L Roebuck
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Post by L Roebuck on Apr 26, 2006 17:46:34 GMT -5
American Grotto has a really interesting web site! American Grotto has three main purposes: To explore caves or cave systems and other aspects of nature, To create a lasting friendship and fellowship, To protect nature through conservation. Check it out and tell 'em U.S. Cavers Forum sent you! 
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guanonoggin
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Post by guanonoggin on Apr 29, 2006 6:42:55 GMT -5
These dudes are frickin soaking up caving and making awesome web pages telling us about their adventures. You can tell they are totally stoked about caving. Caving junkies already man!
American Grotto Dudes Rock!
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NZcaver
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Post by NZcaver on Apr 29, 2006 17:01:25 GMT -5
The webmaster obviously put some work into this website, but should probably have run spell check through it before uploading.  Under the geology link, there's a big long explanation about "krast". Then you get lots of nice information about "speleotherms", "fromations", "vretebrates", "anmphibians", etc... My favorite bit is the terminology link: ;D Cave Terminology
Cave Room Sizes
Very Small room: a room just large for one person to be in.
Small room: a room about the size a bed room or dining room.
Medium room: a room about the size of a house.
Large room: a room anything larger then whats above.Not to rag on this too much - it does have some nice photos and a fairly good equipment list. More power to them!  |
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Brian Roebuck
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Post by Brian Roebuck on Apr 29, 2006 19:57:26 GMT -5
The webmaster obviously put some work into this website, but should probably have run spell check through it before uploading. Under the geology link, there's a big long explanation about "krast". Then you get lots of nice information about "speleotherms", "fromations", "vretebrates", "anmphibians", etc... My favorite bit is the terminology link: ;D Cave Terminology
Cave Room Sizes
Very Small room: a room just large for one person to be in.
Small room: a room about the size a bed room or dining room.
Medium room: a room about the size of a house.
Large room: a room anything larger then whats above.Not to rag on this too much - it does have some nice photos and a fairly good equipment list. More power to them! Give 'em time. They'll get it right! Enthusiasm is rare these days. Spelling can be fixed. I agree - more power to them indeed!  |
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L Roebuck
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Post by L Roebuck on Apr 29, 2006 20:53:51 GMT -5
It sounds like American Grotto is more interested in ' caving ' than ' spelling '. I believe they have their priorities right! ;D  |
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NZcaver
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Post by NZcaver on Apr 29, 2006 23:22:00 GMT -5
It sounds like American Grotto is more interested in ' caving ' than ' spelling '. I believe they have their priorities right! ;D Both concepts are not mutually exclusive (I hope!). Their enthusiasm should be applauded - yes. I just find it a little distracting when some otherwise excellent and informative pages on cave biology/geology/speleology have a ton of errors through them. Such is my burden being a natural-born critic, I suppose... |
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Post by Azurerana on May 3, 2006 19:00:40 GMT -5
These people are located 10 miles from me, and a 40 minute drive from two St. Louis area grottos (I drive 30 minutes). I don't think he's done his homework in getting hooked up with cavers, and being 10 minutes more down the road is a poor excuse. OTOH, if one meets with him after he teaches at an AoG church, (per his website) perhaps he wouldn't fit in with 'normal ' cavers.
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L Roebuck
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Post by L Roebuck on May 3, 2006 21:42:29 GMT -5
So can you define a normal caver? LOL, I thought all caver's were a bit abnormal in one way or another. |
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Post by American Grotto on Oct 27, 2006 15:28:53 GMT -5
Hello this is Charles Lewis (author of American Grotto)
thanks for all your comments I will look for the spelling errors and try to fix them (sorry i am not a good at spelling)
I am going to get to do more research on (Biology) soon so i will be updating that with lots of pictures as soon as Jason (our photographer) gets out to take them.
if anyone is interested in helping develop any of the subjects let me know (biology or fossils)
thanks
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Post by Sharon Faulkner on Oct 27, 2006 15:47:45 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum Charles. |
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Post by American Grotto on Nov 6, 2006 11:53:44 GMT -5
I have just updated my page with info on bats check it out let me know what you think. Charles nopect.googlepages.com |
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Post by madratdan on Nov 7, 2006 9:23:47 GMT -5
Nice addition to your web site Charles. The over all layout is great. I enjoy surfing it.
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L Roebuck
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Post by L Roebuck on Nov 7, 2006 10:03:31 GMT -5
Hey Charles your web site is looking good!  |
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Post by American Grotto on Nov 8, 2006 10:08:34 GMT -5
For the critics out there I have fixed my splleing spelling errors on all of my pages... I think
(not much fun) but i am glad it is done.
Enjoy!
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Post by madratdan on Nov 9, 2006 13:24:07 GMT -5
Charles,
I noticed that when you click on a picture, it doesn't enlarge it when it reloads it for single viewing. It just stays the same.
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Post by American Grotto on Nov 9, 2006 16:11:35 GMT -5
Sorry about the pic thing I only get 100mb. of storage so I reduce the pictures to a smaller size F.Y.I. I have used about 9mb I also use the space for another web page I use for the class I teach (it's a part you don't see) If you want larger ones you will have to contact Jason our photographer www.adolphsonphotography.comThanks Charles @ American Grotto |
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Post by madratdan on Nov 10, 2006 10:53:15 GMT -5
Maybe if you started with a smaller picture on the web page, it wouldn't seem so odd to get the same size picture showing up when you click on it. I thought that's what the feature was all about. Just a suggestion.
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