Nylon Highway

The Nylon Highway is the official publication of the Vertical Section. Everyone can view the on-line issues by clicking on the link beneath the indexes below.   Now Out-of-Print Back Issues available as PDF's. (see below) The following sample article shows how the articles within the Nylon Highway are displayed on-line. The CMI Expedition Ascender by Jay Kennedy NOTE: The VS Board decided to open access to all available electronic issues to everyone. We hope you find the information valuable and enjoyable. Access to Nylon Highway On-Line:   (Issues #43 - #56).   Index to Nylon Highway Issues for years 1974 to 2011: Index of Issues #  1 - #15 Index of Issues #16 - #30 Index of Issues #31 - #42 Index of Issues #43 - #56 (on-line)   Special !!!   Back Issues of Nylon Highway We are having a closeout sale on the printed copies of back issues: $0.50 each for individual issues and $7.00 for the set of 18 remaining printed copies (13, 14, 16, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, and 43). Issues 13 and 16 are in very short supply and are only available as part of sets while they last. All orders are plus postage. Please contact Bill Boehle with the issues wanted and he will get back to you with a total cost, including postage, and availability of the issues. The issues no longer available in paper form are noted below. Checks should be made out to "NSS Vertical Section". Indexes to all issues are shown above. Bill's addresses are on the "Symbolic Devices" page. Please Note!   The following 25 issues are out of print and are no longer available:   Issues No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 27, 30, 32, 33, 34, 38, and 40. See below for electronic copies of them. Nylon Highway Back Issues, now available as PDF's. Bill Boehle has taken on the project to scan all paper back issues into electronic format. No future printings (paper copies) are planned. The out-of-print copies listed above are now available to everyone as a service to the caving community. Issues currently available for download are listed as links below. The remaining issues will be made available as they go out of print. Many Thanks to Bill for his extra effort to make these issues available.   # 1 -Feb'74- (958Kb) #15 -Mar'83- (702Kb) #29 # 2 -Jul'74- (912Kb) #16 #30 -May'90- (1,490Kb) # 3 -Dec'74- (818Kb) #17 -Dec'83- (701Kb) #31 # 4 -May'75- (805Kb) #18 -Sep'84- (729Kb) #32 -Jun'91- (1,387Kb) # 5 -Jan'76- (1,054Kb) #19 -Nov'84- (1,296Kb) #33 -Jan'91- (1,580Kb) # 6 -Mar'77- (677Kb) #20 -Jun'85- (808Kb) #34 -Jun'91- (3,399Kb) # 7 -Jul'77- (845Kb) #21 #35 # 8 -Mar'78- (921Kb) #22 #36 # 9 -May'78- (537Kb) #23 -Dec'86- (885Kb) #37 #10 -Feb'79- (688Kb) #24 #38 -Sep'94- (2,270Kb) #11 -Jun'79- (568Kb) #25 #39 #12 -Jun'80- (636Kb) #26 #40 -May'96- (6,207Kb) #13 #27 -Dec'88- (1,489Kb) #41 #14 #28 #42 Issues #43 and higher are electronic issues available on-line (see above). (Download free ACROBAT Reader ... to read PDF files)   Return to the Top of the Page Copyright © 1999 - 2011 Vertical Section of the NSS, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page Last Updated on Aug. 2, 2011