texascavers Digest 26 Jan 2014 04:39:00 -0000 Issue 1920
Topics (messages 23325 through 23336):
Honey Creek Tank Haul, March 1st and March 22nd
23325 by: ellie watson
John Ahrns, Westcave Preserve Manager 1974-2010
23326 by: Logan McNatt
23331 by: Gill Edigar
23332 by: Julie Jenkins
Bats Use Water Ripples to Hunt Frogs
23327 by: Lee H. Skinner
Lake Superior Ice Caves
23328 by: Lee H. Skinner
Headlamp Specifications Deceptive
23329 by: Mark Minton
Re: [SWR] John Ahrns, Westcave Preserve Manager 1974-2010
23330 by: Mark.Alman.L-3com.com
Latest issue of the UIS Bulletin now available
23333 by: George Veni
Seeking photos, Honey Creek
23334 by: ellie.thoene.gmail.com
23335 by: Mark Minton
Government Canyon Karst Project
23336 by: Marvin and Lisa
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DATES OFFICIAL!
March 1st March 22nd, Saturdays only! (Yes, I know there are other
caving trips going on but we cant win them all.)
Help support Jean Krejca, James C Brown, David Moore, and Matt Turner
as they Explore, Radio Locate, and Survey Upstream Sump 3 and beyond.
We need at least 40 cavers to help haul gear in one weekend and out
the next as "Dive/Camp Team" explores for 4 days.
This is a water cave and wetsuit is required. More details later.
Please contact me off list if you are interested.
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Many of you on these lists probably have visited Westcave Preserve, west of Austin on the Pedernales River near Hamilton Pool. The beautiful
travertine shelter created by a waterfall, and the short deeply incised canyon was an unprotected, trashed-out private property when John first
saw it. He dedicated his life to protecting it, and transformed it into a restored nature preserve/educational center visited by thousands of
schoolkids and others every year. John was a soft-spoken, gentle soul with a passionate mission, and will be remembered by everyone who had the
pleasure of meeting him.
Logan
https://www.planning.org/news/daily/story.htm?story_id=194575703
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?n=john-ahrns&pid=169232401
http://www.kxan.com/news/angel-of-westcave-preserve-steps-down
http://www.neighborsinparadise.org/westcaveLastTour.html
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John knew me before I knew him. The first time I remember meeting him he
came up and called me by name--some nebulous reputation apparently
preceding me. Over t he next 30 years we continued to run into each other
at totally unrelated places around South Austin--barber shops (yes, I used
to go to barber shops) grocery stores, parking lots. He always recognized
me no matter what arrangement of facial hair I had at the time and I
seldom recognized him until he was square in front of me. Once, whilst
building a house about a quarter mile from West Cave I wondered over that
way, not really knowing where I was, and came upon the West Cave canyon. I
shinnied down a tall tree and discovered manicured trails, trash cans, etc.
After checking out the cave and hiking to the entrance I figured out where
I was. There was a shed or trailer or some other HQ there at the time but
nobody home. I hiked back by way of the road. We talked of that non-meeting
nearly every time we talked after that.
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Logan McNatt <lmcn...@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> Many of you on these lists probably have visited Westcave Preserve, west
> of Austin on the Pedernales River near Hamilton Pool. The beautiful
> travertine shelter created by a waterfall, and the short deeply incised
> canyon was an unprotected, trashed-out private property when John first saw
> it. He dedicated his life to protecting it, and transformed it into a
> restored nature preserve/educational center visited by thousands of
> schoolkids and others every year. John was a soft-spoken, gentle soul with
> a passionate mission, and will be remembered by everyone who had the
> pleasure of meeting him.
>
> Logan
>
> https://www.planning.org/news/daily/story.htm?story_id=194575703
>
> http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?n=john-ahrns&pid=
> 169232401
>
> http://www.kxan.com/news/angel-of-westcave-preserve-steps-down
>
> http://www.neighborsinparadise.org/westcaveLastTour.html
>
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West cave was one of those early Austin magical places. Yes, I was one of the
many who played there in the early 70's before John started running us off in
'74 when he began working at Westcave. We quickly became friends as I too was
interested in preservation of such a beautiful, magical place and soon I was
learning from John. I visited many times over the years and last saw John in
2009 while taking a class from TPWD. It was wonderful to catch up w him at
that time, talking about those early days and how far his education program had
come since those days. He will be sorely missed. My heart goes out to this
family. He was definitely a one of a kind spirit and cared for one of the most
spiritual places I had ever been.
Goodbye John
Sent from my iPad
> On Jan 23, 2014, at 7:18 PM, Gill Edigar <gi...@att.net> wrote:
>
> John knew me before I knew him. The first time I remember meeting him he came
> up and called me by name--some nebulous reputation apparently preceding me.
> Over t he next 30 years we continued to run into each other at totally
> unrelated places around South Austin--barber shops (yes, I used to go to
> barber shops) grocery stores, parking lots. He always recognized me no matter
> what arrangement of facial hair I had at the time and I seldom recognized
> him until he was square in front of me. Once, whilst building a house about a
> quarter mile from West Cave I wondered over that way, not really knowing
> where I was, and came upon the West Cave canyon. I shinnied down a tall tree
> and discovered manicured trails, trash cans, etc. After checking out the cave
> and hiking to the entrance I figured out where I was. There was a shed or
> trailer or some other HQ there at the time but nobody home. I hiked back by
> way of the road. We talked of that non-meeting nearly every time we talked
> after that.
