texascavers Digest 30 Jun 2011 03:33:44 -0000 Issue 1345
Topics (messages 18161 through 18167):
UT Grotto meeting - Wed June 29
18161 by: Gary Franklin
rare caving opportunity
18162 by: Jim Kennedy
Perfect time for a north mexico road trip
18163 by: Robert B
18164 by: Nico Escamilla
18165 by: Gary Franklin
WNS in Smithsonian Magazine
18166 by: Mark Minton
NSS HQ Commission Final Report/Recommendation
18167 by: Alex Sproul
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Howdy Caver,
You are cordially invited to attend the Underground Texas Grotto meeting in
Austin Texas
Wednesday June 29, 2011 from 7:45 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
University of Texas Campus in 2.48 Painter Hall (156 West 24th Street,
Austin TX 78712) http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/pai.html
Peter Sprouse will present the Program - The Akumal 10K
Peter led a trip to the Quintana Roo for continued adventures of mapping the
extensive cave system that underlies the Yucatan Peninsula. His crew spent
ten days exploring and mapping portions of the massive cave passage system
in paradise along the coast while staying at the Akumal Ecological Center
http://www.ceakumal.org/ Side activities included snorkeling tin Turtle
Bay and a visit to Mayan Ruins. Please join the inner sanctum of Austin
Texas Cavers and visit with friends of the extended caver community.
For information on Underground Texas Grotto activities, please see
www.utgrotto.org
Officer contact, trip reports, event calendar, and new caver training links
to beginner trips or vertical rope training are available.
Before the meeting, take advantage of Sao Paulo www.saopaulos.net for
happy hour specials. This area is the best place to park and meet folks
walking over to the meeting. Then after the official meeting, we continue
with the decades long tradition to reconvene for burgers, beer, and tall
tales of caving at Posse East. www.posse-east.com
The UT Grotto needs you, the caver with photos and a story to share about
your adventures, scientific research, or something else really cool. Contact
me.
Sincerely,
Gary Franklin
UT Grotto Vice Chair & Program Organizer
512-585-6057
[email protected]
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Cavers,
I apologize for the short notice, but I will be leaving Austin this
afternoon for west Texas, to join the TNC at a cave (not at the liberty
to mention the name) on a State Natural Area along the Devils River.
This cave is big, beautiful, and extremely interesting geologically and
biologically, but has extremely limited access. I would be happy to
take along another caver if someone wanted to ride out and back with me
and keep me company on the long boring drive. As a bonus, we will be
staying at TNC's Dolan Falls Preserve, and also take a short helicopter
ride tomorrow evening to Fern Cave to watch the bat emergence. The
catch is I am leaving around 3 or so this afternoon and returning
Thursday morning. If you are interested and can get away, PLEASE
contact me off list at [email protected] or call me at 512-663-2287.
You won't regret it!
-- Crash
p.s. Yes, I'll also be leaving again Friday morning for the Amazing
Maze Cave survey. More driving!
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As the doldrums of hot summer kick in, I have become quite bored with the
topics generated here. I believe it is the perfect time for some of our more
adventurous explorers to drive their vans and trucks into the other reaches
and narrow canyons of northern mexico. You better hurry (leave now) and get
there before the rain from TS Arlene comes ashore. It wont do any good if
you're late. I will thank you in advance for the stories of escaping the
floods, building roads, months of worry, expiration of vehicle permits and
such.
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If anyone decides to do so please let me know.. I'll be on vacation starting
Thursday and until September, Im free to go caving and can interpret for
those non spanish speaking cavers
Nico
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Robert B <[email protected]> wrote:
> As the doldrums of hot summer kick in, I have become quite bored with the
> topics generated here. I believe it is the perfect time for some of our more
> adventurous explorers to drive their vans and trucks into the other reaches
> and narrow canyons of northern mexico. You better hurry (leave now) and get
> there before the rain from TS Arlene comes ashore. It wont do any good if
> you're late. I will thank you in advance for the stories of escaping the
> floods, building roads, months of worry, expiration of vehicle permits and
> such.
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Caving in the Mexican mountains during the wet season can be exciting and
terrifying. It was one year ago that we were hunkered down in the Van while
Hurricane Alex tormented our Laguna de Sanchez experience. It was a caving
trip that left an indelible memory. Thanks for the reminder.
Gary
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Nico Escamilla <[email protected]>wrote:
> If anyone decides to do so please let me know.. I'll be on vacation
> starting Thursday and until September, Im free to go caving and can
> interpret for those non spanish speaking cavers
>
> Nico
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Robert B <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> As the doldrums of hot summer kick in, I have become quite bored with the
>> topics generated here. I believe it is the perfect time for some of our more
>> adventurous explorers to drive their vans and trucks into the other reaches
>> and narrow canyons of northern mexico. You better hurry (leave now) and get
>> there before the rain from TS Arlene comes ashore. It wont do any good if
>> you're late. I will thank you in advance for the stories of escaping the
>> floods, building roads, months of worry, expiration of vehicle permits and
>> such.
>
>
>
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The July-August issue of Smithsonian Magazine has a long
article about White-Nose
Syndrome:
<http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/What-is-Killing-the-Bats.html>.
There is also an accompanying video that unfortunately fingers cavers
as a potential vector for spreading the disease without offering any
real evidence. :-(
Mark Minton
Please reply to [email protected]
Permanent email address is [email protected]
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Posted on behalf of Cheryl Jones:
The NSS Headquarters Commission has posted its final report with its
recommendation for the new NSS office. Read it here:
http://caves.org/commission/hq/files/Download/HQCSiteRecommendatio
n.pdf The NSS Board will likely vote on a motion to accept the
recommendation at its meeting on Friday of Convention (July 22.)
The Commission will discuss the site and selection process at a special
session on Tuesday afternoon at Convention, and answer questions from
NSS members.
Find links to previous reports and other info, including copies of NSS
News articles over the years about the NSS office, on the Commission's
home page.
http://caves.org/commission/hq/index.shtml
Cheryl Jones
(Please circulate widely among NSS members)
--
Alex Sproul
NSS 8086RL/FE
NSS Webmaster
www.caves.org
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