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National Speleological Society News Send items for the calendar to davebunnell@ comcast.net at least 6 weeks before desired month of publication (i.e., by March 15 for the May issue). at 1 – (608) 544-2212. bham/bid/ USA September 14-18, 2009—Black Hills Cave —NSS Convention in Essex —The Texas Cave Conservancy August 2-6, 2010 July 17-19, 2009 Restoration Camp, hosted by Wind Cave National Junction, Vermont.Chairman: Ken Moore, invites all cavers going to the International Park and Jewel Cave National Monument, South [email protected] Congress of Speleology to stop by the TCC Dakota. Volunteers clean lint accumulations at —NSS Convention in Glenwood Headquarters in Cedar Park, Texas (near Austin) both caves. No registration fee, caving trips July 18-22, 2011 Springs, Colorado for camping, swimming, caving and a Saturday available, housing provided, space is limited. night party. Cavers will be able to see a number of Contact Marc Ohms by July 31, 2009: (605) 745- June 25-29, 2012—NSS Convention in the examples of urban cave management situations 1182 or [email protected]. Greenbrier Valley of West Virginia including the TCC Educational Show Cave, the —NSS Board of Governors TCC educational sign program and learn about November 7, 2009 meeting at the Birmingham Zoo Lodge hosted by INTERNATIONAL the TCC CAVE DAY program. For additional August, 2010—15th International Symposium the Birmingham and Central Alabama Grottos. information call 512-249-2283 or e-mail us at on Vulcanospeleology, Undara & Victoria, Contact Scott Fee ([email protected]) for [email protected] Australia. Info: [email protected] more information or visit www.bhamgrotto.org/ July 19-26, 2009–NSS Convention and 15th International Congress of Speleology, sponsored by the NSS, in Kerrville, Texas. For more information contact [email protected] or visit the web site: www.ics2009.us July 27-August 5—International Congress of Speleology Post-Congress Excursions and Camps: See www.ics2009.us/exmenu.html and www.ics2009.us/fcmenu.html for more information. August 14-16, 2009 – 56th Annual Cave Capers, hosted by the Central Indiana Grotto at the beautiful and wooded Camp Rivervale on the high bluffs of the White River in Mitchell, IN for great caving, swimming, vendors, music, cookout, and fun. Go to www.cavecapers.com or call Ron Adams 317-490-7727. August 21-23, 2009—Basic Cave Rescue Orientation Seminar* - Huntsville, AL - Sponsored by the Huntsville Cave Rescue Unit. Designed to present the most current, specialized cave rescue techniques to those individuals, groups, agencies and others interested in or charged with the responsibility of performing high angle, cliff, pit or cave rescue. *Hands-on classroom sessions & a day in the field. $50 includes lunch on Sunday. See http://HCRU.org for details and registration form. October 2-4, 2009—Fall MVOR regional at Keener Cave and Spring Resort near Williamsville Missouri. For information contact Jim Sherrell [email protected] or check the mvor. org. website October 2-4, 2009—Mid-Appalachian Region Fall Field Meet at the site of Rupert Cave in scenic Mifflin County, Pennsylvania in celebration of the York Grotto’s 50th anniversary. Directions and other info at yorkgrotto.org. October 4-10, 2009—Carlsbad Caverns NP. Lint Camp. Contact Pat Jablonsky, patjabo@hotmail. com for information. October 8-11, 2009---32nd Annual TAG Fall Cave-In at TAG On The Mountain (TOTM), Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Hosted by the Dogwood City Grotto for NSS members and their guests. Sorry, no dogs or ATVs. For pre-registration, contact Ms. Andrea Tognetti 309- 453-2816, email [email protected]. Vendors contact Ms. Pam Dopp 770-301-9360, email [email protected]. Registration forms and directions are available at www.tagfallcavein.org. September 11-13, 2009—45th Annual WSS Hodag Hunt, at Cherney Maribel Caves County Park, on County Road R, near Maribel, Wisconsin. Guided cave trips to numerous Northeastern Wisconsin caves, including Maribel New Hope Cave, Carolyn’s Caverns System at Ledge View Nature Center, and others. Also, Dave Redell, a DNR expert on bat ecology, will be the guest speaker at the Saturday night banquet. For more information contact WSS Chairman, Kasey Fiske at [email protected] or his home phone Aven des Trois Ponts (3 Bridges Pit) in Lebanon. Photo by Philippe Crochet. 2 NSS NEWS, July 2009 POSTMASTERS OR MEMBERS: Send address changes to National Speleological NSS NEWS Society, 2813 Cave Ave., Huntsville, AL 35810-4431. July 2009 NSS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Volume 67 Number 7 President Gordon Birkhimer 2807 Hogan Court Falls Church, VA 22043 (703) 573-4653 [email protected] Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) Operations VP Administrative VP Wm Shrewsbury Ray Keeler Tham Khoun Xe - The Great Cave on the Xe Bang Fai River ......... 