[Texascavers] tour cave question

2010-07-17 Thread David
I was just curious which of the tour caves have closed due to WNS. I saw that Wyandotte Cave in Indiana was closed. ( I believe that is a state owned tour cave, as opposed to a privately owned one. ) I know there has been some debate about tour caves putting up barriers to keep bats out of their

Re: [Texascavers] tour cave question

2010-07-17 Thread Rod Goke
dlocklea...@gmail.com Sent: Jul 17, 2010 3:33 AM To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] tour cave question I was just curious which of the tour caves have closed due to WNS. I saw that Wyandotte Cave in Indiana was closed. ( I believe that is a state owned tour cave

Re: [Texascavers] a cave question

2010-06-14 Thread JerryAtkin
Using metal strips or tags was once a popular method of marking stations in Texas caves. You can still find them in some of the caves that were surveyed back around the 1960s. I still use colored aluminum tags for permanent stations that I want to easily relocate. Jerry. In a

Re: [Texascavers] a cave question

2010-06-14 Thread Scott Boyd
discovered - maybe it hasn't... Scott --- On Sun, 6/13/10, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: From: David dlocklea...@gmail.com Subject: [Texascavers] a cave question To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Sunday, June 13, 2010, 11:07 PM I have

[Texascavers] a cave question

2010-06-13 Thread David
I have a question, or questions. Do cavers still place numerical metal tags at caves? Do any caves still have the old metal tags around them ? My memory seems to recall seeing a round tag a little bigger than a quarter with a number on it at a cave I once went to. I can't remember if I saw

[Texascavers] Trivia cave question

2010-04-08 Thread David
The link below shows a photo of the eastern entrance, or the upstream entrance to which Texas cave ? http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1268/1318273188_862bb28e5a.jpg For scale, a 6 foot person could easily walk thru the entrance and out the western or downstream entrance.

Re: [Texascavers] Trivia cave question

2010-04-08 Thread caverarch
Gunnels? If that's right, it's only because you led the trip I was on to it a decade or so ago. Roger -Original Message- From: David dlocklea...@gmail.com To: Cavers Texas texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Thu, Apr 8, 2010 11:58 pm Subject: [Texascavers] Trivia cave question