Thanks Bob and all, I appreciate all the nice words but truthfully Jim and Wendy (like the Live video hosting I did last year) arranged just about everything! I only came up with the idea and then showed up.
Thanks also to the 50 or so meteorite enthusiasts that took part. Two things now seem certain. One: there will be an organized 100th anniversary! Two: We won't find as much,..... See everyone in Denver soon! On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Robert Verish <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > Well, I've finally unloaded the truck and downloaded my camera images of our > trip to the highly successful "99th Year Anniversary" Holbrook Meteorite > Hunt. After Moni got home from work we stayed-up late last night reviewing > all of the images. I'm sure glad that Ben Fisler's son, Erik, is such a good > photographer, and that they took time from finding all of those meteorites in > order to record this "event". Because, I think they'll be talking about this > "group hunt" years from now. But, if I want to make any more predictions, I > should save them for a future article, > > > So, a big "THANK YOU" goes to Ruben Garcia (who is always the first person to > volunteer to be host for any social gathering), for taking a casual comment > about a "99 year anniversary" and to turn it into a fun, group meteorite hunt > (not that Ruben needs an excuse to socialize). And the same "Thank you" goes > to Jim & Wendy Wooddell for their logistical support and managing of the > daily (and nightly) activities, which insured a successful social event. > > And to all of those who have taken the time to share their images and videos > of the Holbrook Hunt with us, a big "Thank you", as well. Although this > group hunt has been ably documented by many of those in attendance, I still > wish I had taken more images while hunting in the strewnfield. Especially of > people making their very first meteorite find, because this only happens once > in each finders lifetime. And to be able to re-live this event (even > vicariously) through its recording, would be reinvigorating to the soul of > every meteorite hunter. > > But I did record the group activities the evening before and after the > Saturday hunt. And that is what I would like to comment on here. Upon > arriving at the Motel 6 on Friday evening and entering into the central > courtyard, it was as if we had registered for a symposium, because we > encountered several dozen people standing around in small circles engaged in > animated discussions (talking about meteorite-recovery). All that was > missing were the name-tags. > > A good percentage of these people had never found a meteorite, and a few had > never gone on a meteorite hunt before coming to Holbrook. Some of these > neophytes had brought rocks they had found with the hope that one of the more > experienced hunters would deem their "hopeful" as being a meteorite. All of > the others were intently listening, trying to learn why these meteor-wrongs > were not meteorites. The crowd around Ruben Garcia was particularly large. > It seemed like the meteor-wrong discussions were going to last all night. > > Finally, almost out of desperation, Ruben brought out his collection of > Holbrook stones and conducted an impromptu free-clinic on "Meteorite > Identification". I feel that Ruben's extra effort in educating, by > conducting this class on meteorite ID, was a factor in the overall success of > the hunt the next day. After Ruben's free-seminar, conversations over dinner > would be centered on meteorites. After dinner, small groups would form to > continue discussing various meteorite-related subjects long into the night. > > Then the next evening, even after a whole day of meteorite-hunting, everyone > pitched-in to make the awards ceremony as memorable as making your first > find. Jim and Wendy found the time to make Certificates of Achievement for > all 47 participants, as well as, the trophy awards, not the least of which > was the award bestowed upon Ruben for his unique social skills which made > possible this anniversary-hunt as a historical day in meteorite-recovery. > > After Ruben accepted his award, he and Erik personally awarded each meteorite > hunter with their Certificate, and in addition, if that person hadn't made a > find that day, they were given an original Ruben Garcia genuine Holbrook > meteorite along with limited-edition Mr.Meteorite ID Card & CoA (which were > much larger than any of the fragments that I found)!! > By my count, there were 19 people who were presented with a Holbrook > meteorite by Ruben! > > As I mentioned earlier, I have some images from this event. I plan on > uploading those and making them available on-line at a later time. Just > wanted to add my 2yen and comment on some of the other activities that > centered on the "99th Year Anniversary" Holbrook Meteorite Hunt. > > Bob V. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > [meteorite-list] 99th Anniversary Holbrook Hunt Video! > Jim Wooddell jimwooddell at gmail.com > Tue Jul 19 15:45:57 EDT 2011 > > Hi all! > I added /updated pictures of the Holbrook hunt! > They are in my Scrap Book under 7/16/2011 > http://desertsunburn.no-ip.org > > Jim Wooddell > > -------------------- > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Worked all day on the video - it's done! >> http://www.mr-meteorite.net/99thanniversaryhunt.htm >> >> Even if you are NOT a "meteorite hunter" type you may want to watch >> this video just to see how the largest 240 gram specimen was found >> this last Saturday (July 16th, 2011) >> >> P.s. I just talked to Ben and Erik Fisler and >> they will be posting photos soon! >> >> -- >> Rock On! >> >> Ruben Garcia > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=meteorfright#p/u ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
