All,
Concho Valley Council needs a Climbing Director for Camp Sol Mayer 2012 Summer
Camp. Staff week for the camp starts June 2nd and the next 3 weeks are 3 camp
sessions, Sunday afternoon through Saturday morning.
If you are interested but not certified for BSA Climbing, the Council will send
Ah the temperate Northwest...just into the 80s last week and in the mid-60s
this week. Also, a few showers. I doubt we'll get to 111 this year...hopefully.
Louise
From: pitboun...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:27:24 -0500
Subject: Re: [Texascavers]
To: dirt...@comcast.net
CC:
we maxed at 118 last summer, or the one before cant remember.
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Louise Power power_lou...@hotmail.comwrote:
Ah the temperate Northwest...just into the 80s last week and in the
mid-60s this week. Also, a few showers. I doubt we'll get to 111 this
Probably baked your brain!!
Louise
From: pitboun...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 15:05:54 -0500
To: power_lou...@hotmail.com
CC: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: Re: [Texascavers]
we maxed at 118 last summer, or the one before cant remember.
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Louise
Can someone recommend where I can get caving wire ladders?
Thanks.
--
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They have been (or should be) outlawed internationally as a cruel and
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On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Lyndon Tiu l...@alumni.sfu.ca wrote:
Can someone recommend where I can get caving wire ladders?
Thanks.
--
Lyndon Tiu
Two or four strand barbed wire?
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-Original message-
From: Ron R rcrutherf...@gmail.com
To: Lyndon Tiu l...@alumni.sfu.ca
Cc: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Tue, May 1, 2012 10:26:42 CDT
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Caving Wire
Lyndon,
Karstsports.com has them!
Natasha
From: Lyndon Tiu l...@alumni.sfu.ca
To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 10:23 AM
Subject: [Texascavers] Caving Wire Ladders?
Can someone recommend where I can get caving wire
Nah, they're the best thing for pitches upto 30ft!
You can get them in the UK Lyndon, btw.
Cheers, Stefan
From: Ron R [mailto:rcrutherf...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 10:27 AM
To: Lyndon Tiu
Cc: Cavers Texas
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Caving Wire Ladders?
They have been (or should
Well put, caving brother! Well, put!
-Original Message-
From: Ron R rcrutherf...@gmail.com
To: Lyndon Tiu l...@alumni.sfu.ca
Cc: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Tue, May 1, 2012 10:26 am
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Caving Wire Ladders?
They have been (or should be)
I disagree that ladders are the best way to do even short
drops, except in cases where there may be a single short pitch quite
remote in a cave. For one thing, to use one safely you should have a
belay rope, so why not just climb it instead of also carrying a
ladder? IMO also sells
I've always found it difficult to climb up a pitch with no foot or hand holds
:-)
Cheers, Stefan
-Original Message-
From: Mark Minton [mailto:mmin...@caver.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 11:45 AM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Caving Wire Ladders?
Old farts like ladders and I are one. I don't need no stinking belay rope, my
life insurance is paid up.
F
-Original Message-
From: Stefan Creaser [mailto:stefan.crea...@arm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 12:03 PM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Caving Wire
So why do we race up them at the Speleolympics? Or has that event been
dropped already? Ha ha ha. I would rather free solo the pitch than use a
cable ladder. Blarrrgh.
-Tim
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Fritz Holt fh...@townandcountryins.comwrote:
Old farts like ladders and I are one. I
I used a cable ladder this afternoon to install a new light inside the
pit under the basement of the Wayne County, KY Museum. The pit was once
connected to the cave system beneath the city from which the then hotel
drew cave air into the building. That didn't last very long. In 1938
the hotel
You know Carlsbad Caverns used to pipe cave air up to the visitor center
through the elevator shafts. Then finally they realized what damage they were
doing to the cave--drying out formations, causing yucky things to grow in the
cave, etc. They finally sealed up the shafts and the cave
texascavers Digest 2 May 2012 01:57:11 - Issue 1539
Topics (messages 19905 through 19924):
Re: Diver dies in Hawaiian cave
19905 by: Louise Power
Re:
19906 by: dirtdoc.comcast.net
19907 by: Nico Escamilla
19916 by: Louise Power
19921 by: Nico
Cavers:
The next project weekend at Government Canyon SNA is the 26th and 27th of
May. Please note that the date on the TSA website calendar is incorrect.
On the 26th and 27th we will be surveying caves, looking for caves, digging
for caves . . . You get the picture. There is much to do and I
All,
Concho Valley Council needs a Climbing Director for Camp Sol Mayer 2012 Summer
Camp. Staff week for the camp starts June 2nd and the next 3 weeks are 3 camp
sessions, Sunday afternoon through Saturday morning.
