I've had a few cancellations so I have space for about 6 additional people.
Saturday & Sunday morning tacos and or pancakes will be provided. Saturday
evening is okra, chicken and shrimp gumbo with rice. Please remember to bring
your own plate, utensils and cups. Anyone interested in coming
Kris, thanks for sending the trip report to the list. You described fire ants (Ants in the Pants Cave); very small, tight entrances, cracks,
crevices, and passages; and bad air. Yet y'all were able to relocate several caves, update GPS locations, check out several in-cave leads, and
even dig op
This is almost vaguely caving related if you consider that the Mars
rover Curiosity, is
ridgewalking over virgin rocky terrain.
The rover has been on the planet 446 days now. I do not believe it
is a kilometer
from the landing site, but is pretty close to passing that in the next
few drives.
Thanks to Tom Summers and Cave Without a Name we have a proven place to hold
the 2014 Spring Convention of the Texas Speleological Association. But to move
forward with planning we need to set a date for the convention. Tom wants to
block out Spring Break for Texas schools since this is a very
I really like the idea but Facebook has a much easier method of signing up
and it does not require a specific email. Compounding google+ is that I
have a @cavechat.org email address which is a disquised gmail account
though google+ is not allowed with my email addy.
On Thursday, November 21, 2013
Thanks Kris for the trip report.
Re Crippled Deer Cave Map, we were never satisfied with that map as it
does not match the detailed description we have for that cave, we just
never got anyone to go back out to that part of the park to do a remap.
From the CBP files:
"CRIPPLED DEER CAVE San S
I also have an inflatable tandem kayak - and a little inflatable raft.
If I can come, I would be happy to share these as well.
Patrick
-Original Message-
From: Nancy [mailto:nan...@prismnet.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:26 AM
To: speleoste...@aol.com
Cc: Texascavers@texascave
Project Dates: November 9 - 10
Volunteers: Kris Peña, Alvis Hill, Dawn Hill, John Young, Angela Young,
Bryce Smith, Fernando Hernandez, Westin Green, Leah Woods, Yvonne Reyes
Total Hours: 73 hrs work time + 46 hrs drive time = 119 volunteer hours
Summary:
In all 10 people split over 3 teams co
texascavers Digest 21 Nov 2013 20:18:11 - Issue 1887
Topics (messages 23072 through 23078):
Re: A look at Caverns newly discovered room
23072 by: Pete Lindsley
In Quest of the Rim of Hell
23073 by: dirtdoc.comcast.net
Re: Karst Abstract Opportunities @ S. Central GSA - Faye
I subtly hinted at this a month ago, but the NSS Google+ Page is now 2
years old. It was born near Arcola, Texas on November 11th, 2011.
It would work better if more U.S. cavers subsribed to it, especially the
"Community" page, where cavers can interact without much mediation.
Any organized gr
Back in the heyday of the honey creek project I took my hard shell perception
kayak into the spring entrance paddling thru formations and their crystalline
reflections to the first sump. It was a heavenly experience
I highly recommend taking Bill up on his offer
Those of you who read the Texas Caver likely know that the Dallas/Fort
Worth Grotto has had a multi-year project underway to thoroughly explore and
survey Spring Creek Cave, north of Boerne, Texas. The 6th season (Nov. -
April due to the bats) is about to begin with a trip there on Dec. 14. T
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