[Texascavers] more cave archeaology in today's news

2009-06-24 Thread David
This story shows grafiti on a cave wall in Kentucky to be possibly 190 years old and containing letters from the Cherokee alphabet. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/science/23cherokee.html - Visit our website: http://texascavers

[Texascavers] prehistoric flute found in cave

2009-06-24 Thread David
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gjlhuiV8Ebp72c_6bYVyKd529oQgD9917URG2 A story about finding a prehistoric flute in a cave. - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubsc

[Texascavers] really inexpensive LED headlamp

2009-06-24 Thread David
Brinkmann has an ingenious idea. They are now selling their LED headlamps in a 3-pack. I am going to call this one, "The Bill Steele Edition." For $ 15 plus tax, you get 3 LED headlamps. The product is sold at Home Depot. The lights have 6 LED's with a unique reflector. They appear to be almos

[Texascavers] Energizer upgrades headlamp

2009-06-24 Thread David
About a year ago, Energizer came out with an inexpensive headlamp with 6 LED lights that became very popular. They just upgraded it with more features and it now has 7 LED's. It just arrived at Home Depot and is $ 18 plus tax. I didn't open the package, but the improvement is more light settings

RE: [Texascavers] camping at ICS ?

2009-06-24 Thread bcow911
I still have one a/c cabin at shriner park would anyone like to rent it for the week 16th-26th contact me asap before i turn it back to the park for other folks. You can have up to 8 people on the site the cabin holds four and you also have a camp space for a tent or pop up. There is no power fo

texascavers Digest 24 Jun 2009 22:32:33 -0000 Issue 784

2009-06-24 Thread texascavers-digest-help
texascavers Digest 24 Jun 2009 22:32:33 - Issue 784 Topics (messages 11071 through 11086): Re: cave/cavern questions for book 11071 by: Fofo 11072 by: Charles Goldsmith 11076 by: Minton, Mark 15th ICS - Want to go caving at Kickapoo? 11073 by: germanyj.aol.co

[Texascavers] OT: Help for a friend of a friend?

2009-06-24 Thread Katherine Arens
Hi, all -- I don't want to abuse your patience, but if you have some work and/or an idea, this is a friend of a friend. Thanks for reading and not flaming. -katie arens Hi all, My name is Steve Arcieri. I'm a good, sober guy, down on his luck looking for a place to stay and maybe some oppor

[NMCAVER] Journal of Cave and Karst Studies and FSC

2009-06-24 Thread Lee H. Skinner
Just received the new April 2009 issue of the Journal of Cave and Karst Studies. I'm glad to see that it uses Fort Stanton Cave certified paper and the FSC logo! :-) Lee Skinner ___ NMCAVER mailing list nmca...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/li

[Texascavers] Dead Sea

2009-06-24 Thread Mixon Bill
As the article states, the reason the level of the Dead Sea is sinking is because the flow of the Jordan River into it has decreased greatly due to use of its water adjacent countries. The fact that countries bordering the sea "mine" salts by evaporating the water is unimportant, because th

[Texascavers] RE: Boot toe guard repair

2009-06-24 Thread Minton, Mark
Preston Forsythe said: Buy a pair of Bata Boots. Indestructible toes. Regular Bata boots without the steel toe do have very good toes and indeed last a long time, especially in water where other types of boots tend to fall apart quickly (think Honey Creek). However I would not get

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Re: [Texascavers] interesting link on Sinkholes along the Dead Sea

2009-06-24 Thread tbsamsel
FYI: In Israel, hydrologic data is classified top secret. When I worked at BEG when there were a couple of Israeli hydrologists all of whom held bird colonel rank in the IDF.TJun 24, 2009 08:03:11 AM, gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org wrote:Interesting link on sinkholes that are forming around the dea

[Texascavers] interesting link on Sinkholes along the Dead Sea

2009-06-24 Thread Geary Schindel
Interesting link on sinkholes that are forming around the dead sea as a result of groundwater extraction. Geary Dead Sea peril: sinkholes swallow up the unwary http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090623/ap_tr_ge/ml_travel_brief_israel_dead_sea_sinkholes ---

[ot_caving] Re: [Texascavers] OT - storing cave movies on DVD

2009-06-24 Thread Quinta Wilkinson
Do you have a life that is not teckno? Do you watch the sun come up? Do you hear the wind in your hair? How about a campfire and the warmth of friends close by? There is life out of the text - video cone. Think the kids could do this and not just vicariously? Quinta