[Texascavers] Friesenhahn Cave - part 2

2009-07-03 Thread David
Here is the link to the story: http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_183103218.html Which says: Dr. Laurence Meissner, Biology professor at Concordia University is giving a presentation entitled: "Pleistocene Ecology and The Friesenhahn Cave" at: Audience: The Hays Count

[Texascavers] RE: J2 expedition results

2009-07-03 Thread Minton, Mark
Bill Mixon said: From Mark Minton, who has massaged the data from the recent J2 expediton to Huautla Slight correction. J2 is not in Huautla, but across the river to the south in the Cheve area. :-) Mark Minton

RE: [Texascavers] forwarding message about ICS signs

2009-07-03 Thread George Veni
David, Thank you for posting Lisa's message. The stories of cavers coming together in many ways to make the ICS a fantastic reality are legion. Sadly, most will never be told but at least their results will be appreciated starting two weeks from tomorrow. George -Original Message- Fro

[Texascavers] J2 expedition results

2009-07-03 Thread Mixon Bill
From Mark Minton, who has massaged the data from the recent J2 expediton to Huautla and run it through Walls: J2 is officially 1222 m deep and 11017 m long. Last Bash is 511 m deep and 795 m long. (Last Bash is a mostly new cave that has potential to be an alternate route to the deeper pa

[Texascavers] Re: Digital Underground Survey Instrument

2009-07-03 Thread Brian Vauter
Does anyone have any experience/comments/criticisms for this device? It's a "Digital Underground Survey Instrument" http://www.digitalsurveyinstruments.com/node/16

texascavers Digest 3 Jul 2009 15:38:09 -0000 Issue 790

2009-07-03 Thread texascavers-digest-help
texascavers Digest 3 Jul 2009 15:38:09 - Issue 790 Topics (messages 11155 through 11168): Bats' Fountain of Youth 11155 by: Minton, Mark 11159 by: Nico Escamilla 11167 by: Don Cooper more good news 11156 by: David 11157 by: Nico Escamilla Diesel fuel

[Texascavers] forwarding message about ICS signs

2009-07-03 Thread David
I am forwarding this message for Lisa Goggin, who is not on Cavetex: Last week, 10 cavers from around Houston, members of the Greater Houston Grotto ( GHG ), met to assemble signs for ICS. These are the signs that go around the campus and along the roadways to direct people to the events. Tommy

Re: [Texascavers] Bats' Fountain of Youth

2009-07-03 Thread Don Cooper
Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal.(:) "As it turns out, one of these bat species lives out its long life in Florida.*Since bats are rodents with wings *,... I am not confident this person really knows anything about bats. -WaV On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Minton, Mar