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Chilly Charly?

TCPlomp — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:05:41 GMT

Hi All (CC in special),

Chilly Charly (our beloved list master) has shown a major drop down in his activity...

Although he seems to visit, his contributions are missed.

Does anyone knows what happened to our Crazy Frog?

Ton

Re: Chilly Charly?

Ben — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:54:01 GMT

I checked on him last week.

He is less than a week away from another one his grand adventures.

He wrote "

I should be back on the forum in March.

Ben

Message Edited by Ben on 01-31-2007 02:55 PM

Re: Chilly Charly?

TCPlomp — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:30:04 GMT

Ben,

you are the genious with the Picture Control!
Or where that pictures of Charly?
Good to hear he's coming back

Ton

Re: Chilly Charly?

Ben — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:23:17 GMT

Ton,

Those are CC's pictures.

If I had a chance to choose between those kind of adventures and answering Q, I'd be sizing up a helmet myself.

Ben

Re: Chilly Charly?

Ray.R — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:38:58 GMT

Wow!

Those pictures are awesome! Maybe I should reconsider an invitation from a former employee who explores caves in Brasil (Amazon). It's a tough decision: draw wires on a computer screen, or explore Amazonian caves! That's a tough one!!

...

oh yeah... there's a wife in the picture...

😮

Re: Chilly Charly?

devchander — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:31:06 GMT

Has our "Professor Otto Lidenbrock" reached the centre of the earth?

or is he on his way back??

Re: Chilly Charly?

Ray.R — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:08:01 GMT

We'll have to give him a warm welcome upon his return!!

Re : Chilly Charly?

chilly_charly — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:26:09 GMT

That's really nice to see that you didn't forget me !

I have been very busy in the last months and I regret I could not play my part on the forums.

As Ben told you, I'm leaving again for my yearly Indiana Jones expedition in the deepest parts of Laos. This year we will be close to the VietNam border, on the old Ho Chi Min trail. There is there a major underground river, may be the largest in the world, that crosses the mountain through more than 7 km gigantic passages, still partly unexplored.
Here are two 3D map (built using LabVIEW of course) that show part of my future play(under)ground.

H-7 now. I have just to re-re-check all my gear.
I'll be back with you in March.

Message Edité par chilly charly le 02-07-2007 11:29 PM

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Ray.R — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:15:16 GMT

Wow! That's quite the adventure!

Best wishes for a safe trip. We'll be axiously awaiting photos!

Take care buddy & "Bon voyage"

RayR

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devchander — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:20:44 GMT

Wishing you, a happy and safe exploring expedition!

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Kallis — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:30:41 GMT

CC, wish you a safe, fun filled trip. The images that were posted are really awesome. Expecting more such pictures from your current trip.

Kallis

Re: Chilly Charly?

AnalogKid2DigitalMan — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:30:18 GMT

Chilly:

Are you back? I saw a couple posts from you today. Man you have a lot of catching up to do. Dennis has gone out of control and has been Knighted.

Hope you had or are having a safe and enjoyable adventure.

-AK2DM

Re: Chilly Charly?

tbob — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:47:15 GMT

CC: We want pictures!!!! Where did you go?

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chilly_charly — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:26:17 GMT

I went back one month ago, but I'm still a little too busy to contribute significantly to the forums 😞

This year target was the Xe Ban Fai river, one of the world largest underground river. It had been explored at the begining of the last century, but surveyed only recently by our team (1995). Only the main passage, crossing the mountain from sink to spring was known, and the aim of this year expedition was to complete our knowledge of this huge cave. New side passages have been discovered, finding unexpected new entrances and gigantic galeries, over 100m in diameter, adding about 6 km to the previous survey.

Actually, the exploration is so easy that a tour operator is now offering a kayak trek throught the cave for less than 150 $ !!!

Enjoy the pictures !..

And of course, LabVIEW was there...

Message Edité par chilly charly le 04-05-2007 03:31 PM

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tst — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:16:32 GMT

Those pictures are great. I actually set the first one as my desktop background.

BTW, what are those lights in the first picture?

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chilly_charly — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:19:34 GMT

The lights came from flashbulbs (M3 for the ones who know) fired by two friends aboard inflatable canoes. They fired two bulbs, with one underwater (the green halo). I was on a balcony, some 20 m above the river level, and fired 2 more bulbs. This give some idea of the gallery size, 40-50 m height, and over 100 m wide.

Message Edité par chilly charly le 04-05-2007 08:20 PM

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Ray.R — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:45:19 GMT

Very nice pictures..

Glad you're back! I like your lighting technique.

RayR

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devchander — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:19:44 GMT

Woow!