[Texascavers] Caver grad student in the news

2010-12-15 Thread David
http://bernews.com/2010/12/scuba-diving-cowboy-on-bermudas-caves/ - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texasc

[Texascavers] New Take on WNS

2010-12-15 Thread Mark Minton
Here is an interesting new take on the lethal effects of WNS on bats: . Mark Minton Please reply to mmin...@caver.net Permanent email address is mmin...@illinoisalumni.org ---

[PBSS] December meeting notes

2010-12-15 Thread J. LaRue Thomas
PBSS Meeting Notes 12-14-10 The meeting was attended by Matt and Alex Ormsby, Kerry Lowery, Bill Bentley, Tony Abernathy, and Jacqui Thomas. The meeting opened at 1905, and after a slight continuation of our admiration of our new patches and our pre-meeting visiting we had the Treasurer's R

[PBSS] Possible Amazing Maze trip

2010-12-15 Thread J. LaRue Thomas
All, Two of us cannot go caving on January 8th. Before I talk to Peter, will the weekend of the 22nd work? I am not available for the weekend of the 15th but if that weekend works best for everybody else I can skip the trip. Please weigh in (and Walter's computer isn't working yet so he's not

[Texascavers] unassisted dive to -100m in Dean's Blue Hole

2010-12-15 Thread Andy Gluesenkamp
Wow! http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/22880/diver+plunges+100+meters+unassisted+on+one+breath+to+set+world+record/  Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D. 700 Billie Brooks Drive Driftwood, Texas 78619 (512) 799-1095 a...@gluesenkamp.com

Re: [Texascavers] bats of Yucatan

2010-12-15 Thread David
That Google translation was pretty bad. Here is what he is trying to say: I am in Mexico and will soon be going to the Yucatan area for 1 week to help a conservation association inventory bats. I work in France with bats, and spent a month recently in Guatemala doing the same. I am writing

[Texascavers] bats of Yucatan

2010-12-15 Thread Mixon Bill
The AMCS has gotten a mysterious (distibution list suppressed) message asking about bats in the Yucatan. It came from raphcolo...@gmail.com (Raphael Colombo). If anyone can assist... Buenas tardes, Actualmente en México, voy pronto a pasar una semana en el Yucatán. Trabajo en Francia sobre

[Texascavers] Re: 1,609 meter deep pit found

2010-12-15 Thread Mark Minton
The surface temperature of Titan is reportedly about -290 degrees F, so you're going to need something way better than an insulated suit. It's going to have to be heated, and that presents a problem because of the power required. On the other hand, gravity there is only .14 g, so gett