We expect it.
--Don > On Sep 1, 2015, at 6:39 PM, Charles Loving via Texascavers > <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > > Can old geezers play? > >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Aimee Beveridge via Texascavers >> <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: >> We used to set up a rebelay course. We gave carabiners to everyone who >> completed it. It could be done this year. >> >> The limitations: a site that has decent trees, volunteers to set it up and >> run it, and securing prizes. Anybody interested? >> >> -Aimee >> >> >> >> > On Aug 31, 2015, at 4:04 PM, Mixon Bill via Texascavers >> > <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: >> > >> > Cons-- >> > >> > The advantage of the traditional obstacle-course SpeleOlympics is that it >> > is a good spectator event at a specific location and at a particular time. >> > (It would be an even better one if the schedule was well announced and >> > adhered to.) Some of the components of proposed SuperSpeleOlympics not >> > good spectator events,especially CaveSim, and they'd be scattered around >> > the site. >> > >> > Any components that aren't already occurring separately would require >> > additional workers and might take help away from the existing contests. >> > >> > People would likely treat a rebelay course that is part of a contest as a >> > race for time, and that is not safe when complicated vertical work is >> > involved, if only because it might encourage bad habits in the real thing. >> > >> > With vertical and surveying components, it would tend to exclude new young >> > cavers, whose enthusiasm is what makes the traditional obstacle-course >> > race work. >> > >> > How would overall winners be determined? >> > >> > I imagine a lot of potential contestants would just think the whole thing >> > was more trouble and time-consuming than it was worth. It's supposed to be >> > a party, after all. How many people participate in more than two of the >> > traditional contests? >> > ---------------------- >> > Seems like most of the components happen anyway, and people can just pick >> > and choose what they're interested in. Why try to make it overly organized? >> > >> > A rebelay course (or at least knot-passing and change-over, which require >> > simpler rigging) for training might be nice, but judging by the times the >> > climbing contest has tended to get its act together, I wonder whether the >> > talent to run an additional vertical thing is available. >> > >> > --Mixon >> > ---------------------------------------- >> > True bravery is shown by performing without witnesses what one might be >> > capable of doing before all the world. >> > ---------------------------------------- >> > You may "reply" to the address this message >> > (unless it's a TexasCavers list post) >> > came from, but for long-term use, save: >> > Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu >> > AMCS: a...@mexicancaves.org or sa...@mexicancaves.org >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > > > -- > Charlie Loving > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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