Hey all,
It's that time of year again. Spring is just around the corner and it's time to
start preparing for it. I for one have tilled my garden and am eagerly awaiting
the guano gathering. I also want to get some more chickens to diversify my
flock. I know many people have been interested in
Cavers,
There is a scheduled second Wednesday work session of the Texas
Speleological Survey tomorrow, January 9th, at the JJ Pickle Research
Center on Burnet Road north of highway 183. We will file exchange
copies of newsletters from all over the country and continue to
update electronic
We just made it back to Denver, after a great time in the 'Bend. Not enough
time with Blair, and on the way past the Placitas Exit on I-25 after visiting
son Craig in Albujerkey, we thought of Pete and Karen and your new abode.
Accomplished several important things with our squat north of Agua
Thank you Carl!
What I did - I busted another piggy bank. I found a 1 ton diesel 4x4 for
$100/day and 200 free daily miles.
I thought about 2 trips too (Gille) but time is in the essence. Time to mop
this operation up!
And I will be making another trip when I drive to Blazer to Austin - WHICH
tod
Just want to throw a challenge to those attending the January meeting at CBSP.
While Jim has tackled Lost Petzl system, Mark and I have tackled Gorman Creek
Crevice (and lots of smaller ones), and frequently sized cave remains to be
surveyed and high-grade map to be generated. Lemons Ranch Ca
The Gorman Falls part of Colorado Bend SP has been opened to the public - that
is hikers park at the large gate leading to Gorman Falls property, and hike
down on the road to the Gorman Falls - and this practice will continue in the
future. If anyone is driving down to the conference center, j
TSA Winter Meeting at Colorado Bend State Park project weekend is up on
Come help locate, survey, and produce maps of all the caves on the 5400+ acre
property. By last count, there are about 400 caves and karst features in the
park, and no doubt many more that still have not been found. I -
They may have been "seconds".
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From: Minton, Mark [mailto:mmin...@nmhu.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 1:40 PM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: [Texascavers] RE: Mammoth Cave Twists--2 chew
Preston said:
>I noticed Mammoth Cave Twists for sale. Imagine that
Preston said:
I noticed Mammoth Cave Twists for sale. Imagine that! I bought one for $2.09
including tax.
Ha! They're cheaper here in Virginia. I just bought two to send to a
friend, and paid only $1.59 apiece for them.
Mark Minton
Oops - a sentence run-on and accidental edit delete - there at the next to
last paragraph.
What I meant to say was that when I towed it up here "empty" there was no
control problem. Now, too much weight on the 1800lb trailer seems to be
significant. Too much tongue weight - even with the distrib
Wow - It's been weeks of putting together a "push" to move belongings to
Austin from Frisco.
I hooked up electric trailer brakes, fitted a distribution load hitch and
even changed the transmission filter/fluid in my S-10 Blazer to make this
sojourn happen.
Unfortunately - plans settle into the tree
As Rafal posted here a couple of weeks ago, Keith Heuss and my daughter
and I have volunteered to help escort 2 groups of 15 Girl Scouts through
Gorman Cave and
a couple of other caves on the 19th.
We could use a little more help.
If you're interested, please contact either Keith or me offline
Cave Bear researchers announced yesterday that the
furry critters were just as omnivorous as modern day
bears.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080107181603.htm
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In this month's issue of Current Biology,
Researcher Richard Borowsky claims that troglobitic animals give
birth 39 percent of the time to animals with signs of "developing" vision.
I am guessing he is trying to say that the evolution of lost eyesight
in troglobitic animals is independent of the
I went in the local giant discount store the other day and while checking
out I noticed Mammoth Cave Twists for sale. Imagine that! I bought one for
$2.09 including tax. I have no plans to remove the plastic wrapper. It is a
novelty item to add to my MaCa collection of important stuff. If anyone
Mary Thiesse wrote: When I was there in 1988 they told the same story to the
English speaking groups and the Slovenians, however, the same story was not
told to the German group. I was with people that were listening to each of the
different tours. Does that mean it didn't happen? Or they just
Louise wrote>
>During the tour the guide told our group a story that during WWII, the Germans
>headquartered in the nearby castle and stored their ammunition in the entry
>way of the cave. The story further went that partisans came into the cave
>through another entrance and blew up the ammuni
We probably have one that hasn't been discovered yet. Jean, where are
you?
Fritz
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From: Gill Ediger [mailto:gi...@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 7:40 AM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: [Texascavers] POSTOJNA JAMA two
OK, everybody, here's wha
I've been doing that for a couple of years, but never found the part about the
petrol explosion. That's why I put the question out there. Mark Minton gave me
a couple of actual book references. Apparently not everything is out in the
ether yet. > Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 08:39:57 -0500> To:
texas
Paul, Gill,
While I never chewed or dipped, I had a Grandfather that did. John Holt,
who died at 72 in the late 40's, was born and lived on the family farm
about four miles from Kilgore. He was never without his Mail Pouch
shredded chewing tobacco. He was a quiet, wry old man who didn't talk
much b
Sleaze,
What a great re-telling of this interesting episode. If you haven't
written a book about your various adventures you should do so while the
memories are still fresh.
I was fortunate with my one time encounter with a live Javelina. The
mother had gone ahead into the brush of a small ravine
I spoke to Kara this morning. She went to the doctor yesterday and got some
good drugs. Some friends are helping out and she is feeling much better.
Kara Savvas wrote: I find it difficult to ask people
to go out of their way for me, but here goes.
As you may know, Charley is overseas and
Nico,
Howdy Y'all?? Nico, we need to work on you English.
I'd gladly take you to Airman's just to see you try?to get through the keyhole,
but?my arm is still recouping from surgery so crawling is out.? Besides I know
you have never understood (nor want to) why some of us actually like airman's.
OK, everybody, here's what I want you to do. Just plug Postojna Jama
into your search engine and hit enter. There are many hits, most of
them interesting, which should offer an hour or two's worth of
reading and looking--LOTS of NICE pictures. I didn't get very far
into the history part but I'm
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