texascavers Digest 20 Mar 2012 03:40:12 -0000 Issue 1517 Topics (messages 19730 through 19735):
Hawaii caves
19730 by: Benjamin Starr
Re: Phantom Springs Cave
19731 by: Mark Minton
Austin cave tour points to groundwater use
19732 by: Jim Kennedy
Felix Baumgartner in Croatia
19733 by: Lee H. Skinner
Re: [SWR] Felix Baumgartner in Croatia
19734 by: Lee H. Skinner
Vertical Equipment Show and Tell @ TSA Spring Convention (Brown Bag Lunch)
19735 by: David Ochel
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--- Begin Message ---A thousand apologies, I haven't participated in this forum (or in the Texas caving community at large) in almost a decade. That doesn't mean I've forgotten! My life got busy with TV stuff. I just returned from one of many recent trips to the Big Island of Hawaii (where I'm trying to move) and I compiled this little video that shows some of the highlights of the region. If anyone wants to see some fairly rare solution lavasicles (yes, you read that right!), wants a peek into a section of Kazumura (forgive me if my statistics are off), or would like to check out some steam caves, as well as other generally interesting things (waterfalls, volcanoes, snowball fights in the tropics, etc.), please enjoy. I've been doing more international caving than domestic caving recently, but I dream of the day when I get back back underground in my home state... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvFzhc4iXrs
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--- Begin Message --- >Goodenough Springs is the deepest explored cave in the United States, reaching 515 feet,Say what? They must mean deepest _underwater_ cave. Mark At 02:19 PM 3/13/2012, Lee H. Skinner wrote:New story on KBTX.com: http://tinyurl.com/6syqdx8 Lee SkinnerPlease reply to mmin...@caver.netPermanent email address is mmin...@illinoisalumni.org
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--- Begin Message ---Austin cave tour points to groundwater use Posted: Saturday, March 17, 2012 4:00 am By BENJAMIN WERMUND Austin American-Statesman AUSTIN - Nestled in a three-lot patch of land in the middle of the Avery Ranch neighborhood is a concrete and metal hatch. It's the entrance and only sign of an ancient, dripping cave of glistening caramel-colored, calcite-covered limestone beneath. Hundreds of similar karst caverns - about 750 in Williamson County alone - honeycomb the Central Texas landscape. Water from the ground above seeps through the soil, drips down the walls of the caves and into the Edwards Aquifer. It then empties through springs back into creeks and streams on the surface. "It's all connected," said Mike Walsh, president of the Texas Cave Conservancy, which owns the Avery Ranch land that covers the cave. Avery Ranch Cave feeds water to springs that are home to the Jollyville salamander - a candidate for the endangered species list and a source of tension between Williamson County officials, federal officials and environmental groups. One such spring nearby is home to a "healthy" population of the critters, an official said Tuesday. Walsh and other officials were in far Northwest Austin at the cave Tuesday as part of a city-sponsored event promoting Groundwater Awareness Week. http://www.news-journal.com/news/state/austin-cave-tour-points-to-groundwater-use/article_33b6707e-4542-590a-830a-20ef57bd79e3.html<<attachment: winmail.dat>>
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--- Begin Message --- "He's also leapt face-first into a pitch-dark, 620-foot-deep cave in Croatia � his most dangerous feat yet, he says, but soon to be outdone."http://tinyurl.com/7gdrxe5 Does anyone know anything about this?? - Lee
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--- Begin Message ---Ken,Yes, but I was particularly asking about the cave diving stunt. Terry Holsinger directed me to this video of 2004 in Marmet Cave in Velebit National Parc, Croatia (623 feet deep) :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-VXvA5hSjs Regards, LeeLee,He is going to attempt to make a supersonic sky dive. He is operating out of Roswell and has already made one "test" jump from 70,000 feet. His next test will be from 90,000 then he is going for the big one at 120,000 feet. Makes the ascent in a helium balloon and has to wear a full pressure suit. Guy is certifiably nuts as far as I am concerned.kenLife isn't about waiting for the storm to pass - It's about dancing in the rain.> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:12:17 -0600 > From: skin...@thuntek.net > To: s...@caver.net; texascavers@texascavers.com > Subject: [SWR] Felix Baumgartner in Croatia > > "He's also leapt face-first into a pitch-dark, 620-foot-deep cave in > Croatia � his most dangerous feat yet, he says, but soon to be outdone." > > http://tinyurl.com/7gdrxe5 > > Does anyone know anything about this?? - Lee > > _______________________________________________ > SWR mailing list > s...@caver.net > http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/swr_caver.net
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--- Begin Message ---Heya, This year's format of the vertical workshop at the TSA Spring Convention will be a little different from last year's: Bring your most favorite, weird, or useful/useless piece of vertical gear. Tell us all about it. We'll have the vertical shaft in the cave entrance rigged to play with it. Which is where we'll meet. During lunch break, i.e., after the group photo shoot until the beginning of the afternoon talks, or in other words, noonish 'til 1:30-ish. On Saturday, obviously. Plan on bringing a sandwich or some such for lunch. (There aren't any eateries in the immediate vicinity.) This is *not* a beginner introduction to vertical caving. Every interested caver is welcome, but only those who are already proficient on rope will be let close to the shaft. ;-) Cheers, David
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