[Texascavers] Join Us for Webbing Anchors for caving, Rescue & Sport. Is your anchor as strong as you think?

2015-08-21 Thread Geary Schindel via Texascavers
Webbing Anchors for caving, Rescue & Sport. Is your anchor as strong as you think? Presenter: Tom Evans Join us for a webinar on Sep 15, 2015 at 8:00 PM CDt, 9 PM EDT / 7 PM MDT / 6 PM PDT Please check your time zone for the correct starting time. Register now! https://attendee.gotowebinar.c

[Texascavers] book review: cave rescue manual

2015-08-21 Thread Mixon Bill via Texascavers
Manual of U.S. Cave Rescue Techniques, third edition, edited by Anmar Mirza. National Cave Rescue Commission, 2015. ISBN 237230362. Approximately 250 pages, 8.5 by 11 inches, softbound, $50. This book, a much-needed and thorough revision of the 1988 second edition, is a bound version of a c

Re: [Texascavers] trip report: Punkin Cave survey expedition #24

2015-08-21 Thread Diana Tomchick via Texascavers
One might also be able in the future to use short video clips and/or photos to help locate a terminal survey station. Diana ** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 53

Re: [Texascavers] trip report: Punkin Cave survey expedition #24

2015-08-21 Thread Stefan Creaser via Texascavers
Ohh, use technology?!!! -Stefan -Original Message- From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of Diana Tomchick via Texascavers Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 12:12 PM To: Cave Tex Subject: Re: [Texascavers] trip report: Punkin Cave survey expedition #24 One

Re: [Texascavers] trip report: Punkin Cave survey expedition #24

2015-08-21 Thread Mixon Bill via Texascavers
Thanks to the anonymous poster of that (not that I can't guess who it was). Since these valuable reports of projects, including Government Canyon and Colorado Bend, are not appearing in the Texas Caver, I hope someone in the Texas Speleological Survey is keeping them for the archives some other

Re: [Texascavers] book review: cave rescue manual

2015-08-21 Thread Les Ward via Texascavers
Let me know when you'd like to take me on a trip that involves 9mm rope. I'll pretend I've never seen it before, just for the joy of being on it. I'll even bring some other "flashing light" guys with me. Though, be warned, two of us are ones that got strange looks from NCRC instructors as we did

Re: [Texascavers] trip report: Punkin Cave survey expedition #24

2015-08-21 Thread Jerryatkin via Texascavers
The TSS is definitely archiving these digital reports that are posted to various list serves and social media. Jerry Atkinson. Sent from my iPad > On Aug 21, 2015, at 11:59 AM, Mixon Bill via Texascavers > wrote: > > Thanks to the anonymous poster of that (not that I can't guess who it was).

Re: [Texascavers] trip report: Punkin Cave survey expedition #24

2015-08-21 Thread Jerryatkin via Texascavers
In Fort Stanton, the survey teams conduct a running inventory of various cave resources, including photos of each survey station. Jerry. Sent from my iPad > On Aug 21, 2015, at 11:11 AM, Diana Tomchick via Texascavers > wrote: > > One might also be able in the future to use short video clips

[Texascavers] Attention Marvin Miller

2015-08-21 Thread Kevin McGowan via Texascavers
Hi Marvin, Can you contact me off-list, via email: ke...@kevinmcgowan.com or phone? My phone numbers are below. Thanks!! Kevin Kevin McGowan Photography 5250 Gulfton, Suite 2F Houston Texas 77081 Studio: 713-665-3818 Cell: 281-433-2474 www.kevinmcgowan.com --- This email has b

Re: [Texascavers] book review: cave rescue manual

2015-08-21 Thread Mark Minton via Texascavers
Back in the '80s, some Swiss cavers on a recon mission on Cerro Rabon (highlands east of Huautla, Oaxaca, Mexico) did a 200-meter drop on 8-mm rope. They were used to skinny rope, but that was extreme even for them. Afterwards they said, "Our eyes were very wide!" 8-mm rope gets really small when

[Texascavers] FW: Government Canyon Karst Project

2015-08-21 Thread Rick Corbell via Texascavers
On behalf of Marvin Miller. Rick Corbell—rlcorb...@hotmail.com Sent from Mail for Windows 10       Cavers, The Government Canyon Karst Project will be starting up again on the first weekend in September, the 5th and 6th. Project dates will be the first weekend of every month unless otherwis

[Texascavers] online voting test

2015-08-21 Thread galen falgout via Texascavers
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Re: [Texascavers] online voting test

2015-08-21 Thread Katherine Arens via Texascavers
hey you can also use surveymonkey for free for these purposes katie On Aug 22, 2015, at 12:40 AM, galen falgout via Texascavers mailto:texascavers@texascavers.com>> wrote: i am testing this online voting for the up coming TCMA election. i would appreciate if yall can vote on this test. thanks