[Texascavers] Texas Parks & Wildlife -- policy re WNS

(from the TPWD website) Facts About White-nose Syndrome and Bats, State Parks and WMAs (June 2010) Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is aware of the serious potential threat posed by white-nose syndrome (WNS) to bat populations in Texas. We are coordinating with partner groups like B

[Texascavers] new LED headlamp

http://www.treehugger.com/gulf-oil-spill-PC-in-dive-gear.jpg While not a practical caving headlamp, it does show how you can borrow ideas from other activities that use LED headlamps. The only other headlamp I know of that has 4 luxeon type LED's is the old FoxFury Pro that has been around for se

[Texascavers] Sinkhole cliff diving competition held in Mexico near Chichen Itza :

Sinkhole cliff diving competition held in Mexico June 9, 2010 6:30 PM Daredevil athletes have jumped from the edge of a 90ft deep sinkhole in a remote part of Mexico, as part of a cliff diving contest. Divers in the 'Cliff Diving World Series' performed stunts and reached speeds of 40mph

[Texascavers] RE: old shoes: sandals in Ceremonial Cave, TX

The discovery of the ancient leather shoe, which may have been left as an offering, reminds me of Ceremonial Cave near El Paso. A wide variety of offerings were found in the cave, along with hundreds of sandals which also may have been left as offerings. Not nearly as old as the leather shoe,

[PBSS] PBSS photos:

As if it matters that much, but I took the cover picture of Kerry, and he is climbing out, not descending. The group shot was with my camera on self timer. Kerry sitting by the entrance was taken by me. I thought I would set the record strait. Walter __

[Texascavers] Re: Another Way to Die in a Cave

Keith, You mapped a 17-foot long cave?! Sounds like a candidate for Ediger's list of shortest caves. :-) Mark At 04:38 PM 6/10/2010, Keith Goggin wrote: Wow! I mapped that little cave about 25 years ago when we published the Roanoke County Cave Survey (that one was one of the smal

Re: [Texascavers] Another Way to Die in a Cave

Wow!  I mapped that little cave about 25 years ago when we published the Roanoke County Cave Survey (that one was one of the smallest!).  The matress was there then too. Keith From: Mark Minton To: Texascavers Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 1:57:08 PM Subject: [T

[Texascavers] Oldest Leather Shoe found in Cave

Mark Minton Please reply to mmin...@caver.net Permanent email address is mmin...@illinoisalumni.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com T

[Texascavers] Another Way to Die in a Cave

Here's another way to die in a cave: by fire. Mark Minton Please reply to mmin...@caver.net Permanent email address is mmin...@illinoisalumni.org - Visit our website

[Texascavers] FW: 9th Distinguished Lecture - Dr. Ralph Ewers - Friday, September 17, 2010

Folks, The Edwards Aquifer Authority is pleased to announce that Dr. Ralph Ewers with Ewers Water Consultants in Richmond, Kentucky will be the 9th Distinguished Lecturer in our series. He will present on Friday, September 17, 2010 at Southwest Research Institute. Dr. Ewers served as Professor

texascavers Digest 10 Jun 2010 12:50:54 -0000 Issue 1073

texascavers Digest 10 Jun 2010 12:50:54 - Issue 1073 Topics (messages 15052 through 15057): Re: We are all just a bunch of wimps 15052 by: SS Re: We are all just a bunch of wimps (with poor reading comprehension) 15053 by: Andy Gluesenkamp 15054 by: Diana Tomchick P

[Texascavers] Fwd: Important News on WNS National Plan, ESA

-- Forwarded message -- From: Cheryl Jones List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:27 PM Subject: Important News on WNS National Plan, ESA To: siv...@listserv.vt.edu [forwarded] Important News on WNS National Plan, Endangered Species Act The USFWS anno