[Texascavers] RE: caver biograghy related

2008-01-03 Thread Minton, Mark
David Locklear said: Charles Fromen has 2 retirement houses, one on a beautiful beach near Ixtapa, and the other in Brazil. Charles Fromen is still actively caving at 63 years old. He recently visited Precipicio for high-definition video filming and did the pull-down route on the

[Texascavers] 50 years--Mary Kay

2008-01-03 Thread Gill Ediger
At 09:25 AM 1/2/2008, David Locklear wrote: I found one notable caver ( whose name ) is missing from the 50 years. Her name is Mary Kay Manning. Her daddy was a Texas caver in the '50s, maybe '60s. He attended TCR a few years ago. Is he listed anywhere? --Ediger

[Texascavers] more nice Naica pics

2008-01-03 Thread Gill Ediger
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[Texascavers] OT - caver biograghy

2008-01-03 Thread Gill Ediger
At 05:33 PM 1/2/2008, Don Cooper wrote: David - A person defending your POV wrote me privately to inform me what a mean and insensitive bully I am. What sort of a mean and insensitive bully would write something like that? Phewww! --Ediger

[Texascavers] OT - the Chuck Stuehm Award

2008-01-03 Thread David Locklear
The new book 50 years, does list many of the Stuehm Award recipients.I saw at least 8 listed, and there may be more in the book somewhere ( It is a huge book ). I have always felt the Chuck Stuehm Award was a prestigious award, and a great way to encourage new cavers to keep up the good

RE: [Texascavers] OT - the Chuck Stuehm Award

2008-01-03 Thread John P Brooks
David Locklear The TSA does have an Awards committee and chair...when we can find someone willing to take this task onthe TSA has also resorted to the officers as a defacto awards committee. As with any volunteer organization; the TSA can and will do whatever our membership wants to

RE: [Texascavers] OT - the Chuck Stuehm Award

2008-01-03 Thread John P Brooks
David Locklear The TSA does have an Awards committee and chair...when we can find someone willing to take this task onthe TSA has also resorted to the officers as a defacto awards committee. As with any volunteer organization; the TSA can and will do whatever our membership wants to

RE: [Texascavers] OT - the Chuck Stuehm Award

2008-01-03 Thread John P Brooks
David Locklear The TSA does have an Awards committee and chair...when we can find someone willing to take this task onthe TSA has also resorted to the officers as a defacto awards committee. As with any volunteer organization; the TSA can and will do whatever our membership wants to

[Texascavers] OT - Quadrantid meteor shower tonight (likely the best one of 2008)

2008-01-03 Thread Simon Newton
For those of you not in a city: http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080103/sc_space/mustseemeteorshowerfridaymorning Must-See Meteor Shower Friday Morning The Quadrantid meteor shower is due to reach maximum in the predawn hours of Friday, Jan. 4. The Quadrantids are notoriously unpredictable

[Texascavers] Chuck Stuehm Award

2008-01-03 Thread Gill Ediger
At 04:26 PM 1/3/2008, David Locklear wrote: Who in the TSA is officially responsible for granting the award and making sure that it gets to the recipient? The Chuck Stuehm Award has traditionally been presented by the TCR (as Chuck was one of the original TCR organizers)--not the TSA. Being