�Hola!
There will be an opening today in the USA jobs website for a cave
technician in Sequoia-Kings Canyon. You can read more about it in Joel
Despain's email. It's a beautiful park, with lots of unexplored karst.
For anyone interested, good luck!
- Fofo
Origin
l be shown at a grotto social.
I'm looking forward to it!
- Fofo
On Jan 22, 2011 17:24, Tim Stich <timstic...@gmail.com> wrote:
Here's the trailer. I have a bad feeling about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaZHjv3ASfw
It seems to have all of the earmarks of an expl
MySpace... I should join that. I think it's growing like crazy and doing great.
:)
- Fofo
On Jan 12, 2011 10:08, Fritz Holt <fh...@townandcountryins.com> wrote:
I'm not on facebook, myspace or anything else. If anyone wants to communicate
with me they can use my e
and worrying. But I'll be
going back to Mexico for Christmas and New Years soon, and you know? I
can't wait!
Take care,
- Fofo
On 10/12/10 13:20, mark.al...@l-3com.com wrote:
Yeah,
Other than drug cartels, beheadings, kidnappings, and random shootings,
it�s a great place to
ill have to answer why he didn't do more, so restricting all access
brings him some safety. Not that I support this, but I guess that's why
it's being done.
- Fofo
Andy Gluesenkamp wrote, on 10/12/10 10:48 :
Or conduct a study to see how many people would actually be a
, they make a living out of it, but most people attending have
their expenses paid by their companies.
Take care,
- Fofo
On 30/11/10 12:23, Allan B. Cobb wrote:
I'm attending the American Society of Hematology conference this weekend in
Orlando, Florida. The conference is three and a
�Hola!
Here's an interesting note:
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1956760/new_species_of_blind_cave_fish_found_in_indonesia/
I hope everyone had a great time this past weekend and that you are back
from your turkey-induced coma!
-
Hi!
This is perfect for those who would like to try cave camping, but with
minimum discomfort:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/travel/21basilicata-next.html
- Fofo
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To
nd go straight to
work."
- Fofo
mark.al...@l-3com.com wrote, on 14/10/10 10:38 :
Did y'all hear about the miner who had both?
His GF was there to greet him. His wife was nowhere in sight.
You think he might want to climb back down that hole?!
Yikes!
Mark
-Original Me
d they idea that the miners could
be getting "the bends" when they surfaced)
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- Fofo
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For additional
live satellite feed
of the rescue."
And it is totally entrancing, captivating, mesmerizing, fascinating...
(but I won't bore you with more words from the Thesaurus). And I'm
really glad that so far the outcome has been so good.
Tak
�Hola!
OK, I resent this (probably at about the same time as many others) to
Bill and Vickie.
Take care,
- Fofo
cavera...@aol.com wrote, on 8/10/10 12:35 :
Transcription of a request from Boni Reynoso, Xilitla, Mexico, on Facebook:
Boni:
i'm bonifacio from xilitla in mexico,
an
amazing macro, you can get almost to where you are touching the subject
with the camera and it'll still focus.
As a better overall waterproof camera I would go with the Canon D10 too.
- Fofo
Mark Minton wrote, on 1/9/10 20:42 :
We've been using the Canon PowerShot D10 f
�Hola!
I'll reply off-list.
- Fofo
Sheryl Rieck wrote, on 11/8/10 6:13 :
I would appreciate some opinions from you folks. I know it is really
difficult to get cavers to express opinions, but I would appreciate it
if you could try. J I got a call about a gig down in Mexico City.
Hello.
Wes Skiles, famous cave diver and explorer, died yesterday during a
National Geographic work dive off West Palm Beach.
I don't have more information now, but this is sad news.
- Fofo
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I'm sending these not to be all "OMG, let's send help to Laguna de
Sanches now!!!" but because it's pretty amazing to see the R�o Santa
Catarina so full (and notice how people in the pictures are admiring the
water and not ru
Hi, Jules.
Sorry to see you go. There's a link at the bottom of each message that says:
To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com
Take care,
- Fofo
On May 28, 2010 13:08, Jules Jenkins <julesje...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Oh gawd, for years now I've
Hola,
>From the Western Region list, posted by Doug Billings.
- Fofo
---
I just got this from BCI. I am speechless except for
one word One word "F" Discovery Channel ! Here is a segment of the
disgusting video on You tube. http://www.youtub
ualization in Google Maps. It's
pretty cool. For example, here's Bustamante, NL, with the cave in the
background. Mac users: you may need to download a plugin.
http://tinyurl.com/29o7rkn
- Fofo
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he
cavers involved, got some quick notes and updates from them, and finally
I just got the official trip report, from Luca Chiarabini, who was
leading it.
Here's the report.
- Fofo
THE CAVING TRIP:
On May 3rd a party of 7 went to Thunder Canyo
I've heard that).
