[Texascavers] NSS headquarters mortgage progress

2016-11-29 Thread Mixon Bill via Texascavers
In conversation during the past NSS convention, I was told that a large bequest ($500K) from Roger Sperka and an anonymous donation of $400K has very substantially reduced the balance the NSS still has to raise to pay off the mortgage on the NSS headquarters in Huntspatch. A very brief mention o

Re: [Texascavers] headlamp

2016-11-29 Thread David via Texascavers
It seems only fair to critique Mr. Kunath's post as he nostalgically critiques the newbie Texas Caver articles. However, I am retired from arm-chair caving and no longer burdened with such trivialities. I am now annoying Linux desktop users worldwide and have developed a similar reputation in tha

[Texascavers] Nice headlamp new to the market

2016-11-29 Thread Carl Kunath via Texascavers
At the risk of usurping David Locklear’s domain, I’ll point to a nice headlamp recently purchased at Home Depot. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Coast-HL7-Focusing-LED-Headlamp-19261/204800762 This single LED unit will focus from wide to spot, can be continuously varied from dim to bright, and will

[Texascavers] Fwd: Join Us for How strong is that knot you are hanging your life on? A Review of Knot Strength Testing

2016-11-29 Thread Geary Schindel via Texascavers
Fyi Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™ III, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: "D. Spoons" Date:11/28/2016 9:37 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Geary Schindel Subject: Join Us for How strong is that knot you are hanging your life on? A Review of Knot Strength Testing Cavers,