North America the first week of December "07. It will be available at http://www.laserstreet.com/leica-disto-d3.htm with a price of $349 USD. Don't forget your group code "cavers". Updated specs from th

[Texascavers] XO Laptop--Therion? other software?

2007-11-29 Thread Mark Passerby
The question was asked on another Board and not answered yet...but would the XO Laptop have any application possibilities for cave survey software? The current Donate one get one offer(valid till end of year) with a year of T-Mobile wifi hotspot service and a tax write-off is a great opportunity to

[Texascavers] Liability release

2007-11-29 Thread Geary Schindel
I was under the impression that there was a standard cave liability release from on the TSA web page. Does anyone know where I can find it on the web page or if they have standard release form. Thanks, Geary

RE: [Texascavers] RE: (OT) El Paso: West Texas Character

2007-11-29 Thread Fritz Holt
If the tradition has been kept alive, The Trading Post should be on John Henry, the beer swilling goat, number III or IV by now. My last trip to Big Bend and Lajitas was in early 1998, before 9-11 and the closing of all of the quaint, friendly, unofficial border crossings where one could wade the