[Texascavers] Looking for London Caving Contact

2008-01-27 Thread Matt Turner
I'm pretty sure they're not on the list, but I'm also pretty sure somone here has some contacts for caving in the London area. Anyhow I just found out on friday that I'll be flying into london, for business, late on the 3rd and will have the 4th and possibly the 7th to do whatever I like. This

[Texascavers] RE: Mexico Cave Rescue

2008-01-27 Thread Minton, Mark
Below is the latest word from Yvonne on the rescue in Mexico. We also now know where some of the confusion about whether the cavers were French or Belgian comes from. Apparently Guy and Arthur live in France. Arthur's mother may be French. He may even be a dual citizen. Mark Minton A

[Texascavers] End of rescue operations

2008-01-27 Thread Antonio Aguirre Alvarez
Today, at 1300 hrs, the cave was derigged. The rescue team leave the area at 1400 hrs and are driving back. So, our rescue operations officially finished at this time. Just waiting that the personel confirm they are safe in their home. ThankĀ“s all for keeped in touch ___

[Texascavers] FW: Pseudo Archeology on the Discovery Channel

2008-01-27 Thread John P. Brooks
Hello All - We watched the Bone Detective program about Maya burial caves in Belize (Midnight Terror, Actun Tunichil Muknal and a shelter cave near Caves Branch) on the Discovery Channel and were appalled by the destruction of a stalagmite, the lack of respect for the caves and their contents a

[NMCAVER] Cave Rescue in Mexico

2008-01-27 Thread Steve Peerman
This website discusses the rescue: http://www.pr-inside.com/mexican-team-completes-successful-rescue- r406355.htm Steve Peerman "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe ha

[ot_caving] Robo moth

2008-01-27 Thread quinta
Interesting but I expect a loud scream from PETA. Also I am not sure I want my computer hooked up to me even if my hands would work better that way. http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/52005/scientists-build-a-robo-moth Higgins envisions a future where computers combine living and non-living co