Re: [Texascavers] [SWR] Jacob's Well :
Thanks, Mike. Reporters do make mistakes. Fritz Sent from my iPhone On Jul 30, 2015, at 6:54 AM, Mike Flannigan mikef...@att.net wrote: My data says the only Jacobs Well in TX is in Hays county near Wimberley. Mike On 7/30/2015 1:00 AM, Fritz Holt wrote: I would still like to know whether the Jacob's Well referred to by the reporter was In Wimberley as opposed to San Antonio. A friend and I explored the lake rooms in the Devil's Sinkhole in the summer of 1955 when the cable ladder in place afforded an easy climb in and out. This was the same ladder shown in Jimmy Walker's sinkhole picture in Carl Kunath's 50 Years of Texas Caving. Jimmy said his picture was taken in 1952. Those were the days my friend I knew would someday end. :( Fritz Holt fritz...@gmail.com ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Jacob's Well :
Thanks, Jerry. It will be a pleasure to see you at TCR. Fritz Holt Sent from my iPhone On Jul 30, 2015, at 1:23 AM, Jerry via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: It is indeed the Jacob's Well near Wimberley that the diver is in. Jerry Atkinson jerryat...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Fritz Holt via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com To: texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com Cc: Cave NM s...@caver.net; TAG Net tag-...@hiddenworld.net; Mandy Holt geekazoidman...@hotmail.com; June Levy kittymr...@aol.com Sent: Thu, Jul 30, 2015 12:12 am Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Jacob's Well : I would still like to know whether the Jacob's Well referred to by the reporter was In Wimberley as opposed to San Antonio. A friend and I explored the lake rooms in the Devil's Sinkhole in the summer of 1955 when the cable ladder in place afforded an easy climb in and out. This was the same ladder shown in Jimmy Walker's sinkhole picture in Carl Kunath's 50 Years of Texas Caving. Jimmy said his picture was taken in 1952. Those were the days my friend I knew would someday end. :( Fritz Holt fritz...@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone On Jul 29, 2015, at 6:50 PM, via Texascaverstexascavers@texascavers.com wrote: Ah,yes. To see what is beyond the gate, you should read Jacob's Well by Stephen Harrigan. This is a fictional work, but was partially built on cavers that I hired to work on the Texas Natural Areas Survey (which helped get Devil's Sinkhole, the Lower Canyons, Mt. Livermore, Devil's River, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Enchanted Rock, and other places in Texas set aside in the Public Domain). Those old enough will recognize individuals who are slightly-disguised cavers and their colleagues from the 70s. Not only is Dwight Deal the heroic (although flawed) model for the geologist, you can recognize parts of Ronnie Fieseler, Tom Byrd, and Ron Ralph, Gary Moore, and certainly remember the Lady Archaeologist who was well known for doing field work in the nude in West Texas. DirtDoc From: Jerry via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com To: Texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 12:23:34 AM Subject: [Texascavers] Free diver captures terrifying moment he nearly drowns in Jacobs Well : Free diver captures terrifying moment he nearly drowns in underwater cave http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/viral-video/11767175/Free-diver-captures-terrifying-moment-he-nearly-drowns-in-underwater-cave.html Young free diver is heard struggling to hold his breath in San Antonio's Jacob's Well as he tries to reach the surface in a heart-stopping race against time ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] [SWR] Jacob's Well :
My data says the only Jacobs Well in TX is in Hays county near Wimberley. Mike On 7/30/2015 1:00 AM, Fritz Holt wrote: I would still like to know whether the Jacob's Well referred to by the reporter was In Wimberley as opposed to San Antonio. A friend and I explored the lake rooms in the Devil's Sinkhole in the summer of 1955 when the cable ladder in place afforded an easy climb in and out. This was the same ladder shown in Jimmy Walker's sinkhole picture in Carl Kunath's 50 Years of Texas Caving. Jimmy said his picture was taken in 1952. Those were the days my friend I knew would someday end. :( Fritz Holt fritz...@gmail.com mailto:fritz...@gmail.com ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Trip help?
Hello Cavers! I'm excited to give y'all a quick update, and ask for help from my caving community again. After finishing up some insurance drama, and getting confident underground again after my accident 2 years ago, I've move to Louisiana and will be starting a new job in just a couple of weeks! As a confidence building exercise (plus it's something I really want to do) i'll be traveling to costa Rica this Saturday, and returning next Friday. This will be my first time traveling solo internationally, and there's a little anxiety from the parental units and boyfriend. I am relishing the opportunity to travel alone and spread my wings a little bit, after everything that's going on in my life for over two years, but I do want to make everyone in my life feel a little more comfortable with this decision. My question is, are there any members of our caving community living in Costa Rica at the moment? I know there are quite a few Texas Cavers in Mexico. Again, everything has been thoroughly planned, but it would be nice to know there is someone local to reach out to, in event of an emergency. Thanks everyone! Mallory Mayeux mmay...@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Trip help?
