I started caving in Nevada and I can attest to the arid climate and also low evening temperatures.
On a brighter note a number of of caves near Ely directly correlate to to several Texas classics for example: Baker Creek System - This is the longest cave system in the state of Nevada, it is a river cave with an awesome mud slide and scalloped walls to admire. Aka Honey Creek. Wipple(sp?) - this cave is a great introduction to verticle caving with a short (-150ish) entrance drop and a long borehole passage that extends roughly halfway through the cave until it nearly chokes and then the going gets a lil tougher. Aka Deep & Punkin Caves. Leviathan - This cave is a monstrous collapse and is also a significant hike to get to and thinking about it I do not know of any caves in Texas which can really compare... On another note while hiking up to this cave you pass a large bomb which did not detonate when dropped by the airforce. I make no claim that these caves will be open and or advertised during the Ely Convention I just thought I would give you all am idea that there is definitely a reason to get underground at this convention. Herman On Wednesday, October 31, 2012, Gill Edigar wrote: > The last NSS Convention scheduled for Ely got canceled under a lot of > controversy. > --Ediger > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Benjamin Schwartz > <b...@txstate.edu<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > Ely, Nevada selected for NSS 75th anniversary convention in 2016 > > 20959 by: Matt Bowers > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > Re: Ely, Nevada selected for NSS 75th anniversary convention in 2016 > 20959 > > by: Matt Bowers > > > > Based on historical records, I think there must have been a typo made in > the > > press release. That one line should perhaps read: "...Matt Bowers > predicts, > > “a higher than average *precipitation* due to the 75th anniversary of the > > society in 2016.”" > > > > Precipitation, participation. Easy to get mixed up. Either way, I'm > looking > > forward to helping out a dry community in 2016. > > > > Benjamin > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com<javascript:;> > For additional commands, e-mail: > texascavers-h...@texascavers.com<javascript:;> > >
