Re: [Texascavers] alternative convention trip report

2016-08-01 Thread Charles Loving via Texascavers
Once upon a time we sat around the fire and tried to sing a verse that was worse than the other verse and of course we always had that quart of beer to sip on. I recall doing a cartoon lecture once about cave mapping that was quite a lot of fun to do and well thought of. As for chasing anchovies

Re: [Texascavers] alternative convention trip report

2016-07-17 Thread Andy Gluesenkamp via Texascavers
He makes storm chasers sound boring and his train wrecks are far more exciting and tragic than any story Ediger can tell. A quixotic Ahab, chasing anchovies. In Lubbock. Year after year. In the crazed planning, execution, and repetition lie the the answer to why many listen. Sent from my

Re: [Texascavers] alternative convention trip report

2016-07-17 Thread Nancy Weaver via Texascavers
my point is not to disparage anyone but to note that in 20 some odd - the odder the better - years of caving, what got talked about around the campfire were the mishaps, the near disasters, the actual disasters narrowly averted, the crazy ones who lived way out on a limb (Boon, Hal Lloyd, and

Re: [Texascavers] alternative convention trip report

2016-07-17 Thread via Texascavers
I have to say it was worth wading through all those other emails to be properly set-up for this gem. Brilliant, Nancy Thanks Viv Loftin > On Jul 17, 2016, at 1:16 PM, Nancy Weaver via Texascavers > wrote: > > written by nancy weaver. freely available to anyone

[Texascavers] alternative convention trip report

2016-07-17 Thread Nancy Weaver via Texascavers
written by nancy weaver. freely available to anyone who wants to use it. I have a safe predictable job and a safe predictable paycheck/pension/inheritance. I safely and predictably preregister for NSS convention and put it on my calendar. I load my safe and predictable vehicle with more