- Fofo
Mixon Bill wrote, on 30/4/10 9:54 :
What's this "documents to show economic solvency" business? That would
have been entertaining back in the old days of Mexican caving (the
sixties), when eight hippi gringo cavers in one truck with $5 cash each
woul
ernment ID/travel card.
* Documents that show economic solvency.
And yes, you may be able to submit the "formato de internaci�n" online!
I got to that page but I didn't want to submit any information.
- Fofo
Joe Ranzau wrote, on 29/4/10 19:39 :
On some Belize sites I visit
Hi, Mark.
Thing is, there is another way of registering a cell phone without a CURP
(Clave Unica de Registro Poblacional), using some basic information that is not
readily available, but not too hard to find (birth date, place of birth, etc).
- Fofo
On Apr 13, 2010 19:09, Mark Minton
this system you are required to
report your cellphone if it's stolen (and it sounds like an easy enough
system). About the ability to register the phone under other identities,
that is a very weak point of this policy or system and one of the
reasons why I didn't register mine.
-
er side of
the rope, go down the correct strand and then pull down the rope,
leaving behind the maillons.
- Fofo
David wrote, on 8/4/10 8:16 :
Can someone explain the rigging in this photo ?
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs477.snc3/26123_381095590898_700420898_4311538_22582
Hi!
There's this one too:
http://www.diverite.com/products/catalog/lights/lt6078led-700
700 lumens! It's kinda big and heavy for caving, but it would be good
for lighting a _big_ room.
- Fofo
El 31/03/2010 01:58 a.m., Charles Goldsmith escribi�:
Hell of a light, bu
. It was a good but
_cold_ weekend.
Glad to hear that everything finished well.
Take care,
- Fofo
El 29/03/2010 09:56 a.m., Antonio AA escribi�:
At 05:00hr, all the six people who were down the Popoca�s pit were
rescue by ERM Veracruz team. There were 3 females and 3 males (one of
the
�Hola!
This is a report from Antonio Aguirre, president of Espeleo Rescate
Mexico, who is currently in Costa Rica, teaching a rescue course.
- Fofo
This past Sunday, Espeleo Rescate Mexico (ERM) was notified of an
accident in Grutas de La Puente, in the
It goes something like this:
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1174
- Fofo
Mixon Bill wrote, on 5/3/10 7:03:
Where do they find those idiots to write press releases?
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a 15 m
incline and then fell into a 30 m pit. A doctor was lowered first and he
was with the patient throughout the rescue. The personnel is going back
to their homes."
- Fofo
Fofo wrote, on 22/2/10 23:18:
Howdy!
This is a note from Antonio Aguirre, president of Espeleo Rescate Me
more rescuers moving to
the zone"
- Fofo
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Hmm, this is a good chance for mentioning this. A California caver just
published a book that, yup, involves a gun in a cave. You can find it in
Amazon:
http://tinyurl.com/ygvllxr
(and you'll see Bill Mixon's review of it at the page in Amazon)
- Fofo
Linda Palit wrote,
n box.
The Pentax Optio is nice for caving, but I think that Canon has better
picture quality. The PowerShot D10 would be great, but it's bulkier, so
it's not a comfortable camera for leaving around your neck.
- Fofo
Pete Lindsley wrote, on 18/2/10 8:55:
I didn't see the w
That was excellent! The best thing is that this was some sort of safety
video...
- Fofo
Matt Turner wrote, on 4/2/10 12:22:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujFCIHbwEVY&feature=player_embedded
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujFCIHbwEVY&feature=player_embedded>
This shows w
a new style of drysuit that totally makes you look like a Power
Ranger, and the Converse shoes just complete the image.
- Fofo
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Good evening.
This is the final report, from To�o Aguirre, chairman of Espeleo Rescate
M�xico (ERM).
- Fofo
-
As you know by now, the decision was made to stop the recovery efforts
in the mine near San Joaqu�n, Quer�taro. This decision was
the risk for the
rescuers was too high.
- Fofo
Fofo wrote, on 20/1/10 23:59:
Good morning.
Here is the latest update from the ongoing rescue in Quer�taro, M�xico,
directly from To�o Aguirre, head of the Mexican Cave Rescue, Espeleo
Rescate M�xico (ERM):
Protecci�n Civil from
ves. To�o
Aguirre will have equipment for gas detection and measurement, for
ventilation, etc.
The State of Queretaro offered to support the operation in any way that
is needed.
- Fofo
> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:09:44 -0800
> From: gonza...@msu.edu
> CC: Texascav
I would hate to have
to work on a rescue in an old, abandoned mine. I hope that everything
goes well and my thoughts are with the rescuers (Protección Civil and
Espeleo Rescate México) and the families of the deceased.
