If this date doesn't conflict with the convention, I highly recommend participation in the Camp Eagle ridge walking. On April 25-27, 2008, I hope to attend my seventh annual Camp Eagle Men's Retreat. It is the most fun that I have all year possibly excepting TCR. I have mentioned this to a few other caver friends as the retreat is open to all men who care to come and it is entirely without cost. The motel like lodging and the food are great and the Nueces, which has three 1000 ft damned areas filled with bass, is as beautiful as it gets and has kayaks and canoes. Mountains all around with ranch roads and trails. There is a 100 ft. rock cliff which is rigged to climb. About four years ago, Anthony, the camp manager, took a small group of us to the adjacent property to go through a nice high ceiling fairly long breakdown climbing cave and he knew of another in the area. Maybe Anthony or Matt Reed would reschedule the ridge walking for a non-conflicting weekend. It never hurts to ask. Don't miss seeing this place. It is only about 20 miles from the Devil's Sinkhole. You will want to visit there again. This is a good opportunity for the ladies to check out this piece of paradise. Fritz
-----Original Message----- From: O'Bryan, Lisa Renee [mailto:lisarene...@neo.tamu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:44 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Camp Eagle Ridge Walk Opportunity I am posting an email from the director of camp eagle. To respond please email him at the address he provides at the end of the email. ~Lisa For Immediate Release! Texas Cavers, Camp Eagle is hosting a ridge-walking event this April 18-20. Through some interesting circumstances, our cave potential, and the advice of many cave minded people, we have been prompted to host a ridge-walking event. Camp Eagle is a summer camp, retreat center and premier adventure destination located on 1400 acres in the Texas Hill Country right at the headwaters of the Nueces River. We are located a few miles or less from many local caves, such as: Poppy Cave, Red Arrow Cave, Devils Sinkhole, Blue Hole a large spring, and other un-registered and un-mapped small caves. However, none of these caves are on our property and we are going to look for one. A few grottos have been contacted in Texas and they have expressed significant interest in coming out. We as Camp Eagle are interested in learning more and having many groups of cavers come together for a fun time, networking, ridge-walking, and to help us out. We are making available: hostel-style lodging for up to 100 people, camping sites with a bathhouse, our trails, waterfront, our beautiful property, cliffs, coffee shop, small kitchen, etc for this event. We are looking for this to be a very laid back sort of thing with lots of room for adventure. The cost is free, with the exception of short order meals for those interested. One interesting thing that prompted the start of all this were two reports of a found cave on our property from two unrelated group of hikers and adventure racers. The last group said they closed off the entrance due to the unstable look of the ceiling. Further investigation has shown some good signs of a cave but nothing for sure. Basically, we as the staff of Camp Eagle no very little about caves and looking for one but are very interested in learning more and possibly finding one on our property. If you are interested and would like more information please contact me and check us out on the web. Thanks. Matt Reed Camp Eagle Retreats Director 830.683.2330 m...@campeagle.org www.campeagleevents.com & www.campeagle.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
