[Texascavers] The future of cave surveying?

2012-09-25 Thread Fofo
Howdy! You can just wear this vest and map a cave that you walk through. Yeah, there are already systems like this that have been used for mapping caves, but they are big, heavy and very expensive. This is definitely more portable: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19716723 - Fofo ---

[Texascavers] The future of cave surveying?

2012-09-25 Thread Fofo
Howdy! You can just wear this vest and map a cave that you walk through. Yeah, there are already systems like this that have been used for mapping caves, but they are big, heavy and very expensive. This is definitely more portable: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19716723 - Fofo ---

[Texascavers] The future of cave surveying?

2012-09-25 Thread Fofo
Howdy! You can just wear this vest and map a cave that you walk through. Yeah, there are already systems like this that have been used for mapping caves, but they are big, heavy and very expensive. This is definitely more portable: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19716723 - Fofo ---

[SWR] Building a Bat Cave to Battle a Killer

2012-09-25 Thread Lee H. Skinner
A good WNS article from the New York Times: http://tinyurl.com/9d2swxh Lee Skinner ___ SWR mailing list s...@caver.net http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr ___ This list is provided free as a c

[SWR] Building a Bat Cave to Battle a Killer

2012-09-25 Thread Lee H. Skinner
A good WNS article from the New York Times: http://tinyurl.com/9d2swxh Lee Skinner ___ SWR mailing list s...@caver.net http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr ___ This list is provided free as a c

[SWR] Building a Bat Cave to Battle a Killer

2012-09-25 Thread Lee H. Skinner
A good WNS article from the New York Times: http://tinyurl.com/9d2swxh Lee Skinner ___ SWR mailing list s...@caver.net http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr ___ This list is provided free as a c

RE: [ot_caving] FW: Israeli War Imminent?

2012-09-25 Thread Mark . Alman
The majority of this below is false. Please refer to http://www.snopes.com/politics/israel/iranwar.asp Mark From: Fritz Holt [mailto:fh...@townandcountryins.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 10:09 AM To: Off-Topic Texas Cavers; Mandy holt; Jenny Holt; 'bbat...@gmail.

RE: [ot_caving] FW: Israeli War Imminent?

2012-09-25 Thread Mark . Alman
The majority of this below is false. Please refer to http://www.snopes.com/politics/israel/iranwar.asp Mark From: Fritz Holt [mailto:fh...@townandcountryins.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 10:09 AM To: Off-Topic Texas Cavers; Mandy holt; Jenny Holt; 'bbat...@gmail.

RE: [ot_caving] FW: Israeli War Imminent?

2012-09-25 Thread Mark . Alman
The majority of this below is false. Please refer to http://www.snopes.com/politics/israel/iranwar.asp Mark From: Fritz Holt [mailto:fh...@townandcountryins.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 10:09 AM To: Off-Topic Texas Cavers; Mandy holt; Jenny Holt; 'bbat...@gmail.

[SWR] Romanian caver looking for caving trips

2012-09-25 Thread George Veni
Ioana Meleg is coming to Carlsbad in January from Romania to attend the Carbon and Boundaries in Karst Symposium that will be hosted by NCKRI. Starting Saturday, January 12th, she will be available to go caving. At this point I don't know how long she will be able to stay in the area, and suspect s

[SWR] Romanian caver looking for caving trips

2012-09-25 Thread George Veni
Ioana Meleg is coming to Carlsbad in January from Romania to attend the Carbon and Boundaries in Karst Symposium that will be hosted by NCKRI. Starting Saturday, January 12th, she will be available to go caving. At this point I don't know how long she will be able to stay in the area, and suspect s

[SWR] Romanian caver looking for caving trips

2012-09-25 Thread George Veni
Ioana Meleg is coming to Carlsbad in January from Romania to attend the Carbon and Boundaries in Karst Symposium that will be hosted by NCKRI. Starting Saturday, January 12th, she will be available to go caving. At this point I don't know how long she will be able to stay in the area, and suspect s

[SWR] Webinar: "Caves and Karst - The World Beneath our Feet"

2012-09-25 Thread NSS Announcements
Forwarded from Emily Davis = Please join the Forest Service, Project Underground, and Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning on Thursday, October 11th, 7:00-8:30 p.m. ET, to experience the dark underground world that exists right beneath our feet. Caves and ot

[SWR] Webinar: "Caves and Karst - The World Beneath our Feet"

