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Ride offer to Vermont

I am considering making a 2,000 mile pilgrimage to the NSS Convention.

I can pick up riders in Houston-TX, Lake Charles-LA, Birmingham-AL, Chattanooga-TN, Roanoke-VA, Hagerstown-MA, Harrisburg-PA, Shenectady-NY, or any points along that route.

Anyone offering a hot shower, a good home-cooked meal, will be much appreciated.

If I make the trip, I will most likely have 2 or 3 non-cavers ( strange people I met on Craigslist

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Posted by el_espeleo_gringo on July 29, 2010 at 2:15am

WNS Closures in USFS region 2 ( Kansas, Wyoming, South Dakota, Colorado)

Ok, I just got an email from the Colorado Cave Survey - that they expect Region 2 Cave closures next week. Region wide.. I personally cave almost daily, have yet to see a WNS infected bat, and personally think that this sux. I know many of you already have suffered this fate in your area. I am not sure how to protest this "blanket" effect - not that I want bats to die, just that I want to live.

What can we do to reverse or re-legalize caving in Colorado? - How/What are caver

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Posted by Mark Rabin on July 10, 2010 at 1:33pm — 9 Comments

How important is caving to a caver's psyche?

my advice:

Keep caving, and in turn - blow off anything important.. it is worth it for your mental health - it heals the caver psyche! -- oh yea.. and remember your friends (cavers) will need rescue from LIFE(to go caving) more than they will need rescue from Caves.......to return to work

Posted by Mark Rabin on July 5, 2010 at 1:30pm

good knee pads

I am looking for a really good pair of knee pads. I have been a tile setter for 34 years and my knees can't take much abuse. Ones that don't slid around (much) and aren't bulky. Anyone have some advice?

Posted by bruce lebow on June 29, 2010 at 3:25pm — 3 Comments

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