[Texascavers] Ownership of Cascade Caverns still in question :

2009-09-18 Thread JerryAtkin
Cavern killer claims stake in tourist attraction _By Zeke MacCormack _ (http://www.mysa nantonio.com/email_us?contentID=59563782) - Express-News BOERNE — The life sentence given Dario Acevedo on Monday for the 2005 murder of a man at Cascade Caverns Park leaves unresolved one of his lega

Re: [Texascavers] Countries with the most surveyed underground passages?

2009-09-18 Thread caverarch
Fofo, Cheers for producing an interesting compilation! ?My first thought at looking it over is that to convert the figures into 'caves per square kilometer' or some measure like that which takes the size of the country into consideration would be likewise interesting. ?Look at Cuba, for examp

[Texascavers] Countries with the most surveyed underground passages?

2009-09-18 Thread Fofo
Hi! A few days ago there was a question in the Spanish language list Tlamaqui about which country had the most surveyed passages in the world, so as a quick estimate I took the list of caves with more than 15,000 m and grouped it by country. Bill Mixon found the information interesting and su

[Texascavers] Xilitla House (somewhat off topic)

2009-09-18 Thread Greg Passmore
While caving in Mexico, many of you have probably visited Las Pozas in Xilitla. My first visit there was in the early 1970s when Edward James (buddy of Picasso and Dali) was still there and it under construction. The mansion has fallen into disrepair and was recently purchased by a foundat

Re: [Texascavers] Book editing and proofreading

2009-09-18 Thread Gill Edigar
All of that is perfectly true--as based on actual publications readily to hand. Still, it is completely fair for the reviewer to point out those shortcomings--and I would suggest expected as we should want an honest assessment. Just because a book is sloppily done does not mean that the reviewer (w