4 221 Leitha Way 1051 Solar Road NW Lakeland, FL 33809 Albuquerque, NM 87107 John Pollack, Pat Kambesis, Bob Osburn, Dave Bunnell, [email protected] [email protected] Aaron Addison, Kevin Stanway, David Sawatzky, and Phil 727-424-2901 623-523-1760 Whitfield Executive VP Secretary/Treasurer Tom Rea Peri Frantz Spelean Spotlight 8677 S State Rd 243 16345 Englewood Ave. An Interview with Philippe Crochet ............................................ 23 Cloverdale, IN 46120-9696 Los Gatos, CA 95032-4621 [email protected] (home) 408-356-8506 Dave Bunnell [email protected] National Speleological Society Office 2813 Cave Ave, Huntsville, AL 35810-4431 Tel: (256)852-1300; FAX (256)851-9241 e-mail: [email protected]; web: www.caves.org Society News ................................25 Please contact the office for address changes or back issues. Underground Update ....................26 Letters............................................25 Classified Ads ...............................31 NSS NEWS EDITOR Dave Bunnell Box 879 Angels Camp, CA 95222 [email protected] Front cover: Caver Kevin Stanway walks the edge of a 60m long rimstone pool basin in Tham Khoun Xe in Laos. This could well be the largest single such basin Please include “NSS News” in your subject line when e-mailing material to help me sort it from the spam. Thanks! known, and is in a cave that has one of the largest river passages known. The Questions about submitting features and photos? Please see the style spine is the best route through the vast rimstone terraces in this part of the cave. and submission guidelines:on the NSS web site: www.caves.org/pub/nssnews/style.html Back cover: ADVERTISING Right: Annie Giraud in Grotte de Cotepatière, Gard, France. Photo by Philippe Complete advertising information, including ad costs, deadlines, and Crochet, who describes it as “an easy and photogenic cave.” guidelines for preparation, are on the NSS wesite at: www.caves. org/pub/nssnews/ads.html Payment info, contact: Left: Cavers kayaking near the upstream entrance of Tham Khoun Xe. Advertising Accountant: Bottom: Cavers on a balcony look down at the underground Xe Bang Fai River Bert Ashbrook 107 Avonbrook Road, Wallingford, PA 19086 some 18 m below them in Tham Kound Xe. Photos of this cave by Dave Bunnell. (610) 627-2378 evenings [email protected] DEPARTMENT EDITORS CONSERVATION NEWSLETTER REVIEW Jim & Val Hildreth-Werker Bernie Szukalski International Congress Special Issue PO Box 207 1224 Mira Monte Dr.. This issue should be in most members’ hands by the time that the International Hillsboro, NM 88042-0207 Redlands, CA 92373-6542 (575) 895-5050 [email protected] Congress meets in Kerrville, Texas this month. A few months back I conceived of [email protected] SPELEAN SPOTLIGHT the idea of doing a specially themed international issue of the News with lots of cool IN THE MEDIA Todd Hancock color photos, and then doing a larger print run than usual to allow giving free copies Derek Hoyle ([email protected]) to non-NSS cavers coming to the Congress from around the world. While not a typi- PO Box 400 Ron Zuber Fort Bragg, CA 95437 ([email protected]) cal issue it gives people an idea of what our publication is like, and perhaps we will [email protected] SAFETY & TECHNIQUES even pick up some new members. But at time I wasn’t sure what we’d have for it. Kurt Waldron Two things came together to make the issue you see here. First, National [email protected] Geographic finally released their photo embargo on my images from an expedition to an amazing cave in Laos that a group of us visited in Feb 2008; the map was Deadline: Ads, articles and announcements should be sent to the editor by the 15th of the month, six weeks before the month of issue completed by Bob Osburn, and John Pollack and Pat Kambesis were keen to write (e.g., material for the March issue needs to be in by January 15). an article. There are lots of pages devoted to it, yes, but it is a spectacular, world-class The NSS News (ISSN 0027-7010) is published monthly with cave, possibly the world’s largest volume river passsage over its course than any other. the Members Manual and American Caving Accidents published as Secondly, I received an e-mail from accomplished French cave photographer additional issues by the National Speleological Society, Inc, 2813 Cave Philippe Crochet; if you are familiar with the Speleo Projects calendar you have seen Ave, Huntsville, AL 35810-4431. Periodicals Postage Paid at Huntsville, Al and additional mailing offices. Tel: (256)852-1300; FAX (256)851- his work. He has just built a fine website with a bunch of his best work. I rushed to 9241, e-mail: [email protected], web: www.caves.org look at it and was soon drooling over the prospect of publishing some of his work. Regular membership in the NSS is $36 per year.
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