[Texascavers] Re: Texas cave book for sale - eBay

2009-11-04 Thread Mark Minton
There are a few copies of the book available. Besides the one on eBay (which is still available), I found one for the same price at , and one for $65 on Amazon. Mark Minton At 09:24 PM 11/4/2009, Carl Kunath wrote: Actually, C

Re: [Texascavers] Texas cave book for sale - eBay

2009-11-04 Thread Carl Kunath
Actually, Chris, it's far more than that. The book contains contributions by A. Richard Smith, Bud Frank, Bob Mitchell, Pete Lindsley, and quite a few others. Since Locklear was seeking to obtain a copy of this book a couple of years ago, he has doubtless already scooped up this hard-to-get

Re: [Texascavers] Texas cave book for sale - eBay

2009-11-04 Thread Chris Vreeland
Lundelius mainly studied paleobiology (vertebrate paleontology?) and did a lot of work at Friesenhahn, if I remember right. TMM published some of his monographs -- most likely, that book is largely about paleo-fauna. I think for a lot of the researchers of his ilk, caves are just convenient

Re: [Texascavers] Server donation

2009-11-04 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Thank you On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Lyndon Tiu wrote: > Check's in the mail. > > -- > Lyndon Tiu >

Re: [Texascavers] Server donation

2009-11-04 Thread Lyndon Tiu
Check's in the mail. -- Lyndon Tiu

[Texascavers] Re: Los Indios Border Crossing

2009-11-04 Thread Mark Minton
Preston Forsythe said: >Los Indios south of Harlingen, TX, is another relatively new and very easy crossing into Mexico, with the advantages of Colombia of avoiding city traffic and congestion. A potential disadvantage of Los Indios is that it has rather limited hours. When

[Texascavers] book review: cave diving reprint

2009-11-04 Thread Mixon Bill
"The Log of the Wookey Hole Exploration Expedition, 1935." Graham Balcombe and Penelope Powell. Cave Diving Group, Great Britain; reprint 2009. ISBN 978-0-901031-06-8. 6 by 9 inches, xviii+235+xix pages, hardbound. £25 plus postage (about $70 total) from http://www.cavedivinggroup.org.uk .

[NMCAVER] Good WNS funding news

2009-11-04 Thread jen.
--- WNS Funding --- Dear NSS Members, Victory! Just Friday, Congress approved $1.9 million in funding for increased research and monitoring for White Nose Syndrome. The money is part of the Interior Appropriations bill, which has now gone to the President for h

[Texascavers] Los Indios Border Crossing

2009-11-04 Thread Preston Forsythe
Los Indios south of Harlingen, TX, is another relatively new and very easy crossing into Mexico, with the advantages of Colombia of avoiding city traffic and congestion. Los Indios, I think, is the preferred crossing for those coming from east of the Mississippi, except you do miss the center of

[Texascavers] Colombia

2009-11-04 Thread Mixon Bill
The location of the alternative bridge near Laredo is Colombia, not Columbia, but that probably isn't the reason David didn't see any signs directing him to it. -- Mixon When sharing a dish with the devil, use a long spoon. -

Re: [NMCAVER] Pinon Cave

2009-11-04 Thread Dave Belski
The only trip I can find any report of Dwight Deal was at Piñon Cave happened in 1965. Cavers on the trip were Dwight, Sandy Renstrom, Bob Ayre, Rich Holtkamp. NO other information available. dirt...@comcast.net wrote: - Original Message - From: "Steve Peerman" gypca...@comcast.net

Re: [NMCAVER] Pinon Cave

2009-11-04 Thread dirtdoc
- Original Message - From: "Steve Peerman" gypca...@comcast.net Wow, Dwight.  That would have helped!  Or maybe it would have spoiled all the fun!  Actually Dave Belski is trying to compile a history of all the known trips to the cave.  Do you recall when you were there, and who

[Texascavers] news from AMCS

2009-11-04 Thread Mixon Bill
New in the AMCS catalog: "Crystal Giants in the Caves of Naica," edited by Giovanni Badino and published by La Venta Explorazioni Geografiche, Italy, in 2008. 8.5 by 8.5 inches, 48 pages, hardbound. The book contains text and numerous color photos, some occupying two full pages. See http://

[Texascavers] Texas cave book for sale - eBay

2009-11-04 Thread David
The book below is currently on eBay for $ 55 http://www.mhodistributors.com/texas-caves.jpg