- Fofo
speleoste...@tx.rr.com wrote, on 20/1/10 17:04:
Has anyone heard
org/
And here's a TinyUrl address for the Guardian article, since it seems
that it was chopped off in some e-mails:
http://tinyurl.com/yd5f3fe
Take care,
- Fofo
Stefan Creaser wrote, on 12/12/09 11:06:
Are you sure it was a typo, wasn't it one of Shackleton's descendants
this year:
"Shackleton and two others got to within 112 miles of the south pole in
January 2009 before abandoning their attempt with food supplies running
short."
Wow, you'd think that they would have been better prepared this time!
- Fofo
(PS: I realize that the Sha
his car) and he was found the following day.
My condolences for him and to the people close to him.
- Fofo
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For
s to "help" but peppering the e-mail with personal
questions, just to see what happens and then posting the whole thing
here, but that would need more time than I have now.
- Fofo
John Greer wrote, on 20/11/09 17:48:
Here we go again. This scam has been around for a while, going to
One more reason why bats are awesome!
- Fofo
Sheryl Rieck wrote, on 29/10/09 5:26:
I thought this would be of interest to the caving community.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/10/chinese-fruit-bats-engage-in-unusual-sexual-behavior.php
Sheryl
re's a sea otter swimming. And in other pictures you can see the
shadow of the bike with a boom that they used for these.
Another cool one is this one: http://tinyurl.com/ygpackk
The Laguna Seca raceway. I wonder that they used for recording this one?
- Fofo
John P. Brooks wrote, o
1 Hungary/Slovakia
1 Turkmenistan
1 Czech Rep.
1 Japan
1 Philippines
1 Canada
1 Poland
1 Norway
Have a great weekend! I'm off to the mountains.
- Fofo
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federal agents were scanned without
their knowledge:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/08/fed-rfid/
- Fofo
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2 words. Clear to go!
- Fofo
Mixon Bill wrote:
I have a delete button like everybody else, but it nevertheless takes a
while to delete forty new Texas Cavers list messages that are ten words
each. And those worthless little "Me either" messages must be a real pain to
those who
�Hola!
From the Spanish language caver's list "Tlamaqui"
- Fofo
--
Privet!
The 2009 Krubera-Voronya expedition finished. It's a two-part work, with
this summer being mostly the preparation for next year's push to dive
Sump 5 (&
com/lv3xbh
Some things sound funny, but I guess that you can follow most of the
story in English (it translated the name of a town, Los Tecomates, as
"the gourds," and it definitely can't handle swear words and slang, but
it's amusing to read "neither mothers" for "
Hey, maybe we are just jealous, sitting in front of a computer while he
is out there squeezing his mid-day snack out of a polar bear's turd.
:)
- Fofo
Diana Tomchick wrote, on 21/8/09 12:47:
Yes, I am unashamed about the fact that I am a Bear Grylls fan. Come on
folks, it's
."
In fact, Weinert said, the horses were not wild but were brought in
by trailer.
- Fofo
Gill Edigar wrote, on 21/8/09 11:56:
Is this the guy that claims to be doing his own photography, sound, and
all that? If so, I've seen a few bits of it and don't buy into it 100%.
him! Uh, yeah, right...
- Fofo
Don Cooper wrote, on 21/8/09 9:48:
Nay, but following Occam's Razor - "If it smells of 'B.S.' - it probably
IS some form of 'S.'...
-WaV
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 6:39 AM, <mailto:speleoste...@tx.rr.com>> wrote:
From Ta
routinely spend weeks underground while exploring hard
caves without any problems (but in those cases there are plenty of
stimuli around, like other cavers).
- Fofo
Mark Alman wrote, on 22/6/09 14:51:
Hey, Robert.
I'm no expert, but, I will post your message to CaveTex, wher
Well, maybe it'll start spinning backwards, and then, if movies have
taught me something, time would move back and we can do important things
like avoiding sending those text messages after a long night partying
that ended up being not such a good idea the following day...
- Fofo
need full vertical gear, so
you just rig a short rope, straight down, and perhaps use a seat harness
made out of webbing and down you go, onwards to the new virgin
passageways that are ahead.
Take care,
- Fofo
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ons why I would prefer another descender for
vertical caving, but Geary already outlined in a great post the pros and
cons, so... what he said. :)
- Fofo
Brian Riordan wrote, on 11/6/09 6:35:
Why would this be improper specifically for vertical caving? The
figure 8 will twist any rope. Th
ot; which are designed to stretch to
absorb the energy of a falling climber (falling is part of the game). In
a dynamic rope, after you take out the sheath (which is also looser than
in a static rope) you find braided strands of nylon, which are the ones
that absorb the energy.
Take care,
repeated use with a figure of 8) you end up with a rope that
kinks by itself.
It is a compact and lightweight descender, convenient for nuisance
drops, on short pieces of rope for which you don't care much.
