PRESENTATIONS BY THE PINTS

Photos by John and Susy Pint

John and Susy Pint have been exploring the caves and remote corners of Saudi Arabia since 1981. Both have written numerous magazine and newspaper articles on the country. John Pint is author of The Desert Caves of Saudi Arabia (Stacey International, London, 2003) and a consultant to the Saudi Geological Survey. The Pints own and maintain www.saudicaves.com, a web site featuring everything about Saudi caves from adventure stories and outstanding photos to scientific reports.

The Pints are also authors of Outdoors in Western Mexico and Al Aire Libre en Las Cercanías de Guadalajara (Agata Editores, Guadalajara, 1998 and 2007) which feature 40 little-known natural sites within reach of Guadalajara, Mexico. Susy Pint writes on these subjects in Spanish for the magazines Tapatío and México Desconocido. The Pints' adventures south of the border appear on their MEXICO web page and in their bilingual caving bulletin Subterráneo.

The Pints have been invited as Guest Speakers or Lecturers since the 1980s, when they began their explorations in Saudi Arabia and Mexico (See list of venues below).

John and Susy Pint are available for speaking engagements in the USA or Mexico. To arrange for a presentation, call (52) 333-151-1612 from the USA or 31 51 16 12 from Guadalajara, Mexico... or contact us by email.   The Pints in  Surprise Cave, Saudi Arabia.

TOPICS FOR SLIDE OR POWERPOINT SHOWS

CAVES BENEATH THE DUNES Tiny holes leading to endless labyrinths; Bedouins, camel spiders, pits 300 feet deep; what to do when you get lost in the desert; diving beneath the dunes; bones, skulls and mummies, etc. Dharb Al Najem Pit, 100 meters deep

INSIDE SAUDI ARABIA Sandstorms; dune skiing; Jeddah, the oldest city in the world? green coffee; sweet tea and slow talk; the roses of Taif; religion and politics; Jeddah’s amazing outdoor art; a sandbox the size of France, etc. Sand dunes upon sand dunes in the Rub Al Khali Desert

LAVA TUBES OF WESTERN ARABIA Ghostly Cave; caves of the lost city; the legends of Hibashi Cave; Neolithic Rock Art, journey to the Black and White Volcanoes, etc.   Susy Pint contemplating an ancient wall, set among rock-dove "guanomites."

HIDDEN TREASURES OF WESTERN MEXICO A Persian qanat (underground aqueduct) in Jalisco, Mexico; The Psychedelic Bell of La Campana; the pyramids of Teuchitlán; the hot spring of Paradise; the River of Souls; the rock art of Altilte; waterfalls, geysers, boiling hot rivers, etc.   Crystal-clear hot water bubbles up through the sand at the Paradise Pool

• “For more than two decades John Pint and his wife, Susy, have dedicated themselves to the exploration and protection of the Kingdom’s caves. These Saudi geological treasures have been largely undiscovered. The Pints have worked hard not only to document their journeys underground, but also to attract other scientists to come and investigate the wonders the caves have to offer… If you’re in the mood for adventure, a visit to SaudiCaves.com is just what you need.”

Molouk Y. Ba-Isa, Arab News

• “With the recent passing of Sir Wilfred Thesiger some writers have described his demise as the end of a long line of Arabian explorers. However I would disagree. There is still one man who is continually exploring the Kingdom and discovering the most amazing places. Places that the others completely missed because as they traveled over the desert, he has crawled beneath it. His name is John Pint.”

Tim Barger, www.outintheblue.com

• “Fortunately, alternatives to mass-produced guidebooks can still be found from smaller presses and independent, self-published authors. Favorites from my own library include "Outdoors In Western Mexico" by John and Susy Pint.”

Carl Franz, author of the People’s Guide to Mexico

• “Pint tips his hat to a long line of explorers who preceded him, … but he deserves credit for pioneering the systematic exploration of these caves, and for promoting their protection for future generations of Saudis and foreigners. He chronicles with lush photographs and spare English and Arabic text more than 20 years of cave exploration in Saudi Arabia.”

Robert W.Lebling, Jr (quoted by Caravan-Serai tours)

• “Cave environments are radically different from the surface. Exploration of caves in Saudi Arabia by a very well known caving team, John and Susy Pint, has shown that … what is dominant on the surface of a planet is not necessarily the key to where you have to go to look for the life.”

Apostropher

• “Pint ... has lead a Saudi Geological Survey team in the discovery of many uncharted caves that have contained numerous artifacts, mummies and skulls of considerable age and importance.”

Sci-port Discovery Center, Shreveport-Bosier City, Louisiana

VENUES WHERE JOHN OR SUSY PINT HAVE BEEN INVITED TO SPEAK

• X International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology, Reykjavik, Iceland
• XI International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology, Pico Island, Azores
• XII International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology, Tepoztlán, Mexico
• XV International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, Texas
• 8^th International Conference of the Jordanian Geologists’ Association, Amman, Jordan
• First International Symposium on Middle-East Speleology, Beirut, Lebanon
• University of Guadalajara Center for Earth Sciences
• University of Petroleum and Minerals Physics Dept, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
• Mexican Red Cross National Training Center, Mexico City, Mexico
• National Speleological Society Convention, Mount Vernon, Kentucky, USA
• National Speleological Society Convention, Brackettville, Texas, USA
• National Speleological Society Convention, Huntsville, Alabama, USA
• Toastmasters International District 34, Guadalajara, Mexico
• Sci-Port Discovery Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
• Traveling Naturalists, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Arabian Natural History Society (British), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Arabian Natural History Society (American), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Riyadh Natural History Society, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Cultural Activities Society, Pinar de la Venta, Zapopan, Mexico
• Dhahran Geoscience Society, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
• University of Texas Dept of Earth and Environmental Science, San Antonio, Texas, USA
• Naseef House Cultural Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Unitarian Church, Guadalajara, Mexico
• Jalisco Planetarium, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
• First International Workshop on Aquifer Vulnerability and Risk, Salamanca, Mexico
• Corona Ladies Club, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• SIGNOS, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
• TESOL Convention, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Lecture bureaus and speakers’ bureaus will appreciate the excitement and humor of the Pints’ adventures in solitary deserts, in encounters with camels and Bedouin and, of course, deep within the entrails of the earth where they have come upon vast caches of bones, Neolithic artifacts and perfectly preserved mummies.

The Pints’ presentations normally consist of digital slides which tell a story. Speakers bureaus, lecture bureaus, service clubs and other associations and organizations that use public speakers, lecturers or keynote speakers have only to peruse the photo galleries of www.saudicaves.com to discover the vast selection of pictures from which the Pints can choose to organize their presentations.