[Texascavers] More details - Rescue of boys trapped in Thai cave could take months

2018-07-02 Thread Lee H. Skinner
From: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/03/rescue-of-boys-trapped-in-thai-cave-could-take-months-military-warns and : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/jul/02/thailand-cave-rescue-divers-search-for-missing-football-team-live Summary of some important points in the

[Texascavers] News Video from Austin: keep caves clean

2018-07-02 Thread Katherine Arens
https://www.kvue.com/video/news/local/community/keeping-austins-cave-clean/269-811 Katherine ArensPhones: Office(512) 232-6363 ar...@austin.utexas.edu Dept. Phone: (512) 471-4123 Dept. of Germanic Studies FAX (512)

[Texascavers] Tyrolean related

2018-07-02 Thread David
Apparently there is a section of passage in the cave in Thailand that requires using a tyrolean to transfer the scuba tanks. https://youtu.be/1-tA6xINEYU I would bet that their wet-suits are way too hot for what most of the divers are doing. The kids did this cave barefooted in polyester

[Texascavers] Update on the Thailand cave rescue - Day 10

2018-07-02 Thread Lee H. Skinner
This evening I watched as the story unfolded on CBS, NBC and ABC.  I thought ABC had the most detailed and interesting information: ABC Evening News:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZChoyCwgnkc It's not over by any means yet.   Some boys may have to be trained to swim.  A medic diver is

Re: [Texascavers] Thai Cave

2018-07-02 Thread David
Here is a news reporter interviewing some guy https://youtu.be/TJ1OEDff06Y ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/

[Texascavers] Better video of soccer team encounter by the Thai Navy Seals

2018-07-02 Thread Lee H. Skinner
Don Martin of Las Cruces sent me the following, so I'll pass it on:   --Lee Skinner Here is a better rescue video by the BBC with lots of surface jubilation, too...and a long narrative of what the British Seals asked the boys and the boys' replies.

[Texascavers] More on caving videos

2018-07-02 Thread William R. Elliott
I recently posted a link to a video by Jean Luis Lacaille Múzquiz and his friends about Cueva de El Abra. See it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfH8_hJu5DU Attached is the 48K docx script of the video in Spanish and English by Jean Louis for those of you who might be interested in this

[Texascavers] See moment divers reach teens trapped in cave

2018-07-02 Thread Lee H. Skinner
CNN:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hObYgyiZ3mI Getting them out in their weakened conditions through narrow underwater passages will still be a major problem. Lee Skinner ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com

Re: [Texascavers] Thai Cave Rescue

2018-07-02 Thread David
This will make a much better documentary than Gerald Moni's rescue This event should lead to a positive thing when it is all said and done. I would like to visit a cave like that. They can easily modify the drainage to prevent this from happening so early in the monsoon season.

[Texascavers] Scant details so far on Thailand soccer team

2018-07-02 Thread Lee H. Skinner
# Osatanakorn says efforts to drain water from the cave will continue, as will plans to send in a medical team "to check their health and movement. We will work all night." The boys won't be moved until doctors can verify their condition permits it. # As far as their condition goes,Reuters

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Thai cave rescue: Missing soccer team found alive

2018-07-02 Thread Lee H. Skinner
YouTube news: ABC News:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1nS4CrIbxE CBS News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaeFNxCDTr8 BBC News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CYnD3MdTxY Channel News Asia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UE8VtS7QKk Lee Skinner

Re: [Texascavers] The Lost Boys - Day 8

2018-07-02 Thread Charles Loving
Navy Seals reached them. The CNN report says they are very weak and medics are going in to evaluate them. Getting them out actually won't be that easy either but they are alive. On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 11:04 AM, John Brooks < john.brooks.archit...@gmail.com> wrote: > The BBC is reporting that all

[Texascavers] Art for auction

2018-07-02 Thread June Levy
I will donate Where? Will someone come to our ranch to choose? Sent from my iPhone ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/

[Texascavers] Thai cave rescue: Missing soccer team found alive

2018-07-02 Thread Lee H. Skinner
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/02/asia/thai-cave-rescue-intl/index.html Lee Skinner ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/

Re: [Texascavers] The Lost Boys - Day 8

2018-07-02 Thread John Brooks
The BBC is reporting that all of the boys and the coach have been found and are safe. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 1, 2018, at 2:40 PM, Lee H. Skinner wrote: > > A video uploaded today by CNN. Pumped out water is getting clearer. More > hope as divers have broken through the first sump. >

Re: [Texascavers] UT Grotto "Meeting" July 4th

2018-07-02 Thread Jacqueline Thomas
That is one exquisite sum-i ! J. LaRue Thomas jlrtho...@verizon.net > On Jul 1, 2018, at 12:07 PM, Underground Texas Grotto > wrote: > > Greetings Cavers, > If you're able, willing, and in Austin for Independence Day, get in something > that you can paddle and join us for the bat flight and

Re: [Texascavers] GUAD Grotto

2018-07-02 Thread Terry Holsinger
Their videos have been popping up in my youtube feed for a while now. Looked up their contact info on the NSS site and their phone number is also for a "climbing" hut/campground/gear store right outside Hueco Tanks SP (on the road to the park from Hwy 62) and this helps explain why they look

Re: [Texascavers] GUAD Grotto

2018-07-02 Thread jerryatkin
Marvin, Send me a PM on this. Jerry. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 1, 2018, at 9:54 PM, Marvin and Lisa wrote: > > Is anyone on this list a member of the GUAD Grotto? I did not realize there > was an official GUAD Grotto in Texas until I saw this video on YouTube: > >