If you are interested but not certified for BSA Climbing, the Council will send
Ah the temperate Northwest...just into the 80s last week and in the mid-60s
this week. Also, a few showers. I doubt we'll get to 111 this year...hopefully.
Louise
From: pitboun...@gmail.com
List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:27:24 -0500
Subject: Re:
we maxed at 118 last summer, or the one before cant remember.
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Louise Power power_lou...@hotmail.comwrote:
Ah the temperate Northwest...just into the 80s last week and in the
mid-60s this week. Also, a few showers. I doubt we'll get to 111 this
Can someone recommend where I can get caving wire ladders?
Thanks.
--
Lyndon Tiu
-
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To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com
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They have been (or should be) outlawed internationally as a cruel and
unusually punishing ascending device.
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Lyndon Tiu l...@alumni.sfu.ca wrote:
Can someone recommend where I can get caving wire ladders?
Thanks.
--
Lyndon Tiu
Two or four strand barbed wire?
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
-Original message-
From: Ron R rcrutherf...@gmail.com
To: Lyndon Tiu l...@alumni.sfu.ca
Cc: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Tue, May 1, 2012 10:26:42 CDT
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Caving Wire
Lyndon,
Karstsports.com has them!
Natasha
From: Lyndon Tiu l...@alumni.sfu.ca
To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 10:23 AM
Subject: [Texascavers] Caving Wire Ladders?
Can someone recommend where I can get caving wire
Nah, they're the best thing for pitches upto 30ft!
You can get them in the UK Lyndon, btw.
Cheers, Stefan
From: Ron R [mailto:rcrutherf...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 10:27 AM
To: Lyndon Tiu
Cc: Cavers Texas
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Caving Wire Ladders?
They have been (or should
Well put, caving brother! Well, put!
-Original Message-
From: Ron R rcrutherf...@gmail.com
To: Lyndon Tiu l...@alumni.sfu.ca
Cc: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Tue, May 1, 2012 10:26 am
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Caving Wire Ladders?
They have been (or should be)
I disagree that ladders are the best way to do even short
drops, except in cases where there may be a single short pitch quite
remote in a cave. For one thing, to use one safely you should have a
belay rope, so why not just climb it instead of also carrying a
ladder? IMO also sells
I've always found it difficult to climb up a pitch with no foot or hand holds
:-)
Cheers, Stefan
-Original Message-
From: Mark Minton [mailto:mmin...@caver.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 11:45 AM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Caving Wire Ladders?
Old farts like ladders and I are one. I don't need no stinking belay rope, my
life insurance is paid up.
F
-Original Message-
From: Stefan Creaser [mailto:stefan.crea...@arm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 12:03 PM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Caving Wire
So why do we race up them at the Speleolympics? Or has that event been
dropped already? Ha ha ha. I would rather free solo the pitch than use a
cable ladder. Blarrrgh.
-Tim
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Fritz Holt fh...@townandcountryins.comwrote:
Old farts like ladders and I are one. I
I used a cable ladder this afternoon to install a new light inside the
pit under the basement of the Wayne County, KY Museum. The pit was once
connected to the cave system beneath the city from which the then hotel
drew cave air into the building. That didn't last very long. In 1938
the hotel
You know Carlsbad Caverns used to pipe cave air up to the visitor center
through the elevator shafts. Then finally they realized what damage they were
doing to the cave--drying out formations, causing yucky things to grow in the
cave, etc. They finally sealed up the shafts and the cave
texascavers Digest 2 May 2012 01:57:11 - Issue 1539
Topics (messages 19905 through 19924):
Re: Diver dies in Hawaiian cave
19905 by: Louise Power
Re:
19906 by: dirtdoc.comcast.net
19907 by: Nico Escamilla
19916 by: Louise Power
19921 by: Nico
Cavers:
The next project weekend at Government Canyon SNA is the 26th and 27th of
May. Please note that the date on the TSA website calendar is incorrect.
On the 26th and 27th we will be surveying caves, looking for caves, digging
for caves . . . You get the picture. There is much to do and I
Thanks for that link, Mark. I guess the grave robbers figure they can sell it on the black market? I don't have much hope they will be
caught unless they do something else stupid.
The New Scientist website has some interesting headlines, akin to The Onion, like
Wrinkled Doughnut Solves
All,
Concho Valley Council needs a Climbing Director for Camp Sol Mayer 2012 Summer
Camp. Staff week for the camp starts June 2nd and the next 3 weeks are 3 camp
sessions, Sunday afternoon through Saturday morning.
