RE: [Texascavers] TAG

2010-08-26 Thread Jim Kennedy
Ryan, a bunch of Texas cavers have already been to TAG (the area) this year. If you mean the TAG Fall Cave-in (the event), then you need to be more specific. -- Crash From: ryan monjaras [mailto:trog...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 11:41 PM To: texas cavers Subject:

[Texascavers] Caves and the weather; old news

2010-08-26 Thread Josh Rubinstein
This talk will be presented at Trinity Unversity, San Antonio in the Coates University Center. Dr. Harold Rowe (University of Texas at Arlington) is giving a talk on “Eastern North American Climates of the Past 600,000 Years and Their Linkages to Global Climate Changes: The Perspective from Cave

Re: [Texascavers] The 3rd Quarter 2010 TEXAS CAVER Is Now Online!

2010-08-26 Thread JerryAtkin
Nice issue of the Texas Caver, Mark ! Keep up the good work. Jerry.

RE: [Texascavers] The 3rd Quarter 2010 TEXAS CAVER Is Now Online!

2010-08-26 Thread Fritz Holt
Mark, I echo Jerry's sentiments. We all look forward to reading this great publication each quarter. It is well done and has topics of interest to everyone. I noticed the absence of Carbide Corner. I presume this was due to lack of space or lack of a submission. I do plan to submit something

RE: [Texascavers] The 3rd Quarter 2010 TEXAS CAVER Is Now Online!

2010-08-26 Thread Mark . Alman
Thanks for the kind words, Jerry and Fritz! I sincerely enjoy editing the newsletter and plan on doing so for the foreseeable future, unless y'all cut my pay! There wasn't a Carbide Corner this issue, as I haven't received any submissions, despite my begging and pleas. If you are a

texascavers Digest 26 Aug 2010 16:37:09 -0000 Issue 1140

2010-08-26 Thread texascavers-digest-help
texascavers Digest 26 Aug 2010 16:37:09 - Issue 1140 Topics (messages 15874 through 15886): Re: Ancient Human Skeleton Removed From Mexican Cave : 15874 by: Gill Edigar 15876 by: Louise Power Re: Ancient Human Skeleton Removed From Mexican Cave 15875 by: Mark Minton

[Texascavers] TC on CD

2010-08-26 Thread Mixon Bill
Excellent. If help is needed scanning issues to fill the gap, I could work on that. I have very few issues from the gap myself, though. -- Mixon Home is that place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

RE: [Texascavers] Speaking of THE TEXAS CAVER... - Correction

2010-08-26 Thread Mark . Alman
The sentence below should read, There is a gap from 1955 to 1974, and then every issue from 1974 thru 1998 is present and accounted for your reading pleasure. Not 1974 thru 1988. D'oh! Thanks, Mark From: Alman, Mark @ EOS Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 11:35

[Texascavers] Re: Ancient Human Skeleton Removed From Mexican Cave

2010-08-26 Thread James C. Brown, 321-895-4875 (DID/GV), 206-339-4616 (VM/FAX)
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[Texascavers] Caves in the News: Sibudu Cave

2010-08-26 Thread David
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[Texascavers] Speaking of THE TEXAS CAVER...

2010-08-26 Thread Mark . Alman
Just in time for TCR and Christmas: A whole CD of back issues of The TEXAS CAVER will be available for purchase by YOU for a measly $10. Cheap! The TSA Officers and I have agreed to make these back issues available as a fundraising project for the TSA to all who want a

Re: [Texascavers] Speaking of THE TEXAS CAVER...

2010-08-26 Thread Gill Edigar
I think I have a damned near complete set from 55 to 74--maybe one or two issues misplaced. I can finally get to the boxes they are stored in. --Ediger On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:35 AM, mark.al...@l-3com.com wrote: Just in time for TCR and Christmas: A whole CD of back issues of The

RE: [Texascavers] Speaking of THE TEXAS CAVER...

2010-08-26 Thread George Veni
The plan approved at the TSA meeting was for the past issues to also be posted on the Karst Information Portal (www.karstportal.org) and that I would send all of the missing issues to the University of South Florida (USF) from my collection for digitization. This got delayed because USF became

Re: [Texascavers] Ancient Human Skeleton Removed From Mexican Cave :

2010-08-26 Thread Bob Booth
The cheap way? http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/26/inside-a-nevada-fami.html#more On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Gill Edigar gi...@att.net wrote: At the height of the last Ice Age the Berring Strait was a piece of land over 1000 miles wide. Sea level was over 300 feet lower than it is now.

[Texascavers] Re: mine rescue in Chile

2010-08-26 Thread David
Rescuers are planning to lower a metal basket down the tube for the victims to be stand in. Surely, some knowledgeable cavers can explain a better way to do this. Somebody on that rescue team needs a quick tour of the shaft at Honeycreek! I would use a cordura bag shaped like a mummy sleeping

RE: [Texascavers] Re: mine rescue in Chile

2010-08-26 Thread Louise Power
Since the hole they're planning will only be 24 in diameter, I think groups of 8 is not feasible. From: dlocklea...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:13:20 -0500 To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Re: mine rescue in Chile Rescuers are planning to lower a metal

Re: [Texascavers] Re: mine rescue in Chile

2010-08-26 Thread Brian Riordan
I think David meant groups of eight *pieces*. That's why a bag would be better suited. On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Louise Power power_lou...@hotmail.comwrote: Since the hole they're planning will only be 24 in diameter, I think groups of 8 is not feasible. From: dlocklea...@gmail.com

[Texascavers] Re: mine rescue in Chile

2010-08-26 Thread David
I would send down a skinny caver at the 1st possible chance to give the miners some encouragement that everything is going to be alright. Anybody know a caver that would go down a 2,200 foot deep tube that will hopefully be 12 inches in diameter or more? Or does the diameter need to be bigger