- Fofo
Lyndon Tiu wrote, on 11/6/09 6:12:
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:04:44
Ouch! Yup.
"Archivos" -> "archive" and then I though "No! 'archivo' in English is
'file' in a computer context," and then I realized that I should have
said "attachments" instead, but I decided not to send _another_ correcti
> (no archives,
Uh... Thinking in Spanish here. It should have read "no files."
- Fofo
Fofo wrote, on 4/6/09 17:10:
Howdy!
Today, the 4th day of June of 2009, a new electronic mailing list was
born, fruit of the inspiration of Gustavo Vela and Franco Attolini
interested in caves and caving in Mexico and other
Spanish-speaking countries I'm sure that you will enjoy it.
How to join? You can do it on the web at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tlamaqui/join
(you'll need a Yahoo ID)
Or by sending an e-mail to:
No, actually, I like very much the list the way it is and how Charles
manages it.
The "delete" key is your friend.
- Fofo
Jules Jenkins wrote:
trust me, if there are 50 junk, complainy cave tex emails I DELETE them
all. But, why should I have to spend so much time del
Hey, you never know when you are going to need one to fend off those
nasty mutants. Didn't you see The Descent???
- Fofo
Nico Escamilla wrote:
This dude is talking about eventually lighting up the cave and acquiring
caving gear the words between parentheses say: helmets, lights an
driving by and could
give me a ride, that would be great. Long shot, I know, because by that
time most people would be already on the grounds, partaking of the
celebration, but still, I wanted to check out the possibility.
See you this weeken
ption of the picture on the website: "From left,
Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson and Anita Briem as three serious
spelunkers in 'Journey to the Center of the Earth.'"
- Fofo
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not
even worth it. From now on I'm not reading anything you write.
- Fofo (if you remember, I'm Mexican. And I would be extremely
surprised and relieved if I found out that you are Comanche,
Karankawa, Tonkawa, etc., but I don't think that's the case.)
Da
Howdy!
I replied to Cody Planteen by e-mail and Bill Steele suggested sending
it to this list too, so here it is!
Take care,
- Fofo
Original Message
Subject: El S�tano del Barro
Howdy!
Sorry to be kind of a party pooper, but as far as I know, El S�tano del
It would've been _much_ cooler the other way! In that case, for sure
there would've been a treasure buried there.
- Fofo
Butch Fralia wrote:
He wasn't deceased when he told me!
Butch
-Original Message-
From: Gill Ediger [mailto:gi...@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Tu
found ladders there), they were in street clothes, with a
handful of small candles... For a few seconds we just exchanged looks,
kinda like "hmm, so what are you doing here?" in both sides' minds.
- Fofo
Minton, Mark wrote:
Andy Gluesenkamp said:
>Does anyon
y skin�my own secret stash of compounds acquired by
merely living"
- Fofo
Scott wrote:
And all paper soft drink and coffee cups are water proofed by means of
thin plastic films.what about them
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!
- Original Message -
*From:*
7;t need to risk their lives crossing the deserts.
Best regards,
- Fofo (yes, Mexican)
Tim Kohtz wrote:
On one side of the fence we have The Devils River (the cleanest in
Texas!) On the other side they have whaterver that green smelly thing is
called running out of Acuna, With this in mind the cont
...about the new head of the Texas State Board of Education
http://tinyurl.com/3cra9t
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For additional
rase anything inside
the circle).
Take care,
- Fofo
Minton, Mark wrote:
Does anyone know how to crop a circular piece out of a photo? All
of the crop tools I have seen start at a point and draw a rectangular
box as you drag with the mouse. I'd like one that starts at a point a
ike he was going crazy, trying desperately to run towards
The Source. It is kinda weird to be squatting while a dog is next to you
with hunger on his face. At least he had manners and waited till you
were done. :)
- Fofo
Minton, Mark wrote:
Sleazeweasel's excellent descriptio
my new Petzl harness, but chinchin if you damage it!"
"So you'll pick me up for the caving trip? OK, but if you don't show up,
chinchin, eh?"
It's a friendly expression, it really doesn't mean you'll do something
(but you *could*! I mean, there was a w
Oh, yeah! But those are called ChinChin
(sorry, *way* too specific, I think only Ram�n, Andr�s, To�o and Nico
will understand -- it could be a test for your Mexican Spanish slang!!!)
- Fofo
Scott wrote:
ShipShips are what Alien Birds use. But I was actually referring to an
I don't know. It *is* alien, so it could be a shipship...
- Fofo
Cynthia A Lee wrote:
that should be spaceship.
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, Cynthia A Lee wrote:
cover up? does anyone suspect deadly radiation from an alien shipship?
just a thought.
rolling along in sunny seattle,
officials prevent and control future outbreaks in humans."
You can find the full note here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/opinion/05wed4.html?th&emc=th
Take care!
- Fofo
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