The first caver that I ever met was a student at A&M in College Station named Ashley Glennon. It was early October of 1984. He was the son of Bob Glennon, an old-timer with the DFW Grotto.
Ashley and I made several road-trips in 1985 together on weekends poking around, mostly ridge walking. He took me to Alzafars Cave ( I think ), but we just poked around in the entrance. He mostly taught me everything I know about The Hill Country - mostly about the good swimming holes and the small towns. He showed me Jacob's Well - back when it was off the beaten path. He introduced me to Mrs. Stahl - the owner of Brehmer Cave and Little Brehmer Cave. He taught me how to deal with ranchers and find caves. He taught me aboutvprimitive camping - something I was not familiar with ( having only camped a few times before and only at designated numbered campsites at state parks ). In the fall of 1985, Ashley became sick with histoplasmosis and I would go to his dorm-room on the northside of campus and check on him. He left school a few months later and I never heard from him again. But I would see his dad or younger brother at TCR. The story that they told me was that Ashley was doing very well in Seattle with a big cell-phone company in the late 1980's, before I knew anyone that even owned a cell-phone. I think maybe something like T-Mobile. In 1993, his younger brother Alan was President of the A.S.S., and I was very active socially in the grotto then. He told me his brother had become obsessed with LEGOs and was traveling the country doing LEGO presentations. I emailed them both from time to time, but we had drifted apart and they showed no interest in staying in touch. Although we are LinkedIn connected. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-glennon-a132463 Tonight, I was reminiscing and looked to see if Ashley has any YouTube videos. I found the one in the link below where some LEGO fanboys are interviewing him. I swear he has not changed in 30 years. https://youtu.be/UauMQ466s78 Ref: http://www.minifigmuseum.freeservers.com
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