[Texascavers] Phuket Hospital

I am not making this up. The boys will be taken to Phuket Hospital. I know that is immature.Just being silly. I did learn from all my research that in that part of the world young women compete in rollerblading in various styles of free-dancing - one called Freestyle Slalom and another calle

[Texascavers] first souvenir of cave rescue produced

There is a artist caver that makes clay figures of cavers. That has nothing to do with the Thai cave rescue ( but just using it as a reference to what I am about to say ) A similar artist in Thailand is making the same kind of clay characters of all the people involved in this rescue. One of t

[Texascavers] Thailand cave rescue is now finally underway

13 specialist divers have now entered the cave to escort the boys out using a buddy system as the monsoon rains could flood the entire cave system.  "It's now or never." Live updates at https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/jul/08/thailand-cave-rescue-operation-divers-trapped-boys-live

[Texascavers] Thai web-surfing tip

If you want the very latest news on the rescue go to YouTube and search for กู้ภัย and then set your filter for today or for last hour, and you should see a few news channels with current news stories look for ones that have the most subscribers if you want the mainstream Thai version ( but it w

Re: [Texascavers] Any good news ?

Play by Play (Live): https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/jul/08/thailand-cave-rescue-operation-divers-trapped-boys-live On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 11:04 PM, Justin Shaw wrote: > It is being reported that a "rescue operation" is underway with 18 divers > entering the caves. There are many re

Re: [Texascavers] Any good news ?

It is being reported that a "rescue operation" is underway with 18 divers entering the caves. There are many reports with conflicting details. Apparently the media has been ejected from the site, so expect the rumor mill to go into overdrive. Justin Leigh Shaw jus...@oztotl.net "we need to sta

Re: [Texascavers] Any good news ?

Presumably there is a mini-sub currently about an hour into a 17 hour flight from LA to Thailand. Today, Elon Musk was in LA working with the SpaceX team building the kid mini-sub. About 9 hours ago he tweeted "Construction complete in about 8 hours, then 17 hour flight to Thailand." Elon also has

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Cave rescue article by a former Expeditions Coordinator for the National Speleological Society

In 1925, a man named Floyd Collins failed to come home from a day of cave exploration. A brief search located Collins. He was less than 200 feet from the entrance to a small cave just a couple of miles from his home. Collins had been on his way out of the cave when he dislodged a rock which pinned

[Texascavers] RIP

Early on caver Tom White died in Rockport of congestuve heart failure. -- Charlie Loving ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists

[Texascavers] Any good news ?

As of 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 7th, I have seen nothing to confirm the extraction of the boys has commenced. Just hearsay of rumors that non-essential personnel have been moved back further from the command center. There was a rumor that the authorities could not find children-size wet-suits. On

Re: [Texascavers] Pete’s last Sunday Swim

Looks pretty screwed up. Now I hear old caver Tom White has crossed over to the Happy Hunting Ground. On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 11:05 AM, Bill Steele wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@

[Texascavers] The deceased cave diver

Here is a good report of the fallen diver's funeral procession https://youtu.be/StLmbT88Ag4 Note how the Buddhist monk keeps a string attached to himself and the corpse. It is a tough life in third-world countries and a small percentage of the population gets a state funeral. For example, l

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Cave rescue article by a former Expeditions Coordinator for the National Speleological Society

Yes, Lee. Thank you! It is a VERY good article! > On Jul 7, 2018, at 12:21 PM, Lee H. Skinner wrote: > > Excellent article: > > > Cave rescues are extremely difficult. Cave diving is extremely dangerous. The > combination is worse. >

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Cave rescue article by a former Expeditions Coordinator for the National Speleological Society

The comments were interesting as well. Two good suggestions: 1. Fabric “diving bell” for the kids, fed by air hoses, in case the floods come 2. Find a low spot that a drill hole could reach, and drain the cave that way in addition to the pumps. But where? - Pete On Jul 7, 2018, at 12:21 PM, Lee

[Texascavers] Cave rescue article by a former Expeditions Coordinator for the National Speleological Society

Excellent article: Cave rescues are extremely difficult. Cave diving is extremely dangerous. The combination is worse. Lee Skinner _

Re: [Texascavers] photos of Peter Strickland

There are many recently posted pics and videos of Pete on Facebook. It is an easier medium for such posts. I know not everyone is on it, but thought I'd mention it. I find it a good way to keep in touch with the caving community. Original message From: Steve Keselik Date: 7/

Re: [Texascavers] Pete Strickland

Jocie says there will be a celebration of Pete's life after NSS convention. Original message From: terri.spro...@yahoo.com Date: 7/5/18 11:24 AM (GMT-06:00) To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Pete Strickland Looking for Pete's (texascavers?) post abo

[Texascavers] 4x4 vehicle related

This is probably well known, but the vehicles shown in the Thai command center are the Toyota BXD10.( Civilian version the MegaCruiser ) https://www.flickr.com/photos/happyexpat/32608306705 If you right click on the image, it will enlarge. Here is another version. https://static1.squa