From: johnpint [johnpint@sps.net.sa]
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 2:33 AM
To: Tom mallard Ross
Subject: For BB, #7


----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Daisey <flyboy@digi.net.sa
To: <thepints@saudicaves.com
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 12:54 PM
Subject: Saudi Caves




 Greetings,

 I noticed on one of the postings on the Saudi Caves bulletin board that
 you mentioned trying to get a class together to teach caving.  Is this
 something that you are still working towards?  If so I would be extremely
 interested in participating.

 I am a teacher here in Riyadh and I have my students trained to look for
 interesting things in the desert for me to go out and see.  Today one of
my
 students reported that he found several Dahl's in the As Summon region
about
 250 km to the north of Riyadh.  In reading your articles on the web site
it
 sounds as this may be the same area that you have visited.  He is going to
 get back to me with some GPS coordinates which I would be glad to send you
 if you think they may be something new.

 Thanks for putting together such a great website!

 Hope to here from you soon.  Thanks!

 Joshua Daisey
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REPLY:
Glad to get your message, Joshua!
Yes, I would be happy to do a caving course in Riyadh!   The coordinator for
the course is Mr. Ray Tyson, explore@dune-man.com . Maybe you might know a
few other people who would like to participate. If so, please pass their
names on to Mr. Tyson and I hope we can set something up very soon.

We would be delighted to get information from your student on the caves he
found. The area is the same one we are studying, but there are many holes
out there, so he may have found caves we don't know about.  Apart from
coordinates, we'd be interested in know the shape and size of the entrance
hole, estimated depth, and, if the cave was entered, what was observed
inside. We hope your student will respect the Golden Rule of Caving: TAKE
NOTHING BUT PICTURES; LEAVE NOTHING BUT FOOTPRINTS; KILL NOTHING BUT TIME.
For more info on safely exploring caves,  see EXPLORING DESERT CAVES at  www
.saudicaves.com/explore.html

John Pint