Re: [Texascavers] Vietnam Cave on TV

2015-05-15 Thread Fritz Holt via Texascavers
Mark who? Fritz Holt Sent from my iPhone > On May 14, 2015, at 12:31 PM, via Texascavers > wrote: > > > I want to go to these caves so bad! > > > Mark > texascav...@yahoo.com > > > > > http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/drones-inside-hidden-world-live-3077 > > > > http://ww

[Texascavers] Vietnam Cave on TV

2015-05-14 Thread via Texascavers
I want to go to these caves so bad! Mark texascav...@yahoo.com http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/drones-inside-hidden-world-live-3077 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3023009/Below-surface-Laos-Kayakers-capture-incredible-rock-formation

Re: [Texascavers] Vietnam Cave

2011-01-05 Thread Rod Goke
Some of us armchair cavers are waiting for the day when we can fly through the cave on that 747 they claim will fit inside the passage. ;-) -Original Message- >From: Mary Thiesse >Sent: Jan 5, 2011 10:18 AM >To: David , TexasCavers >Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Vietnam Ca

Re: [Texascavers] Vietnam Cave

2011-01-05 Thread Gill Edigar
The cave is kick ass but appears to be moderately easy to traverse--no supercavers required. The NG article is totally lame--something I've gotten so used to I seldom read them anymore--just look at the pictures and other graphics. --Ediger On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Mary Thiesse wrote: >>>

Re: [Texascavers] Vietnam Cave

2011-01-05 Thread Mary Thiesse
>I don't know how many caver's feel they have ever "conquered" a cave, but this cave doesn't look all that complicated to conquer. Let me guess David 1. Armchair caving has made you a bit overly cocky? 2. You are trying to piss off those individuals that do expedition caving? 3. 2011 is alr

Re: [Texascavers] Vietnam Cave

2011-01-05 Thread David
I only flipped thru the article in about 10 seconds, but it looked like the author of the article tried to hype up the exploration a little. Above the photo of the caver bolt climbing, it reads in large letters something to the effect that if just one bolt breaks the caver falls to his death. I d

[Texascavers] Vietnam Cave

2011-01-04 Thread Rod Goke
Some of you might find this interesting. It's a National Geographic article about Hang Son Doong, or “mountain river cave,” which is a cave in Vietnam with exceptionally large passages: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/largest-cave/jenkins-text/1 Rod ---