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THE TEXAS CAVER JANUARY 2002 2002 TEXAS CAVERS DIRECTORY January 2002 CONTENTS THE TEXAS CAVER 2002 TSA Election Results 3 Texas Grottos 4-5 January 2002 Texas Caving on the Web 6-7 Volume 48 Number 1 Mexican Caving 2001, Review by Bill Mixon 8 Knee Deep in Guano, Editorial by Mike Moore 9 THE TEXAS CAVER is a monthly Texas Cavers Directory 9-32 publication of the Texas Speleological TSS/TSA/TCMS Caving Donation Form 33-34 Association (an internal organization Longest/Deepest Caves List, by Terry Holsinger 35 of the National Speleological Society.) Clipart used in THE TEXAS CAVER is from the NSS Jerry Fuller Clipart collection at http://www.caves.org/hodagvideo/fullerclipart/ Subscription rates are $27/year, Cover Photo Credits: Carl Kunath which includes TSA membership, and $35/year for a family membership. (front cover) Onyx Cave in southern Arizona, summer of 1965. Pete Libraries, institutions, and out-of-state Lindsley posing. Note the extra large subscribers may receive THE TEXAS shield formation, in the upper left corner. CAVER for $20/year. An article about the trip appears in one of the 1965 issues of THE TEXAS CAVER. Letters to the editor, article (back cover) Bottle Brush is one of a precious few submissions,and questions should be pictures I made on a rare pleasure trip into Carlsbad, sent to the editor: Usually, we were too busy surveying to take pictures other than very casual snapshots. This one time in 1966, photog- THE TEXAS CAVER raphy was the mission and I got several very interesting PO Box 19765 pictures in the vicinity of the Aragonite Room in the Left Austin TX 78760 Hand Tunnel. Mike Moore [email protected] December 2001 Issue Corrections Page 2. The December issue is now officially known as Volume 47 Number Last, solving 512-392-0848 the numbering problem. Mark the November issue as Volume 47 Number Last-Minus-One to resolve any other numbering issues. Subscriptions may be sent to the Before yelling, “Stop the presses,” (just for fun) two-thirds of the print run had “Vy” instead of “By” in one obvious place in the table of contents. above address or directly to the TSA: Terri Whitfield’s e-mail address (see below) does not contain the name “Terry” anywhere in it, despite the December credits box indicating so. Page 4. Only one of the hyphenated instances of “with-in” had its hyphen removed, even TSA though a sharp-eyed proofreader noticed both, which prompted a reader to wonder if PO Box 8026 “within” was being spelled differently to make sure it was spelled correctly at least once. Austin TX 78713 Page 17. Our apologies to Bill Mixon, who got the only copy with a “Continues on page 25” blurb (yes, there were only 24 pages and the review ended on Page 17) that went with his excellent review. Thanks also to Bill for the suggestion to run articles Subscriptions may also be paid for continuously rather than unnecessarily continuing them. -mm- on-line via credit card at: www.texascavers.com/tsa/join.htm The TEXAS CAVER Staff Editor Mike Moore ([email protected]) The deadline for publication is the LAST Assistant Editor Cindy Lee ([email protected]) FRIDAY of each month. THE TEXAS CAVER Graphics Designer Jim Kennedy ([email protected]) is mailed the FIRST WEEK of each month. Graphics Editor Chris Vreeland ([email protected]) Mexico Editor Terri Whitfield ([email protected]) Opinions expressed in THE TEXAS Photography Editor Carl Kunath ([email protected]) CAVER are solely those of their authors. Style Editor Kate Walker ([email protected]) Cartoonist Jack Johnson ([email protected]) Copyright © 2001 Texas Speleological Association Webmaster Travis Kinchen ([email protected]) Visiting Scholar Ron Ralph ([email protected]) 2 THE TEXAS CAVER January 2002 2002 TSA Election Results TSA Chair TSA Vice-Chair Jim “Crash” Kennedy Annmarie Mikelski 512-663-2287 cell, 512-327-9721 work 830-768-1615 home, 830-775-7491x212 work [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] 185 ballots were mailed, with 81 ballots returned by the deadline. Chair: Jim Kennedy 39, Terry Holsinger 38, Annmarie Mikelski 3 Vice-Chair: Annmarie Mikelski 41, Oscar Berrones 22, Terry Holsinger 18 Secretary: Joe Ranzau 48, Oscar Berrones 23 Treasurer: Christi Bennett 43, Cindy Lee 36 One write-in vote for Chair : Jay Jorden. Two write in votes for Secretary: Gary Napper & Carl Kunath. TSA Treasurer Christi Bennett 210-344-7149 [email protected] TSA Secretary Joe S. Ranzau 210-289-6839 [email protected] Photo by David Locklear Photo by David Locklear THE TEXAS CAVER 3 January 2002 Texas Grottos Dallas-Ft.Worth DFW Grotto web: http://www.dfwgrotto.org/ meet: Fourth Wednesdays, 7:00p.m., REI Clinic Room, Austin 4515 LBJ Freeway, Farmers Branch University of Texas write: 22014 County Road 850, Farmersville TX 75442 who: (2001) Photo by Peter Sprouse Speleological Society Chair: Mike Pearson, 972-843-8029, [email