That's a great idea Bill. The TCMA has committed itself to building a strong organizational foundation so it can, in the future, partner with organizations to purchase large tracts with caves. Midnight cave is located on a very large ranch and big purchases like that are not within the scope of the TCMA at this time.
Currently the TCMA is actively engaged in the purchase of property with the TSS to house the yet unnamed Texas caving headquarters. While there isn't a cave on the property and it is a little less exciting the purchase will give a permanent home to Texas caving and it's assets and archives. This will also mean that the TSS's archives will be more easily accessed by cavers so they can find that new big project or get their new discoveries recorded for posterity. Also, as far as I know there is no reason to believe the ranch Midnight is on is for sale at this time. Gregg On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 9:11 AM, Bill Steele via Texascavers < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > How about the TCMA acquiring Midnight Cave and more caves for caving? > > On Nov 6, 2017, at 9:06 AM, Scott C <scotts.la...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I totally agree with Gregg. This is real caving stuff that is interesting > :) Thanks for sharing! > > Scott Cogburn > GHG > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 6, 2017, at 8:41 AM, Gregg Williams via Texascavers < > texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > > This sort of stuff is what this email list should have more of. > > Gregg > > On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 9:27 AM, James Jasek via Texascavers < > texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > >> Great story >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhoneiPhone >> >> On Nov 5, 2017, at 9:21 AM, Logan McNatt via Texascavers < >> texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: >> >> In Carl's message about digging open the lower entrance from inside >> Midnight Cave, he didn't mention what happened next--one of many stories in >> the lore of the Carta Valley cavers. >> >> Carl's original version is in the chapter on Midnight Cave in his *50 >> Years of Texas Caving* pp. 458-467. >> It is better than my synopsis below. >> >> LowGun >> >> The successful dig gave Carl Kunath, Ron Bridgemon, Chuck Pease, and Nick >> Lucas a rare opportunity to play a devilish trick on the other two members >> of the team. Jan and Orion Knox were at the back of the cave where they had >> pushed through the tortuous Corkscrew into a significant unexplored section >> of the cave. >> >> The dig crew exited the new entrance, walked over to the pit entrance, >> and pulled up the rope. They reentered through the lower entrance and met >> up with Jan and Orion, who were not told of the discovery. Arriving at the >> bottom of the pit entrance to find no rope, the conspirators feigned dismay >> and consternation, but were disappointed at the calm reaction of Jan and >> Orion. A brief quest for another way out surprised them with sunlight >> coming through the new entrance. >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/te >> xascav...@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/te >> xascav...@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 > >
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