Re: [Texascavers] guano question

2008-12-05 Thread John P. Brooks
I may have been in deeper or worse guano before.but the grossest for me was in Stowers Cave in Texas. I went a little way past the bat room at the back into a crawland the floor was about 16 inches of bat guano with the gelatinous quality of jello.the smell was horrid...and I was

Re: [Texascavers] guano question

2008-12-05 Thread vivbone
David wrote: I am just curious which cave passages have you experienced your worst encounter with bat guano. The Vampire guano in Japones Cave in Mexico was pretty bad. Really deep red and sticky-slimy gooey. And the vampires were in a complete frenzy filling the passage and stirring up the

RE: [Texascavers] guano question

2008-12-05 Thread Mark . Alman
] Sent: Fri 12/5/2008 9:32 AM To: Texascavers Mailing List Subject: Re: [Texascavers] guano question David wrote: I am just curious which cave passages have you experienced your worst encounter with bat guano. The Vampire guano in Japones Cave in Mexico was pretty bad. Really deep red and sticky

Re: RE: [Texascavers] guano question

2008-12-05 Thread jranzau
for material editor) Mark From: vivb...@att.net [mailto:vivb...@att.net] Sent: Fri 12/5/2008 9:32 AM To: Texascavers Mailing List Subject: Re: [Texascavers] guano question David wrote: I am just curious which cave passages have you experienced your worst encounter with bat guano

RE: RE: [Texascavers] guano question

2008-12-05 Thread Geary Schindel
To: Texascavers Mailing List Subject: Re: RE: [Texascavers] guano question So is this a new record for TexasCavers? A discussion that contains scatological humor, scientific study of guano fall rates, actual caving stories, new word creation and a reference to George Veni's testicles! Geary

Re: RE: [Texascavers] guano question

2008-12-05 Thread Ron Rutherford
I think there have been some nasty fungal infections related to wading through liquidy bat guano (or bat guanoy water, I don't know where one would draw the line on terminology). On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Geary Schindel gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org wrote: For example, we haven't

Re: RE: [Texascavers] guano question

2008-12-05 Thread dirtdoc
I have manfully refrained (to date) from commenting. However, my inbox has overflowed as a result of a gigantic crapalanche from Texascavers. I just looked, and it is up over my ankles at the moment. DirtDoc -- Original message -- From: jran...@gmail.com So is this a

Re: [Texascavers] guano question

2008-12-05 Thread Don Arburn
Fecalanche: n. • A fall or slide of a large mass, as of feces or guano, down a slope. • A massive or overwhelming amount; a flood: received an avalanche of crap. v., -lanched, -lanch·ing, -lanch·es. v.intr. To fall or slide in a massive or overwhelming amount of poo. v.tr. To

Re: [Texascavers] guano question 2

2008-12-05 Thread Corky
A guanoclastic flow perhaps? Corky Gill Ediger wrote: One of the things I was trying to do was steer this discussion away from the undignified use of the way too generic and overly euphemistic, uninspired word crap. Surely we are a more sophisticated and scientifically oriented society than

Re: [Texascavers] guano question

2008-12-04 Thread Don Arburn
Surveying up through the center of Punkin. Every move threatened us with death by drowning in guano. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 4, 2008, at 9:40 PM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: I am just curious which cave passages have you experienced your worst encounter with bat guano. For me, it