If you are interested but not certified for BSA Climbing, the Council will send
Ah the temperate Northwest...just into the 80s last week and in the mid-60s
this week. Also, a few showers. I doubt we'll get to 111 this year...hopefully.
Louise
From: pitboun...@gmail.com
List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:27:24 -0500
Subject: Re:
we maxed at 118 last summer, or the one before cant remember.
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Louise Power power_lou...@hotmail.comwrote:
Ah the temperate Northwest...just into the 80s last week and in the
mid-60s this week. Also, a few showers. I doubt we'll get to 111 this
Probably baked your brain!!
Louise
From: pitboun...@gmail.com
List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 15:05:54 -0500
To: power_lou...@hotmail.com
CC: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: Re: [Texascavers]
we maxed at 118 last summer, or the one before cant remember.
On
Can someone recommend where I can get caving wire ladders?
Thanks.
--
Lyndon Tiu
-
Visit our website: http://texascavers.com
To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com
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They have been (or should be) outlawed internationally as a cruel and
unusually punishing ascending device.
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Lyndon Tiu l...@alumni.sfu.ca wrote:
Can someone recommend where I can get caving wire ladders?
Thanks.
--
Lyndon Tiu
Two or four strand barbed wire?
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
-Original message-
From: Ron R rcrutherf...@gmail.com
To: Lyndon Tiu l...@alumni.sfu.ca
Cc: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Tue, May 1, 2012 10:26:42 CDT
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Caving Wire
Lyndon,
Karstsports.com has them!
Natasha
From: Lyndon Tiu l...@alumni.sfu.ca
To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 10:23 AM
Subject: [Texascavers] Caving Wire Ladders?
Can someone recommend where I can get caving wire
Nah, they're the best thing for pitches upto 30ft!
You can get them in the UK Lyndon, btw.
Cheers, Stefan
From: Ron R [mailto:rcrutherf...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 10:27 AM
To: Lyndon Tiu
Cc: Cavers Texas
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Caving Wire Ladders?
They have been (or should
Well put, caving brother! Well, put!
-Original Message-
From: Ron R rcrutherf...@gmail.com
To: Lyndon Tiu l...@alumni.sfu.ca
Cc: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Tue, May 1, 2012 10:26 am
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Caving Wire Ladders?
They have been (or should be)
I disagree that ladders are the best way to do even short
drops, except in cases where there may be a single short pitch quite
remote in a cave. For one thing, to use one safely you should have a
belay rope, so why not just climb it instead of also carrying a
ladder? IMO also sells
I've always found it difficult to climb up a pitch with no foot or hand holds
:-)
Cheers, Stefan
-Original Message-
From: Mark Minton [mailto:mmin...@caver.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 11:45 AM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Caving Wire Ladders?
Old farts like ladders and I are one. I don't need no stinking belay rope, my
life insurance is paid up.
F
-Original Message-
From: Stefan Creaser [mailto:stefan.crea...@arm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 12:03 PM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Caving Wire
So why do we race up them at the Speleolympics? Or has that event been
dropped already? Ha ha ha. I would rather free solo the pitch than use a
cable ladder. Blarrrgh.
-Tim
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Fritz Holt fh...@townandcountryins.comwrote:
Old farts like ladders and I are one. I
I used a cable ladder this afternoon to install a new light inside the
pit under the basement of the Wayne County, KY Museum. The pit was once
connected to the cave system beneath the city from which the then hotel
drew cave air into the building. That didn't last very long. In 1938
the hotel
You know Carlsbad Caverns used to pipe cave air up to the visitor center
through the elevator shafts. Then finally they realized what damage they were
doing to the cave--drying out formations, causing yucky things to grow in the
cave, etc. They finally sealed up the shafts and the cave
texascavers Digest 2 May 2012 01:57:11 - Issue 1539
Topics (messages 19905 through 19924):
Re: Diver dies in Hawaiian cave
19905 by: Louise Power
Re:
19906 by: dirtdoc.comcast.net
19907 by: Nico Escamilla
19916 by: Louise Power
19921 by: Nico
Cavers:
The next project weekend at Government Canyon SNA is the 26th and 27th of
May. Please note that the date on the TSA website calendar is incorrect.
On the 26th and 27th we will be surveying caves, looking for caves, digging
for caves . . . You get the picture. There is much to do and I
Thanks for that link, Mark. I guess the grave robbers figure they can sell it on the black market? I don't have much hope they will be
caught unless they do something else stupid.
The New Scientist website has some interesting headlines, akin to The Onion, like
Wrinkled Doughnut Solves
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