[Texascavers] Vampire Bat Immigration

2022-03-13 Thread Bob West
From Texas A&M AgriLife Extension through my County Agriculural Extension Agent... I'll never forget my first encounter with vampire bat shit (and looking up to see the bats) while caving in the Xilitla area of Mexico many moons ago. Vampire bats could move into Texas Vampire bats are mainly fo

[Texascavers] Photos Luckenbach Sept. 1978

2014-08-30 Thread Bob West via Texascavers
thanks for posting the registration sheets! Bob West rawest...@hotmail.com ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascaver

RE: [Texascavers] Poison-ivy and Karst

2013-10-23 Thread Bob West
around it. She stopped getting it when she stopped handling my fathers dirty jeans putting them in the washing machine. Bob West Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:42:57 -0500 From: gi...@att.net To: dirt...@comcast.net CC: Texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Poison-ivy and Karst I

[Texascavers] Gin pole truck in action at Kiwi Sink

2013-05-21 Thread Bob West
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[Texascavers] Gin pole truck in action at Kiwi Sink

2013-05-21 Thread Bob West
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[Texascavers] Gin pole truck in action at Kiwi Sink

2013-05-21 Thread Bob West
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[Texascavers] Smithsonian article 'Into the Cave of Chile's Witches'

2013-02-20 Thread Bob West
headquarters located in a vast cavern, 40 or more yards long, whose secret entrance had been cleverly concealed in the side of a ravine. This cave (which Chilote tradition asserts was lit by torches burning human fat) was hidden somewhere outside the little coastal village of Quicavi, and

[Texascavers] Smithsonian article 'Into the Cave of Chile's Witches'

2013-02-20 Thread Bob West
headquarters located in a vast cavern, 40 or more yards long, whose secret entrance had been cleverly concealed in the side of a ravine. This cave (which Chilote tradition asserts was lit by torches burning human fat) was hidden somewhere outside the little coastal village of Quicavi, and

[Texascavers] Smithsonian article 'Into the Cave of Chile's Witches'

2013-02-20 Thread Bob West
headquarters located in a vast cavern, 40 or more yards long, whose secret entrance had been cleverly concealed in the side of a ravine. This cave (which Chilote tradition asserts was lit by torches burning human fat) was hidden somewhere outside the little coastal village of Quicavi, and

[Texascavers] European Cave Spiders Produce Super-Stretchy Silk

2012-02-08 Thread Bob West
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/stretchiest-spider-silk/

[Texascavers] European Cave Spiders Produce Super-Stretchy Silk

2012-02-08 Thread Bob West
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/stretchiest-spider-silk/

[Texascavers] European Cave Spiders Produce Super-Stretchy Silk

2012-02-08 Thread Bob West
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/stretchiest-spider-silk/

RE: [Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D

2011-05-20 Thread Bob West
icult to find and can be expensive. Where do you recommend parking there?rodrod.g...@ieee.org-Original Message- From: Bob West Sent: May 20, 2011 1:17 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D Cavers in the Center of the Caving Universe a

RE: [Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D

2011-05-20 Thread Bob West
Austin, where parking is notoriously difficult to find and can be expensive. Where do you recommend parking there?rodrod.g...@ieee.org-Original Message- From: Bob West Sent: May 20, 2011 1:17 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D Ca

RE: [Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D

2011-05-20 Thread Bob West
Austin, where parking is notoriously difficult to find and can be expensive. Where do you recommend parking there?rodrod.g...@ieee.org-Original Message- From: Bob West Sent: May 20, 2011 1:17 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D Ca

[Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D

2011-05-20 Thread Bob West
Cavers in the Center of the Caving Universe are gathering at 434 W 2nd (Downtown Austin) around 5:45PM to catch the 6PM showing of this movie. All are welcome to join... Tickets are $14 plus $1 surcharge for the 3D glasses = $15 To my knowledge so far there are 10 of us at least

[Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D

2011-05-20 Thread Bob West
Cavers in the Center of the Caving Universe are gathering at 434 W 2nd (Downtown Austin) around 5:45PM to catch the 6PM showing of this movie. All are welcome to join... Tickets are $14 plus $1 surcharge for the 3D glasses = $15 To my knowledge so far there are 10 of us at least

[Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D

2011-05-20 Thread Bob West
Cavers in the Center of the Caving Universe are gathering at 434 W 2nd (Downtown Austin) around 5:45PM to catch the 6PM showing of this movie. All are welcome to join... Tickets are $14 plus $1 surcharge for the 3D glasses = $15 To my knowledge so far there are 10 of us at least

[Texascavers] Cave movie; SXSW film festival in Austin

2011-03-07 Thread Bob West
Cave of Forgotten Dreams; director Werner Herzog. Filmed in 3D. http://www.filmdetail.com/2011/03/01/cave-of-forgotten-dreams-werner-herzog/ Playing at the South Lamar Alamo Drafthouse Sunday, March 13 at 4pm Friday, March 18 at 5:30pm $70 passes will keep you from having to purchase a tic

[Texascavers] Bat echolocation science article

2010-02-06 Thread Bob West
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100204204319.htm I wonder if Daniel Kish has gone caving yet?? Bob _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http:

[Texascavers] BBC video in Cave of Crystals

2010-01-19 Thread Bob West
Short video from new BBC series 'How the Earth Made Us". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8466493.stm Bob _ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Window

[Texascavers] Wrinkle-faced Bat

2009-08-15 Thread Bob West
"These guys are really rare and studying their feeding habits is a challenge. We were really lucky to catch so many, another team went out to the same location a year later and found nothing." http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090814/full/news.2009.824.html _

RE: [Texascavers] Cave photo

2008-09-29 Thread Bob West
you get star streaks from the Earth's rotation during the long exposure> time? Any astro experts out there with an opinion? Or half-astro experts?> Frank>>> On 9/29/08 10:20 AM, "Bob West" wrote:>> Cave photo of the day from the &#

[Texascavers] Cave photo

2008-09-29 Thread Bob West
Cave photo of the day from the 'astronomy picture of the day' site http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Very nice! Bob _ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live. http://clk.

[Texascavers] StarDate Nov/Dec article

2007-10-10 Thread Bob West
Astronomy News - Great article on DEPTHX and it's exploration of El Zacaton with 3D map (small inset) came in this mag. I did not get very far in finding article on web: http://stardate.org/magazine/spreads.php?issue=200712&s=9&&t=10&d=10 Bob _

RE: [Texascavers] Fastball thrown at a wall of beeswax

2007-04-05 Thread Bob West
ouble duty as a bullet proof camera case might come in handy also... Bro Bob From: To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Fastball thrown at a wall of beeswax Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 5:07:01 -0700 Brother Bob West, I'm intrigued by the

RE: [Texascavers] RE: Polybottles

2007-04-04 Thread Bob West
d jewelry stores. When a bullet hits it (when it is this thick) it flexes, absorbs the energy and stops the bullet; like a wall of bees wax stopping a fastball. Bob West _ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search M

[Texascavers] Ridgeflying

2007-04-02 Thread Bob West
Looks like a new tool for ridgewalking: Practicing on Earth Called the Earth-Mars Cave Detection Program, the project is preparing to enter phase 2, during which scientists will test their approach in "Mars analogue" sites, terrestrial environments with similarities to Martian landscapes. Th

RE: CaveTex: CHILI COOK-OFF

2007-03-26 Thread Bob West
I am a little leery of the part that says 'use your own members' !!!>From: "Linda Palit" >To: "'Godot Martel'" , >Subject: RE: CaveTex: CHILI COOK-OFF>Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:23:28 -0500>>Yum, yum.>Hold me back.>>>-Original Message->From: owner-cave...@cavetex.net [mailto:owner-cave...@c