[Texascavers] A climbing related video

2014-12-02 Thread David via Texascavers
Check out this rock-climber's confidence on the over-hanging cliff face: ( sorry for the Facebook link ) https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=780279402027526refid=17 ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com |

[Texascavers] UT/USS grotto meeting this week! Wednesday December 3.

2014-12-02 Thread Andrea Croskrey via Texascavers
Howdy! Grotto Meeting Wednesday! Carlos Ortega Lopez will be sharing about his caving trip to Main Drain in Utah this summer. Should be a great talk with the possible bonus of some Utah canyoneering pics. See you there! For information on Underground Texas Grotto activities, please see

Re: [Texascavers] A climbing related video

2014-12-02 Thread Fritz Holt via Texascavers
David, A most unusual and daring climb. I am not a rock climber but have never seen this technique. He puts a lot of faith in these hand tools but they seem to be most effective. Thanks! Fritz Holt fritz...@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone On Dec 2, 2014, at 7:45 AM, David via Texascavers

Re: [Texascavers] Monday 1 December Bureau of Economic Geology presentation on caves

2014-12-02 Thread Aimee Beveridge via Texascavers
All: The meeting last night was very interesting.  Cavers in attendance included Rune Burnet, Susan Souby, Andrea Croskrey, Geoff Hoese, Jim Kennedy and myself.  Geoff has the contact information for Chris Bell and has already asked him if he could present his findings on Phillips Cave in

Re: [Texascavers] Monday 1 December Bureau of Economic Geology presentation on caves

2014-12-02 Thread Crash Kennedy via Texascavers
Nico Hauwert was also in attendance. I agree, it would be a great talk for TSA Spring Convention, and Chris is a very engaging speaker. Among the other fauna so far identified in the cave is a dog, lizard, and extinct ground sloth. -- Jim On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Aimee Beveridge

Re: [Texascavers] [greater_houston_grotto] Support Texas Caves when Xmas shopping!

2014-12-02 Thread Chris Lafferty via Texascavers
Great info, Mallory. Is the relative donation to TCMA different if we use the Amazon link found on the TCMA website rather than Amazon Smile? I heard somewhere that SCCi encouraged shoppers to use their website link instead of Smile because they received a larger donation. Can anyone confirm?

Re: [Texascavers] Monday 1 December Bureau of Economic Geology presentation on caves

2014-12-02 Thread Roger Moore (cavera...@aol.com) via Texascavers
Duly noted for Spring Convention planning. Roger G. Moore -Original Message- From: Crash Kennedy via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com To: Aimee Beveridge aim...@yahoo.com Cc: Peter Sprouse pe...@zaraenvironmental.com; texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com; Geoff Hoese

[Texascavers] cute pix of rescued baby flying foxes

2014-12-02 Thread Louise Power via Texascavers
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/orphaned-baby-bats-adorably-wrapped-in-tiny-swaddles/vi-BBgcQkN ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives:

Re: [Texascavers] cute pix of rescued baby flying foxes

2014-12-02 Thread Joy Levy via Texascavers
I need my smelling salts after watching that. Cute overload in 3...2... On Dec 2, 2014 5:12 PM, Louise Power via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/orphaned-baby-bats-adorably-wrapped-in-tiny-swaddles/vi-BBgcQkN