Mallory, Tell us about your new job. For whom will you be employed and what will you be doing? Is it long or short term and in which city will you be living? What's happening in Costa Rica? Best of luck in this new endeavor. Everyone will miss you. Fritz Holt fritz...@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone On Jul 30, 2015, at 2:27 PM, Mallory via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: Hello Cavers! I'm excited to give y'all a quick update, and ask for help from my caving community again. After finishing up some insurance drama, and getting confident underground again after my accident 2 years ago, I've move to Louisiana and will be starting a new job in just a couple of weeks! As a confidence building exercise (plus it's something I really want to do) i'll be traveling to costa Rica this Saturday, and returning next Friday. This will be my first time traveling solo internationally, and there's a little anxiety from the parental units and boyfriend. I am relishing the opportunity to travel alone and spread my wings a little bit, after everything that's going on in my life for over two years, but I do want to make everyone in my life feel a little more comfortable with this decision. My question is, are there any members of our caving community living in Costa Rica at the moment? I know there are quite a few Texas Cavers in Mexico. Again, everything has been thoroughly planned, but it would be nice to know there is someone local to reach out to, in event of an emergency. Thanks everyone! Mallory Mayeux mmay...@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Jacob's Well :
I would still like to know whether the Jacob's Well referred to by the reporter was In Wimberley as opposed to San Antonio. A friend and I explored the lake rooms in the Devil's Sinkhole in the summer of 1955 when the cable ladder in place afforded an easy climb in and out. This was the same ladder shown in Jimmy Walker's sinkhole picture in Carl Kunath's 50 Years of Texas Caving. Jimmy said his picture was taken in 1952. Those were the days my friend I knew would someday end. :( Fritz Holt fritz...@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone On Jul 29, 2015, at 6:50 PM, via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: Ah,yes. To see what is beyond the gate, you should read Jacob's Well by Stephen Harrigan. This is a fictional work, but was partially built on cavers that I hired to work on the Texas Natural Areas Survey (which helped get Devil's Sinkhole, the Lower Canyons, Mt. Livermore, Devil's River, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Enchanted Rock, and other places in Texas set aside in the Public Domain). Those old enough will recognize individuals who are slightly-disguised cavers and their colleagues from the 70s. Not only is Dwight Deal the heroic (although flawed) model for the geologist, you can recognize parts of Ronnie Fieseler, Tom Byrd, and Ron Ralph, Gary Moore, and certainly remember the Lady Archaeologist who was well known for doing field work in the nude in West Texas. DirtDoc From: Jerry via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com To: Texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 12:23:34 AM Subject: [Texascavers] Free diver captures terrifying moment he nearly drowns in Jacobs Well : Free diver captures terrifying moment he nearly drowns in underwater cave http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/viral-video/11767175/Free-diver-captures-terrifying-moment-he-nearly-drowns-in-underwater-cave.html Young free diver is heard struggling to hold his breath in San Antonio's Jacob's Well as he tries to reach the surface in a heart-stopping race against time ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Jacob's Well :
It is indeed the Jacob's Well near Wimberley that the diver is in. Jerry Atkinson jerryat...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Fritz Holt via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com To: texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com Cc: Cave NM s...@caver.net; TAG Net tag-...@hiddenworld.net; Mandy Holt geekazoidman...@hotmail.com; June Levy kittymr...@aol.com Sent: Thu, Jul 30, 2015 12:12 am Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Jacob's Well : I would still like to know whether the Jacob's Well referred to by the reporter was In Wimberley as opposed to San Antonio. A friend and I explored the lake rooms in the Devil's Sinkhole in the summer of 1955 when the cable ladder in place afforded an easy climb in and out. This was the same ladder shown in Jimmy Walker's sinkhole picture in Carl Kunath's 50 Years of Texas Caving. Jimmy said his picture was taken in 1952. Those were the days my friend I knew would someday end. :( Fritz Holt fritz...@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone On Jul 29, 2015, at 6:50 PM, via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: Ah,yes. To see what is beyond the gate, you should read Jacob's Well by Stephen Harrigan. This is a fictional work, but was partially built on cavers that I hired to work on the Texas Natural Areas Survey (which helped get Devil's Sinkhole, the Lower Canyons, Mt. Livermore, Devil's River, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Enchanted Rock, and other places in Texas set aside in the Public Domain). Those old enough will recognize individuals who are slightly-disguised cavers and their colleagues from the 70s. Not only is Dwight Deal the heroic (although flawed) model for the geologist, you can recognize parts of Ronnie Fieseler, Tom Byrd, and Ron Ralph, Gary Moore, and certainly remember the Lady Archaeologist who was well known for doing field work in the nude in West Texas. DirtDoc From: Jerry via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com To: Texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 12:23:34 AM Subject: [Texascavers] Free diver captures terrifying moment he nearly drowns in Jacobs Well : Free diver captures terrifying moment he nearly drowns in underwater cave http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/viral-video/11767175/Free-diver-captures-terrifying-moment-he-nearly-drowns-in-underwater-cave.html Young free diver is heard struggling to hold his breath in San Antonio's Jacob's Well as he tries to reach the surface in a heart-stopping race against time ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
