[Texascavers] Pycckii Cave story on BBC.

2008-04-01 Thread Ted Samsel
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7323895.stm Ochen kharasho... T. http://home.infionline.net/~tbsamsel/ - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For addi

[Texascavers] TSA Convention , April 5th, is this weekend! No foolin'!

2008-04-01 Thread mark . alman
Calling All Cavers! It is only a paltry four days away and it's time to collect them beer cans to purchase and or siphon some gas to get you down to Kerrville for the 2008 TSA Convention! What better way to welcome Spring to Texas by enjoying it in the beautiful Hill Country and enjoying

[Texascavers] Old Bones from Wisconsin Cave

2008-04-01 Thread Minton, Mark
  It's surprising that they couldn't pin down the size of the animal better; bats and woodchucks are pretty different!  I also like the description of how flowstone got into the cave.  :-)   Mark Minton   Ancient bones found in Wisconsin cave Bones have been dated to between 5,600 and 5,800 year

[Texascavers] FW: Distingished Lecture Series - Dr. Art Palmer to speak on May 1 in San Antonio

2008-04-01 Thread Geary Schindel
Folks, It is with great pleasure that I announce that Dr. Arthur Palmer will be the Edwards Aquifer Authority's Distinguished Lecturer this spring. The lecture will be held on May 1, 2008 at the conference room at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas and will run from 9:00 AM

[Texascavers] Punkin Cave survey trip results

2008-04-01 Thread Jim Kennedy
This past weekend saw another very successful survey trip to TCMA's Punkin Cave, in Edwards County, Texas. 17 people participated out of the 18 who signed up, We had 4 teams in the cave. Wes Schumacher led Team Superstition back to the Superstition Maze, a complex area with house-sized breakdown

RE: [Texascavers] Punkin Cave survey trip results

2008-04-01 Thread mark . alman
If anyone has any pix from this trip, please send them my way for possible inclusion in the next TEXAS CAVER. Thanks in advance! Mark Alman Editor - The TC -Original Message- From: Jim Kennedy [mailto:jkenn...@batcon.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:07 AM To: Texascavers@texa

[Texascavers] FW: Distingished Lecture Series - update

2008-04-01 Thread Geary Schindel
Folks, A couple of additional notes, if you are interested in attending Dr. Palmer's lecture, you may also register by emailing Elida Bocanegra at ebocane...@edwardaquifer.org or you can call Elida at 210-222-2204. Please include you name, email address, phone number, and association.

[Texascavers] looking for a ride to spring convention

2008-04-01 Thread Cynthia Lee
Greetings, I am looking for a ride to spring convention from the Sugar Land area. Please reply off list. Thanks, Cindy Lee

[Texascavers] new AMCS bulletin at UTG meeting

2008-04-01 Thread Mixon Bill
I'll have a limited number of the new AMCS bulletin 19 at the UT Grotto meeting tomorrow night. "Proceedings of the X, XI, and XII International Symposia on Vulcanospeleology," 305 pp softbound. $15. Exact change or a check would be appreciated. -- Bill Mixon

[Texascavers] Volunteers needed for summer cave/bat work

2008-04-01 Thread Jim Kennedy
Posted for Sofia. If interested, contact her directly, although I might be able to answer some questions. -- Crash Volunteer Opportunity Introduction: An Antioch University New England gr

[Texascavers] AMCS sales at TSA

2008-04-01 Thread Mixon Bill
The Association for Mexican Cave Studies will have a sales table at the TSA convention next weekend. It will be open intermittently on Saturday and maybe a couple of hours on Sunday morning. I will have stocks of only the things that the AMCS has published since the last TSA spring conventi

[NMCAVER] Recording Secretary Needed

2008-04-01 Thread LEE STEVENS
Hi to all! Please post the following on the NM list serve and any others to which you are a subscriber. Many thanks! Lee Recording Secretary Needed, NSS Board of Governors Do you have the desire to play an important role in NSS management? Here's your opportunity. After 29 years, I am re

[Texascavers] Aiptek A-HD 720P caving video sample and ATC2K test

2008-04-01 Thread Mark Passerby
HD Cave Video Samples This past weekend we did a Camp III/Senate Hall trip in Zicafoose. Just before the trip we jumped down in the entrance passage and shot some video on an Aiptek A-HD and an Oregon Scientific ATC2K helmet mount. Aiptek A-HD Details: Camera -- Aiptek A-HD 720P see camcorders

[Texascavers] [Caving Pants Needed]

2008-04-01 Thread Don Arburn
I need someone who can make me some good caving pants to contact me please. --- donarb...@mac.com