[Texascavers] Government Canyon karst project dates for 2011

2010-12-14 Thread Marvin & Lisa
Cavers, The following dates have been set for the Government Canyon Karst Project for the first part of next year: January: (NO PROJECT) February 5, 6 March 5, 6 April 9, 10 May 7, 8 The March date will be a milestone of the project, being the 100th trip since the very

texascavers Digest 15 Dec 2010 05:13:14 -0000 Issue 1210

2010-12-14 Thread texascavers-digest-help
texascavers Digest 15 Dec 2010 05:13:14 - Issue 1210 Topics (messages 16703 through 16716): Cascade Caverns sump dive report 16703 by: Charles Goldsmith 16705 by: George Veni 16712 by: Andy Zenker PBSS December Meeting 16704 by: J. LaRue Thomas rescue in Bul

[Texascavers] 1,609 meter deep pit found

2010-12-14 Thread David
NASA claims to have found a deep pit on a moon of the planet Saturn. They claim to have an image of it taken by the Cassini spacecraft. They believe that a mountainous ice structure over 900 meters tall has a hole in the side of it that is 1,609 meters deep. The believe that a liquid spews fr

Re: [Texascavers] Cascade Caverns sump dive report

2010-12-14 Thread Gerry and Cindy Geletzke
Andy, I'd be happy to assist and the Spider System sounds interesting also. Gerry 405-229-2477 - Original Message - From: Andy Zenker To: George Veni Cc: Charles Goldsmith ; Cavetex ; Scott Kyle Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 7:17 AM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Cascade Cave

[Texascavers] world famous pits

2010-12-14 Thread Geary Schindel
Pictures: Guatemala Sinkhole Adds to World's Famous Pits Not sure that I would place all these on the list but they are impressive none the less. From the NGS web page. Geary http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/photogalleries/100604-sinkhole-pictures-around-the-world-guatemala-city/

Re: [Texascavers] Cascade Caverns sump dive report

2010-12-14 Thread Mark Alman
Great! Thanks, Mark From: Charles Goldsmith To: Mark Alman Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 1:10:32 AM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Cascade Caverns sump dive report I'm waiting on just that, pix, I didn't take any, was busy, but others did.  As soon as I get pic

[Texascavers] Greater Houston Grotto Christmas Party

2010-12-14 Thread James McLane
The Greater Houston Grotto's annual Christmas party is scheduled for this Saturday at the home of Don and Sid Formanek off FM 1960 in far north Houston (near the Intercontinental Airport). Any cavers that might find themselves in Houston this weekend are invited to attend. Here is the invita

[SWR] Fwd: The next generation of digital topographic maps

2010-12-14 Thread dirtdoc
- Forwarded Message - From: dirt...@comcast.net To: "Cave NM" , "Cave Texas" Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 11:29:38 AM Subject: The next generation of digital topographic maps The next generation of digital topographic maps I may have missed a post, if so, I apologize in a

[Texascavers] The next generation of digital topographic maps

2010-12-14 Thread dirtdoc
The next generation of digital topographic maps   I may have missed a post, if so, I apologize in advance for the duplication.   However, I did not know about this previously and find it quite useful.   DirtDoc   >From the web site:   http://nationalmap.gov/ustopo/   US T

Re: [Texascavers] Cascade Caverns sump dive report

2010-12-14 Thread Charles Goldsmith
I know there is a trip on 29th, but James usually picks the dates, since he's the diver. I'll try and push it to the following weekend if possible, or do a Sunday dive on the 30th On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Andy Zenker wrote: > Charles, > > Keep in mind there will be a Honey Creek trip Ja

Re: [Texascavers] Cascade Caverns sump dive report

2010-12-14 Thread vivbone
yeah, I'm interested. Not sure if I can squeeze in to Raccoon Ramada, but I'll find something to do. My shoulder is ready to try caving again. -Vivian Loftin From: Andy Zenker To: George Veni Cc: Charles Goldsmith ; Cavetex ; Scott Kyle Sent: Tue, December

Re: [Texascavers] Cascade Caverns sump dive report

2010-12-14 Thread Andy Zenker
Charles, Keep in mind there will be a Honey Creek trip Jan 29 so let's try to work around that. Although, I'd be okay with doing Cascade on Sunday Jan 30 since I'd be in the area. Andy On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Charles Goldsmith wrote: > A big thanks to all of the help for the tank haul

Re: [Texascavers] Cascade Caverns sump dive report

2010-12-14 Thread Andy Zenker
Hi George, I'm interested in surveying Raccoon Ramada. I'd also be happy to work on the Spider System. Everyone else, I'm sure I can borrow some survey gear, but I will need a couple of volunteers to help survey. If anyone is interested, let me know. We'll get it done in January/February. Also,