Or, someone from the grotto can volunteer to make a presentation on caving every few months as part of their education and outreach program. I've already done one here in San Antonio and we picked up a couple of new members. Probably should get into the regular rotation.
I do have to agree with Chris about the descender issue. ATC's are acceptable and commonly used descender for rock climbing. The rappelling is actually occurring outdoors on pretty clean ropes so there probably isn't an issue with equipment wear, considering the length of the drop. The ATC's provide pretty good friction. I think Chris is right, the scope of the article was limited and we want to be careful about being to nitpicky. I think REI offers some quality instruction for rock climbing and hope they take the same level of care for caving. Asking if you could put up a flyer announcing the grotto meetings and web page is also a good idea. Geary Schindel gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org -----Original Message----- From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of Diana Tomchick via Texascavers Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 3:43 PM To: Cave Tex <texascavers@texascavers.com> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] REI wild caving trip in Statesman At the very least, someone from the UT Grotto might want to contact REI and get them to hand out information about the grotto to their caving trip participants. Diana ************************************************** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214A Dallas, TX 75390-8816 diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu (214) 645-6383 (phone) (214) 645-6353 (fax) > On Oct 24, 2016, at 3:39 PM, texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: > > Nichols Outdoor Adventures doesn't offer a rappelling tour, since our > insurance doesn't cover ropes. > > Also, it was our understanding that they were doing a one time trip with the > previous superintendent. We had no clue that they were making this a > recurring event, and it will be interesting to see how this works out, since > we use that cave too. > > -Heather > > > > >> On Oct 24, 2016, at 3:24 PM, Diana Tomchick via Texascavers >> <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: >> >> Wow, $145 for a guided trip into Gorman Creek Cave, complete with the wrong >> kind of rappelling device for a caver! >> >> Nichols Outdoor Adventure should charge more than $50 for their trip. >> >> Diana >> >> ************************************************** >> Diana R. Tomchick >> Professor >> Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry University of Texas >> Southwestern Medical Center >> 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. >> Rm. ND10.214A >> Dallas, TX 75390-8816 >> diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu >> (214) 645-6383 (phone) >> (214) 645-6353 (fax) >> >>> On Oct 24, 2016, at 3:08 PM, texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: >>> >>> http://www.mystatesman.com/news/lifestyles/recreation/get-a-new-pers >>> pective-on-colorado-bend-state-park-/nssxs/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >>> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >>> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> UT Southwestern >> >> >> Medical Center >> >> >> >> The future of medicine, today. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
