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Caving News: Caver 'serious' after mine rescue

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:42:00 EST

A caver rescued from a disused mine shaft in Edinburgh is in a serious condition in hospital...

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Cave Conservation: Protests halts threat to Cango Caves

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:41:00 EST

A threat to the delicate ecosystem of the Cango Caves was averted after shocked residents, conservationists and tourism operators voiced their objections to proposals to mine limestone near the caves...

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Outdoors Forum: Friends of Mammoth Cave National Park Reception

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:54:00 EST

The Friends of Mammoth Cave National Park, Inc., are hosting a reception at the Cave City Convention Center to .....

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Caves or Caving Forum: Cave Documentary on History Channel

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:53:00 EST

Why does Mr. Cobb appear to change which arm is in a sling in one of the shots of him climbing out? Every shot I saw, his left arm was the one dislocated and in a sling.....

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Open Talk Forum for Cavers: Moving to Tennessee

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:52:00 EST

man im sorry ive been missing out on this thread, welcome to TN, im insainly jelious of your job, you LUCKY dog, getting payed to be underground,...

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Open Talk Forum for Cavers: NASA Wants Your Urine

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:01:00 EST

Be a good American and drop by for quick pee break at 2200 Space Park near the Johnson Space Center......

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Bats Forum: Case of Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:01:00 EST

WHO has been notified by the Government of the Netherlands of a case of Marburg haemorrhagic fever in a Dutch tourist who visited Uganda....A Dutch tourist who contracted the Marburg virus while visiting Uganda died in a Dutch hospital....

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Caving Trip Forum: Slick Rock Cave

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EST

I went with my 6yr old stepson, Ronan, and our dog Pokey to survey what is probably the second largest claystone (conglomerate) cave in Colorado on Saturday.....Thanks Dr. Beaner! I wasn't sure about posting the map. I knew we couldn't post locations, not that it would matter for this particular...

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Caves or Caving News: Assoc. director named to NASA research expedition

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:58:00 EST

A research expedition through the desert caves of Chile may give NASA scientists just the information they need to one day survive on Mars.

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Bats Forum :: Bat Bra

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:47:00 EST

A hotel receptionist thought her mobile phone was ringing when she felt vibrations coming from her clothes....Well there's something you don't see everyday...

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Archaeology: Cavemen and their Relatives

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:08:00 EST

Mr Lange comes from the village of Nienstedt, in Lower Saxony, in the foothills of the Harz mountain range. We used to play in these caves as kids. If Id known that there were 3,000-year-old relatives buried there I wouldnt have....

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Caves or Caving Forum: MySpace.com Cavers

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:34:00 EST

heres mine....

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Caves or Caving News: Caving is cool in Oak Ridge

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:03:00 EST

The Cherokee Caverns in Oak Ridge were once a hot tourist attraction, but they are now closed following several acts of vandalism and a fire.

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Cave Conservation: Unesco: Six months to save Lascaux

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:03:00 EST

Unesco, the world cultural body, has threatened to humiliate France by placing the Lascaux caves on its list of endangered sites of universal importance.....

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Re: MYSTERY CARVING IN A ROCK

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:02:00 EST

It came from a cave in a poor rural farm community. No electricity. No mining in the area. Feather and wedge is not an option. The holes would be vertically drilled for that. If you drilled the 4 holes on the side, how could you drill the center one??? Have you seen a square drill bit?

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Outdoors Forum: Georgia: State Plan to Purchase McLemore Cove

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:08:00 EST

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Walker County are working to purchase and protect about 1,800 acres of land in McLemore Cove, between Crockford-Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and the Zahnd Natural Area on Lookout Mountain.

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Cave Photography Forum: New cave photography first and second trip

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:58:00 EST

I have recently discovered an interest in cave photography. My work is still in its early stages but you can see everything at ....

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Caving Gear: Im new at this, can someone help?

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:45:00 EST

I need to show this led finger light with a white background. But the light needs to be on and show a little color on that white background.....Set your LEDs on a bright white card in a room with muted lighting with a neutral white color ....

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Caves or Caving Forum: MYSTERY CARVING IN A ROCK

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:43:00 EST

I have a rock that was blasted from a cave during construction of a highway here in Kentucky back in the 1960s.....Well, they are square like feathers and wedge, but they appear to be entirely smooth like drill marks. Feather marks are usually larger than this, rougher, and not so closely spaced....

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Caves or Caving Forum: topo-zone ?

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:42:00 EST

topo zone has merged with trails.com and now requires membership to be able to download copies of plotted maps....

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Caving Trip Forum: Alabama caving on the 4th

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:42:00 EST

several friends and i got together down on Guntersville lake this past weekend, to do some camping, drinking, caving and having a good time, .... we went to gross skeleton cave, made it back through the stream to the climb up, which is where the tight spot is, again i couldnt fit, so the others...

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Cavers :: Happy Birthday Sharon Faulkner!

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:22:00 EST

Have a great Birthday Sharon!

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Open Talk Forum for Cavers: Ecosystems, value assigned )

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:53:00 EST

The ecosystem services approach to habitat conservation assigns a value both economic and social to facilities such as food and shelter that an ecosystem can supply to people.....

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Caves or Caving Forum: dreen cave collapse wv

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:32:00 EST

It did not block access in but it did block the 50 ft pit just inside completly so the lower level is very unsafe and i do not reccomend entering the lower level ......

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Cave Diving Forum: Accident at Ginnie

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:31:00 EST

Thanks for the link Kelly. Everyone that has ever caved, dived, or cave dived should read this and ....Condolences to the family .... Sad indeed. All of us here wish her family the best and send our condolences...

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Caves or Caving News: Mining threatens Cango Caves!

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:30:00 EST

One of South Africas best known tourist attractions, the Cango Caves, may be destroyed if a company gets its way and starts mining limestone in the area....... This story has been updated.

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Geology: UT prof looks for clues to climate in Caves

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:28:00 EST

Geology professor and his students get muddy while collecting calcite in Georgetown cave.....

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Cave Management: UNESCO declares 17 new Spanish Cave Art sites

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:28:00 EST

17 new caves have been declared Heritage of Mankind ....

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Outdoors Forum: Conservation Coup buy pieces of Montana

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:03:00 EST

The Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land are buying 500 square miles of western Montana from Plum Creek, the timber real estate investment trust, for $510 million. It involves a federal financing mechanism, to the consternation of conservatives, and compromise, to the displeasure of...

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Bats Forum: A Race To Solve White Nose Syndrome Fatal To Bats

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:40:00 EST

The remote hardwood forests of the 450 acre Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area are surprisingly busy on summer nights...

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Bats Forum: Bats help take the bite out of the outdoors

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:28:00 EST

Many people dislike bats, others are frightened of them....

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Biospeleology: Don't rescue that snake!

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:28:00 EST

In Pre-Columbian times, North American caves were seldom visited by humans, especially those with ....

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Caves or Caving News: Cool off at Howe Caverns

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:05:00 EST

There are some questions that even the best tour guide cant answer. For Andrew Tracy, a Howe Caverns tour guide, that question would be......

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Cave Photography Forum: Underwater cave photography

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:13:00 EST

After endless problems with my Ikelite housing, I finally conceded and bought a new one....

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Cave Photography Forum: Photographers Blog

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST

This is more of a photographers goes caving blog but I found it interesting...

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