2012-09-25 Thread NSS Announcements
Forwarded from Emily Davis = Please join the Forest Service, Project Underground, and Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning on Thursday, October 11th, 7:00-8:30 p.m. ET, to experience the dark underground world that exists right beneath our feet. Caves and ot

[SWR] Webinar: "Caves and Karst - The World Beneath our Feet"

2012-09-25 Thread NSS Announcements
Forwarded from Emily Davis = Please join the Forest Service, Project Underground, and Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning on Thursday, October 11th, 7:00-8:30 p.m. ET, to experience the dark underground world that exists right beneath our feet. Caves and ot

[Texascavers] Webinar: "Caves and Karst - The World Beneath our Feet"

2012-09-25 Thread NSS Announcements
Forwarded from Emily Davis = Please join the Forest Service, Project Underground, and Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning on Thursday, October 11th, 7:00-8:30 p.m. ET, to experience the dark underground world that exists right beneath our feet. Caves and ot

[Texascavers] Webinar: "Caves and Karst - The World Beneath our Feet"

2012-09-25 Thread NSS Announcements
Forwarded from Emily Davis = Please join the Forest Service, Project Underground, and Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning on Thursday, October 11th, 7:00-8:30 p.m. ET, to experience the dark underground world that exists right beneath our feet. Caves and ot

[Texascavers] Webinar: "Caves and Karst - The World Beneath our Feet"

2012-09-25 Thread NSS Announcements
Forwarded from Emily Davis = Please join the Forest Service, Project Underground, and Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning on Thursday, October 11th, 7:00-8:30 p.m. ET, to experience the dark underground world that exists right beneath our feet. Caves and ot

[Texascavers] identifying old bottles

2012-09-25 Thread Logan McNatt
Cavers often find old bottles while digging out sinkholes that were used as trash dumps. In very general terms, most of these dumps date to the early to mid-20th Century in Texas, although some can date to the mid-to-late-19th Century. The Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) has a Historic

[Texascavers] identifying old bottles

2012-09-25 Thread Logan McNatt
Cavers often find old bottles while digging out sinkholes that were used as trash dumps. In very general terms, most of these dumps date to the early to mid-20th Century in Texas, although some can date to the mid-to-late-19th Century. The Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) has a Historic

[Texascavers] identifying old bottles

2012-09-25 Thread Logan McNatt
Cavers often find old bottles while digging out sinkholes that were used as trash dumps. In very general terms, most of these dumps date to the early to mid-20th Century in Texas, although some can date to the mid-to-late-19th Century. The Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) has a Historic

Re: [Texascavers] Tennessee's Marion O. Smith is officially an old man

2012-09-25 Thread germanyj
This man is the ULTIMATE, CONSUMMATE CAVER! For those who don't know, Marion O. has kept a diary of every cave he's ever been in and it would put most cavers to shame! I am so privileged to know him - if only thru NSS conventions. Be sure to wish him a happy birthday. I had no doubt he would s

Re: [Texascavers] Tennessee's Marion O. Smith is officially an old man

2012-09-25 Thread germanyj
This man is the ULTIMATE, CONSUMMATE CAVER! For those who don't know, Marion O. has kept a diary of every cave he's ever been in and it would put most cavers to shame! I am so privileged to know him - if only thru NSS conventions. Be sure to wish him a happy birthday. I had no doubt he would s

Re: [Texascavers] Tennessee's Marion O. Smith is officially an old man

2012-09-25 Thread germanyj
This man is the ULTIMATE, CONSUMMATE CAVER! For those who don't know, Marion O. has kept a diary of every cave he's ever been in and it would put most cavers to shame! I am so privileged to know him - if only thru NSS conventions. Be sure to wish him a happy birthday. I had no doubt he would s

[Texascavers] Tennessee's Marion O. Smith is officially an old man

2012-09-25 Thread Speleosteele
Many Texas cavers have met and have gone caving with Marion O. Smith. He's done a lot of caving in Mexico. The first time I went caving with him, in 1969, he was 26 years old and I was 20. He said he was old, and he sure seemed a lot older, even then. But look at him now. Yesterday was Mar

[Texascavers] Tennessee's Marion O. Smith is officially an old man

2012-09-25 Thread Speleosteele
Many Texas cavers have met and have gone caving with Marion O. Smith. He's done a lot of caving in Mexico. The first time I went caving with him, in 1969, he was 26 years old and I was 20. He said he was old, and he sure seemed a lot older, even then. But look at him now. Yesterday was Mar

[Texascavers] Tennessee's Marion O. Smith is officially an old man

2012-09-25 Thread Speleosteele
Many Texas cavers have met and have gone caving with Marion O. Smith. He's done a lot of caving in Mexico. The first time I went caving with him, in 1969, he was 26 years old and I was 20. He said he was old, and he sure seemed a lot older, even then. But look at him now. Yesterday was Mar

[Texascavers] Resend - Hello!? - Request for officers for 2013 - The TSA Wants YOU To Volunteer!

