I think a lot of experienced cavers could benefit from this as a 'refresher' It also covers some gaps in my background, so I plan to attend.
Roger Moore -----Original Message----- From: mark.al...@l-3com.com To: Mike Walsh <mikewaus...@austin.rr.com>; texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Thu, Feb 17, 2011 2:48 pm Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Basic Caver Workshop (no charge) That sounds like a GREAT workshop, Mike, and thanks to Justinfor conducting it! Take a lot of pictures and send me a report for the next TEXASCAVER. Thanks, Mark From: Mike Walsh[mailto:mikewaus...@austin.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:52 AM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Basic Caver Workshop (no charge) Basic Caving Workshop Texas Cave Conservancy- Winter Conference February 26, 2011 9:00am So you want to be a caver? You want to know the difference between Vadose and Hypogene and what clues canhelp find more passage in a Phreatic Cave System? You Want to Go Caving? This Day-Long Workshop is designed to be a fun and engaging time for the"beginning" cave explorer (less than 3 years-ish) who who wants to bea long term "caver". We will be visiting three great caves and have acaptivating classroom session. Those three caves are going to keep you undergroundfor the better part of the day, so your going to need to bring your cleancaving gear and some cave snacks. The workshop is free, however some cash willbe handy when we stop for lunch between caves. If you have any cave toys -cameras, survey gear, etc. bring those too. The workshop will be conducted byJustin Shaw who has been exploring and introducing people to caves for over 15years. A variety of subjects will be covered, in varying amounts of detail, including; Cave Appreciation Types of Caves and How They Form Texas' Known Caves and POTENTIAL for caves - or "Where to Find Caves inTexas" Landowner Relations How To Find Caves Digging Virgin Exploration Techniques Survey and Mapping Photo Documentation Personal Data Management & the Texas Speleological Survey Speleomorphology for Cavers - or "How to Read a Cave to Find MoreCave" Bio-Speology or "Cave Bugs" WNS Decontaminatin Procedures Conservation & Restoration Team Organization Trip Leader Duty's First Aid Kits Caving Organizations - or "the other TCC - the TotalCaver Collective" Your Responsibility's as a Caver. Rough Schedule (Three or four caves) 9:00 - 11:00 Classroom Session (synopses of everything) 11:15 - 12:15 - Cave in Cedar Park (focus on speleomorphology, digging,biology, paleontology) 12:15 - 1:15 - Lunch (focus on food) 1:15 - 2:30 – Cave in Round Rock (focus on survey, conservation, biology) 3:00 - Out of Steam - Cave in Round Rock (focus to be determined bygroup) The Basic Caver Workshop starts at 9:00 A.M. Saturday,February 26 at the Texas Cave ConservancyHeadquarters located at: 1800 West Park Cedar Park, Texas 78613 512-249-2283
