[Texascavers] 2017 Board of Directors Election ***LIVE NOW***

2016-11-05 Thread Gregg Williams via Texascavers
I for got to post the notice below to CaveTex last night, but here it is. If you have received a ballot you have until the 12:00 am November 25 to vote. If you have not received a ballot you are either not a paid member or you are one of the emails below that bounced. If your email is below please

[Texascavers] any cavers near Nacogdoches ??

2016-11-05 Thread David via Texascavers
There is a very small but interesting sandstone cave about 7 miles due south of the town of Center, Texas in Shelby County in far east Texas ( in what used to be the piney woods ). It is about a mile west of the Highway 96 The exact coordinates of the downstream entrance are shown below. 3

Re: [Texascavers] Any cavers in Nacodoches ??

2016-11-05 Thread David via Texascavers
I forgot a small part The exact coordinates or the upstream or spring entrance is shown below. 31.679310, -94.177881 The spring is in a sinkhole but emerges and then goes back underground in walking passage for almost 100 meters. I always assumed it would get filled in by some retarded develope

[Texascavers] 1985 Huautla Tee Shirt

2016-11-05 Thread via Texascavers
As it turns out, David may have remembered that tee shirt more accurately than I thought. Here is a photo of the tee shirt we made for the 1985 Huautla expedition: . It is indeed tan/brown, and features an embl

[Texascavers] Geoff Robertson lost in the El Abra

2016-11-05 Thread via Texascavers
The story of Geoff Robertson getting lost in the El Abra is an interesting lesson in how not to navigate in the wilderness. Over Thanksgiving 1980 I took a group of people to look for a long-rumored black hole somewhere near Sótano de la Cuesta in the Sierra de El Abra of northern

Re: [Texascavers] Geoff Robertson lost in the El Abra

2016-11-05 Thread PRESTON FORSYTHE via Texascavers
Sad, interesting story on Geoff in the El Abra, Cuesta area, once very popular caving area in the mid 70's. Very easy to see how one could get lost, especially with the machete and compass interference. The Macaws, the shaft of sunlight down Cuesta, the thick jungle and the easy to find 100 m. d

[Texascavers] a caver political experiment

2016-11-05 Thread David via Texascavers
I am going to try something here to see if it has any purpose. https://goo.gl/spaces/dZL77kQ2hjZ1JZSK9 I guess it will not work if you do not have some kind of Google account. The idea here is for cavers to share their political views on the election and the candidates or anything related t

Re: [Texascavers] experiment

2016-11-05 Thread David via Texascavers
Apparently, to start a new topic in this thing, you are limited to a tweet like statement.But the comments can be longer. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texasc