Re: [Texascavers] The speleo-blues

Yes-we all have! You make everything harder than it needs to be & you can't afford it anyway so why do you try so hard? There are sooo many other, safer, and closer road trips you could do. Come to Dripping Springs & spend TG with Fritz, June, me & others-you're welcome. No drama, easy peasy! T

[Texascavers] The speleo-blues

>From David Locklear Have you ever had to back out of trip at the last minute after you put your heart and soul into making trip preparations ? I call it the speleo-blues. Or in this case, just the road-trip-blues. It is Wednesday night. 10 p.m., and my 4x4 vehicle is packed ready to pull out o

Re: [Texascavers] Backcountry preps - part 2

Yeah, we left your little truck about a mile from Potrero Redondo in ‘95 when it would go no further, & it was all still there when we got back to it several days later. That was the trip that the Grey Pendejo got its name. The Holly carb on that thing was crap & the linkage kept slipping out

[Texascavers] Omega-Pacific carabiner recall :

--- Begin Message --- If you own this carabiner, send it back. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2018/Omega-Pacific-Recalls-Carabiners-Due-to-Risk-of-Injury-or-Death Jerry Atkinson. Chairman - Southwestern Region of the NSS --- End Message --- ___ Texascave

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Has anyone got a copy of this cave book ?

Jerry, You can use Amazon's Look Inside feature to see some of the pages.  --Lee On 11/21/2017 10:55 PM, 'Jerry' via Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society wrote: Hypogene Karst Regions and Caves of the World , 1st ed. 2017 Edition by Alexander Klimchouk

[Texascavers] a personal story

>From David Locklear This post has no merit whatsoever You will regret not hitting the delete button. It looks like I am stuck in the Houston area today, Wednesday, the 22nd and postponing my road-trip another 12 hours. My beloved wife is driving alone south of Refugio on Hwy 59. heading fo

[Texascavers] FW: [NSSwest] Caving on this week's Science Friday

Want to skip this week's "black Friday" for something that matters? Try Science Friday! This week, the nationally-broadcast radio show, Science Friday, includes an interview with NSS caver Dr. Jason Polk at Western Kentucky University's Crumps Cave research preserve. Be sure to tune in as Dr. P

Re: [Texascavers] Backcountry preps - part 2

Amzing. I drive to the Sierra del Burro with one spare and no wheel locks in my 2002 Pickup on Firestone tires that are at least a year old and a spare that has never been on the ground and my mechanic says is dangerous. So far I havemade three four or five day trips and two out to Alpine and the d