Re: [Texascavers] dumb list

2010-05-26 Thread John P. Brooks
; Rod > >> -Original Message- >> From: Geary Schindel >> Sent: May 25, 2010 2:23 PM >> To: Charles Goldsmith >> Cc: Mixon Bill , Cavers Texas >> Subject: RE: [Texascavers] dumb list >> >> If you respond by cutting your hair out of a rac

RE: [Texascavers] dumb list

2010-05-25 Thread Geary Schindel
Rod, Well said and a very nice post. There is a lot to learn from case histories. Geary -Original Message- From: Rod Goke [mailto:rod.g...@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 9:53 PM To: TexasCavers Subject: RE: [Texascavers] dumb list Unfortunately, this kind of rope

RE: [Texascavers] dumb list

2010-05-25 Thread Rod Goke
bject: RE: [Texascavers] dumb list If you respond by cutting your hair out of a rack with a knife, then it is a very real possibility of cutting the rope and that gets you back on the list of 52 ways to die in a cave.   The times when I knife is a solution to a problem in ver

RE: [Texascavers] dumb list

2010-05-25 Thread Geary Schindel
nkamp [mailto:andrew_gluesenk...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:23 PM To: Cavers Texas; Mixon Bill Subject: Re: [Texascavers] dumb list I dunno, Bill. I once caught a bandana in my rack about 1/3 of the way down Golondrinas. Death was so close, I could smell his aftershave. Andy ps 48-52 are o

Re: [Texascavers] dumb list

2010-05-25 Thread Nikki Green
I was on a TAG trip a couple years ago and my good friend got her entire ponytail of hair stuck in her rack while she was rappelling in a waterfall. We got her out without injury but if we hadn't of had a second rope she could have drowned on rope before we got to her. I think it is possibl

RE: [Texascavers] dumb list

2010-05-25 Thread Geary Schindel
a technical solution using the tools you have on you - most importantly - your experience and your brain. Geary From: Charles Goldsmith [mailto:wo...@justfamily.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:19 PM To: Geary Schindel Cc: Mixon Bill; Cavers Texas Subject: Re: [Texascavers] dumb list Depends

Re: [Texascavers] dumb list

2010-05-25 Thread Andy Gluesenkamp
I dunno, Bill.  I once caught a bandana in my rack about 1/3 of the way down Golondrinas.  Death was so close, I could smell his aftershave.   Andy ps  48-52 are on the second page. Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D. 700 Billie Brooks Drive Driftwood, Texas 78619 (512) 799-1095 a...@gluesenkamp.com --

Re: [Texascavers] dumb list

2010-05-25 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Depends on how much hair as well.. a few strands, would sting... a whole pony tail worth of hair would be very painful On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Geary Schindel < gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org> wrote: > Remember, what doesn't kill you usually hurts like Hell. Getting your hair > caught i

RE: [Texascavers] dumb list

2010-05-25 Thread Geary Schindel
Remember, what doesn't kill you usually hurts like Hell. Getting your hair caught in a rack usually ranks right up there in the "hurts like Hell" category. Geary -Original Message- From: Mixon Bill [mailto:bmixon...@austin.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:08 PM To: Cavers Texas