>
>
>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Logan McNatt <lmcn...@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>> Many of you on these lists probably have visited Westcave Preserve, west of
>> Austin on the Pedernales River near Hamilton Pool. The beautiful travertine
>> shelter created by a waterfall, and the short deeply incised canyon was an
>> unprotected, trashed-out private property when John first saw it. He
>> dedicated his life to protecting it, and transformed it into a restored
>> nature preserve/educational center visited by thousands of schoolkids and
>> others every year. John was a soft-spoken, gentle soul with a passionate
>> mission, and will be remembered by everyone who had the pleasure of meeting
>> him.
>>
>> Logan
>>
>> https://www.planning.org/news/daily/story.htm?story_id=194575703
>>
>> http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?n=john-ahrns&pid=169232401
>>
>> http://www.kxan.com/news/angel-of-westcave-preserve-steps-down
>>
>> http://www.neighborsinparadise.org/westcaveLastTour.html
>>
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News article at:
http://tinyurl.com/mrbrucb
Lee Skinner
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Apostle Islands NPS site: http://tinyurl.com/lb7dkhj
Brief summary article: http://tinyurl.com/kf3oho5
Detailed NPR article: http://tinyurl.com/lss2hue
17 photo Gallery: http://tinyurl.com/pbgzvfo
Lee Skinner
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Specifications for headlamps are widely overblown according
to this article :
<http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/a/11165/Why-Headlamp-Claims-are-Deceptive>.
Mark
Please reply to mmin...@caver.net
Permanent email address is mmin...@illinoisalumni.org
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That's truly very sad news, Logan, and I, unfortunately, had forgotten about
meeting John until your post.
Our Scouts and I met him about 16 years ago and I now recall being struck by
his sincere love of the place and interest in showing us every little detail of
Westcave.
You could tell he cared deeply for this special place and wasn't your typical
disinterested hourly tour guide reciting some rehearsed spiel while leading a
typical cave tour.
It was, indeed, his own personal pride and joy.
He also told us about one of the greatest swim holes in the state that was just
down the road and that I was totally unaware of at the time, Hamilton Pool!
Westcave is a magical place and has lost its guardian, but, appears to be in
safe and capable hands.
Mark Alman
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From: swr-boun...@caver.net [mailto:swr-boun...@caver.net] On Behalf Of Logan
McNatt
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 2:05 PM
To: Texas Cavers; Southwestern Region
Subject: [SWR] John Ahrns, Westcave Preserve Manager 1974-2010
Many of you on these lists probably have visited Westcave Preserve, west of
Austin on the Pedernales River near Hamilton Pool. The beautiful
travertine shelter created by a waterfall, and the short deeply incised canyon
was an unprotected, trashed-out private property when John first
saw it. He dedicated his life to protecting it, and transformed it into a
restored nature preserve/educational center visited by thousands of
schoolkids and others every year. John was a soft-spoken, gentle soul with a
passionate mission, and will be remembered by everyone who had the
pleasure of meeting him.
Logan
https://www.planning.org/news/daily/story.htm?story_id=194575703
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?n=john-ahrns&pid=169232401
http://www.kxan.com/news/angel-of-westcave-preserve-steps-down
http://www.neighborsinparadise.org/westcaveLastTour.html
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For those of you who attended the International Congress of Speleology last
year, and especially for those who haven't, the latest issue of the UIS
(International Union of Speleology) Bulletin is now available from the UIS
website: http://www.uis-speleo.org/.
You will notice it now has a new look and is available in both PDF and Flash
format to provide greater ease of navigation.
This issue includes the following topics:
- Message from the new UIS President
- New Bureau, new projects for the next four years
- Reports of UIS Commissions and Departments
- FEALC - 30 years of solidarity
- Mindinho's Cave, Portugal
- Next UIS Congress - Australia 2017
- In Memoriam
- New UIS Code of Ethics
- New UIS Internal Regulations
- Minutes of UIS General Assemblies and Bureau Meetings
- UIS Bank Account / Annual Contributions
Check it out and send the new editorial team your comments and suggestions.
They will appreciate them in order to improve upcoming issues.
Please forward/post this message to anyone who may be interested.
Thanks,
George
UIS VP of Administration
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George Veni, Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Cave and Karst Research Institute
400-1 Cascades Avenue
Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA
Office: 575-887-5517
Mobile: 210-863-5919
Fax: 575-887-5523
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Seeking photos of someone going under Whistlers Mother in Honey Creek Cave.
Let me know,
Ellie
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Ellie,
There are a couple in the Honey Creek issue of The Texas
Caver, vol. 30, no. 6, December, 1985. That issue is available from
KIP at
<http://www.karstportal.org/FileStorage/Texas_Caver/1985-v30-n06.pdf>.
The photos are on page 124 and 126. I also have some other photos of
people in or near Whistler's Mother from a Honey Creek slide show we
put together back in the '80s or '90s. Bill Steele, Kurt Menking and
others might still have that show as well. If you're interested I
could scan them for you.
Mark
At 08:32 PM 1/24/2014, ellie.tho...@gmail.com wrote:
Seeking photos of someone going under Whistlers Mother in Honey Creek Cave.
Let me know,
Ellie
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Permanent email address is mmin...@illinoisalumni.org
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The karst project at Government Canyon State Natural Area will take place
next weekend, Feb. 1, but this will be a Saturday only trip, and not on
Saturday and Sunday, as originally scheduled.
Marvin Miller
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