protected] web: http://psprouse.home.texas.net/utg/ VC: Will Harris, 214-750-6484, [email protected] Sec: Jerri Pearson, 972-843-8029, [email protected] meet: First/Third/Fifth Wednesdays, 7:45p.m., Treas: Pete Lindsley, 214-727-2497, [email protected] Painter Hall room 2.48, University of Texas campus do: Fitton Cave Survey, Carlsbad Caverns Survey & Restoration, write: PO Box 7672, Austin TX 78713 Mystic Cave Survey, Powells Cave Project, Colorado Bend State Park, Whirlpool and Lost Oasis, Texas Parks & Wildlife projects. who: (Fall 2001) Pres: Marcus Gary, 512-453-2588, [email protected] print:: The Oztotl Caver, Mark Alman, Editor. [email protected] VP: Justin Shaw, 512-636-CAVE, [email protected] Sec: Denise Pendergrast,512-847-1521, [email protected] Treas: Dale Barnard, 512-847-1521, [email protected] Dallas-Ft.Worth do: TCC Masterson Ranch work area, caver recruitment & training each long semester, members participate in most TSA projects. Maverick Grotto meet: Second Tuesdays, 7:00p.m. Smokey’s Ribs, print: UTG News. Irregular schedule & editor. 5300 East Lancaster, Fort Worth write: 2212 6th Avenue, Fort Worth Texas 76110 who: (2001) Chair: Chad Fenner, [email protected] VC: Ed Goff, [email protected] Treas: R. D. Milhollin, [email protected] do: Maverick cavers are active in Texas, surrounding states, and Mexico. Bryan-College Station print: The Maverick Bull, Chad Fenner, Editor. [email protected] Aggie Speleological Society web: http://stuact.tamu.edu/stuorgs/cave/ Houston meet: Thursdays, 7:30p.m., Richardson Building, Room 207, Texas A&M Campus, College Station Greater Houston Grotto web: http://www.thoughtfarm.com/ghg/ write: MSC Student Finance Center, 659 Box 5688, College Station TX 77844 meet: Third Tuesdays, 7:30p.m., Red Cross Building, 2700 Southwest Freeway (I-59) near Katy who: (Spring 2002) Pres: Amanda Scott, 979-693-4088, [email protected] write: 2410 Bevis Street, Houston TX 77008 VP: Tina Arriens, 979-846-9303, [email protected] Sec: Brian Gaas, 979-847-2656, [email protected] who: (2001) Treas: Howard Haddock, 979-694-8511, [email protected] Pres: Kevin McGowan, 713-723-1143, [email protected] do: Regular weekend trips, Texas projects with TSA, and Powell’s VP: Donna Mosesmann, 713-777-7335, [email protected] Cave; frequent participation in NCRC work with public schools. S/T: Emily McGowan, 713-723-1143, [email protected] print: A.S.S. Explorer, a bi-semester newsletter. print: Speleospace, Emily McGowan, Editor. [email protected] 4 THE TEXAS CAVER January 2002 San Antonio Bexar Grotto Lubbock web: http://www.caves.org/grotto/bexar/ (coming soon) meet: Second and fourth Mondays, 7:30p.m. Lubbock Area Grotto Chester’s Hamburgers, 281 North @ Thousand Oaks web: http://www.lubbockareagrotto.org/ write: 4019 Ramsgate, San Antonio TX 78230 meet: First Tuesdays, at different members’ homes. Contact Jimmy Thurlo (see below) who: (2001) Pres: Rick Corbell, 210-659-235, [email protected] write: 235 Genoa Avenue, Lubbock TX 79416 Sec: Evelynn Mitchell, 210-679-8408, [email protected] Treas: Cindy Perez, 210-530-9500, [email protected] who: (2002) Prog: Marvin Miller, 830-885-5632, [email protected] Chair: Greg McCarty, 806-792-7385, [email protected] VC: Brian Alger, 806-785-8252, [email protected] do: Ongoing Projects: Robber Baron Cave, Carl Ponebshek / James S/T: Jimmy Thurlo, 806-792-9582, [email protected] Loftin co-managers w/ TCMA; Government Canyon SNA, Marvin Miller, Cindy Perez w/ Texas Parks & Wildlife Department; Honey do: Endless Cave survey, Eddy County, NM is still going on Creek Cave, Kurt Menking; and Bracken Cave (Land Stewards), a regular basis, last Saturday of odd numbered months Bob Cowell / Kurt Menking. (unless change is posted on the web); Malpais Lava Formations; and continued exploration at Carrizozo, NM. print: The Bexar Facts, Joe Mitchell, Editor. [email protected] print: LAG News San Marcos SWT Outdoor Adventure & Caving Club Midland- meet: Mondays,6:30p.m. LBJ Student Center Food Court, SWT Odessa write: 601 University Dr, San Marcos TX 78666 who: (2001) Permian Basin Pres: Stephanie Vaughn, [email protected] VP: Jack Johnson, [email protected] Speleological Sec: Angel Stuewe, [email protected] Society do: Recruitment and training. Hays County Project which includes web: http://www.caver.net/pbss/pbss.html updating information in the Hays County files, checking & digging new leads and surveying caves. meet: Second Tuesdays, 7:00p.m., Murry’s Delicatessen, 3211 West Wadley, Midland. write: 4307 Harvard Ave, Midland TX 79703 Wichita Falls who: (2001) North Texas Speleological Society meet: First Tuesdays, 7:00p.m. Pres: Kerry Lowery, 915-394-4230, [email protected] Dyers Bar-B-Que, 2927 Southwest Pkwy VP: Bill Bentley, 915-697-3079, [email protected] S/T: Walter Feaster, 915-694-1824, [email protected] write: PO Box 176, Wichita Falls TX 76307 do: Restoration projects at Carlsbad Caverns and Lechuguilla.