Diana Tomchick and I watched a Steve Backshall episode about canyoneering in Oman. We were curious about their unorthodox rappelling devices, amused by their struggles going down a long rope, and relieved that no one got injured or killed. Backstall doesn’t seem up to Bear Gryll’s level of competence and he doesn’t gross me out with what he eats.
Here’s the trailer for the episode we watched. Lots of “Golly, gee whiz!” https://www.pbs.org/video/expedition-steve-backshall-oman-desert-canyon-hci98m/ Bill Steele Irving, Texas speleoste...@aol.com > On Feb 7, 2020, at 9:07 AM, Mark Minton <mmin...@caver.net> wrote: > > > Jim Coke (head of QRSS) says this episode takes place near Tulum in Quintana > Roo. I suspect this guy Steve Backshall is similar to Bear Grylls – sort of > an outdoor adventurer but more sensational than hardcore. > > Mark > > From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of > Jon Cradit > Sent: Friday, February 7, 2020 9:33 AM > To: texascavers@texascavers.com > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] On TV tonight - Mexico Caves > > Mark, > Did he ever say how much unexplored passage there was? > I did see they were caving topless, with no helmets. > > JC > > > <image001.jpg> > Jon Cradit P.G., R.S. > Geologist – Aquifer Protection > www.edwardsaquifer.org > 210.222.2204 ext 323 > 900 E Quincy > San Antonio, TX 78215 > <image002.gif> > > <image003.jpg> > > <image004.gif> > > <image003.jpg> > > <image005.gif> > > <image003.jpg> > > > From: Texascavers <texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com> On Behalf Of Mark > Minton > Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 3:26 PM > To: swrcav...@googlegroups.com; texascavers@texascavers.com > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] On TV tonight - Mexico Caves > > “Largest unexplored cave” – So how, if it’s unexplored, how do they know it’s > the largest? I’m surprised to see this from PBS. I went to their web site but > there is very little information about this program. It doesn’t say what cave > network, but my guess is somewhere in Quintana Roo. > > Mark Minton > mmin...@caver.net > > From: swrcav...@googlegroups.com [mailto:swrcav...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Lee H. Skinner > Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 3:35 PM > To: New Mexico Cavers; Sandia Grotto > Subject: [SWR CAVERS] On TV tonight - Mexico Caves > Expedition With Steve Backshall > > Mexico: Flooded Caves > Season 1, Episode 10 • New > > 9:00 PM ON KNMEDT 5 • TV-PG • Stereo • CC > Steve leads a team into the largest unexplored cave network on Earth below > the jungles of Mexico, pushing further and deeper than anyone has gone before. > > _______________________________________________ > 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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