[Texascavers] Not Exactly Cave Related, But Mexico and Geology Related...

2008-12-24 Thread Don Cooper
About the distance between Uvalde and Del Rio, west of Del Rio - there's a concentration of what appear to be volcanic craters. I was doing a 'satellite geology field trip' of the Del Rio area and noticed what looks very much like craters and possible calderas. I hoped that perhaps someone

[Texascavers] Bustamante video

2008-12-24 Thread Gill Ediger
A Hollywood production it was not. Wasn't meant to be. But it was pretty damned impressive for what it was. I could find technical faults with the video if that were what I was watching it for but I wasn't; I was looking to see how the commercial lighting and other development worked out and

[Texascavers] A bunch of Grutas videos

2008-12-24 Thread Gill Ediger
At 11:09 AM 12/24/2008, jran...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gMzjf460qw Actually, there are a whole bunch (20 or so) of videos in Mexican caves associated (up and down the You-Tube menu) including more Bustamante, Cacahualmilpa, and float trips down the Rio San Jeronimo,

[Texascavers] MARK YOUR CALENDARS! - TSA and TCMA Winter Meetings at CBSP, Sunday, January 11th

2008-12-24 Thread Mark . Alman
All, Before everyone heads out for Christmas and other Holiday events and before most of us damage a few million brain cells on New Years' Eve, I just wanted y'all to mark your calendars while you're still conscious and in an upright position: TSA and TCMA Winter Business

[Texascavers] Want to go to Brinco?

2008-12-24 Thread Gill Ediger
We could use a couple of riders to Brinco. Leaving Friday and will return a day or two after New Years. This is primarily a work trip for me but there will be ample time for caving. I'm buying the fuel this time. Respond here or call me at: 410-303-1177 to discuss details. --Ediger

[Texascavers] A video of Grutas Bustamante

2008-12-24 Thread jranzau
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gMzjf460qw It shows the tunnel and new trail system.

[Texascavers] video of G. del Palmito

2008-12-24 Thread Mixon Bill
Boy, once they really decided to develop the entrance room, they went hog-wild. I've seen more artistic lighting That video is terrible. And more than half of it is a slide show, and the slides weren't even culled to remove the hopeless ones. They need a decent promo video. -- Mixon

Re: [Texascavers] video of G. del Palmito

2008-12-24 Thread Joe Ranzau
I found it interesting just for the view of the tunnel and raised trails. Maybe some of the video folks I've seen hanging around from Austin could put a good promo together for them. Joe j...@oztotl.com Sent while mobile On Dec 24, 2008, at 1:02 PM, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com

Re: [Texascavers] video of G. del Palmito

2008-12-24 Thread Preston Forsythe
Someone needs to bring in one or more of those 1200 watt electronic strobes, take a lot of pictures one section or wall at a time then add some creativity and do some stitching and splicing and crank out some world class 2 ft x 3 ft prints for a world class cave. Preston ==

Re: [Texascavers] video of G. del Palmito

2008-12-24 Thread Nico Escamilla
Here's a link http://nsscavers.ning.com/video/1981829:Video:28444 to yours truly and a friend's first try at shooting cave video it was in Bustamante, we had access while the cave was closed to get footage for the ICS promo, the tunnel as y'all saw it on both the youtube video (which was shot by

[ot_caving] FW: Santa Claus Bailout Hearings

2008-12-24 Thread Fritz Holt
From: Jacquetta Breedlove [mailto:bl...@vownet.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 9:03 AM To: ; Subject: Santa Claus Bailout Hearings This is great! Even if Santa looks like he should be on the sex offenders list.