2012-09-25 Thread Mark . Alman
Sorry. It's early! It should read that I've had ZERO response for TSA VICE CHAIR. Mark From: Alman, Mark @ SSG - WSG - EOS Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:38 AM To: TexasCavers Subject: [Texascavers] Hello!? - Request for officers for 2013 - The TSA Wants YOU To Volunteer!

[Texascavers] Resend - Hello!? - Request for officers for 2013 - The TSA Wants YOU To Volunteer!

2012-09-25 Thread Mark . Alman
Sorry. It's early! It should read that I've had ZERO response for TSA VICE CHAIR. Mark From: Alman, Mark @ SSG - WSG - EOS Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:38 AM To: TexasCavers Subject: [Texascavers] Hello!? - Request for officers for 2013 - The TSA Wants YOU To Volunteer!

[Texascavers] Resend - Hello!? - Request for officers for 2013 - The TSA Wants YOU To Volunteer!

2012-09-25 Thread Mark . Alman
Sorry. It's early! It should read that I've had ZERO response for TSA VICE CHAIR. Mark From: Alman, Mark @ SSG - WSG - EOS Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:38 AM To: TexasCavers Subject: [Texascavers] Hello!? - Request for officers for 2013 - The TSA Wants YOU To Volunteer!

texascavers Digest 25 Sep 2012 11:40:29 -0000 Issue 1631

2012-09-25 Thread texascavers-digest-help
texascavers Digest 25 Sep 2012 11:40:29 - Issue 1631 Topics (messages 20736 through 20740): Re: Off-topic: Packing peanuts up for grabs 20736 by: Gill Edigar Artificial Bat Cave built to combat WNS 20737 by: Heather Tucek Joe Ranzau - please contact me off list ASAP

texascavers Digest 25 Sep 2012 11:40:29 -0000 Issue 1631

2012-09-25 Thread texascavers-digest-help
texascavers Digest 25 Sep 2012 11:40:29 - Issue 1631 Topics (messages 20736 through 20740): Re: Off-topic: Packing peanuts up for grabs 20736 by: Gill Edigar Artificial Bat Cave built to combat WNS 20737 by: Heather Tucek Joe Ranzau - please contact me off list ASAP

texascavers Digest 25 Sep 2012 11:40:29 -0000 Issue 1631

2012-09-25 Thread texascavers-digest-help
texascavers Digest 25 Sep 2012 11:40:29 - Issue 1631 Topics (messages 20736 through 20740): Re: Off-topic: Packing peanuts up for grabs 20736 by: Gill Edigar Artificial Bat Cave built to combat WNS 20737 by: Heather Tucek Joe Ranzau - please contact me off list ASAP

[Texascavers] Hello!? - Request for officers for 2013 - The TSA Wants YOU To Volunteer!

2012-09-25 Thread Mark . Alman
The crickets are chirping so loudly that I thought I better re-announce this. It's been a week since I announced the beginning of the 2013 officer nomination process for the TSA. So far, I have had two people respond with their interest in serving as TSA Secretary. Thanks you so much (y

[Texascavers] Hello!? - Request for officers for 2013 - The TSA Wants YOU To Volunteer!

2012-09-25 Thread Mark . Alman
The crickets are chirping so loudly that I thought I better re-announce this. It's been a week since I announced the beginning of the 2013 officer nomination process for the TSA. So far, I have had two people respond with their interest in serving as TSA Secretary. Thanks you so much (y

[Texascavers] Hello!? - Request for officers for 2013 - The TSA Wants YOU To Volunteer!

2012-09-25 Thread Mark . Alman
The crickets are chirping so loudly that I thought I better re-announce this. It's been a week since I announced the beginning of the 2013 officer nomination process for the TSA. So far, I have had two people respond with their interest in serving as TSA Secretary. Thanks you so much (y