Re: [Texascavers] Bill Russell, newspaper articles and magazine covers

2019-03-27 Thread PRESTON FORSYTHE
The cave trip I made with Bill Russell I will always remember was to the very back, read end, of Airman's. What I do not remember is any walking passage in the cave. Zero, i.e., none. No walking passage. maybe a little stoop passage, not much.  And, the very worthwhile formation area,

Re: [Texascavers] Peyton Abbott

2019-03-27 Thread PRESTON FORSYTHE
Good job, David, on letting us know about P.O. Preston in KY On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 1:17:53 AM CDT, David wrote: I strongly feel that if someone is going to sum up their life's accomplishment intoa tiny single paragraph, and mention that they loved caves, or were a caver,

Re: [Texascavers] Bill Russell, newspaper articles and magazine covers

2019-03-27 Thread Bill Steele
Yes! The Little Man slide show. What a hoot. That should reemerge. At the end was a real human for scale. Bill Steele speleoste...@ail.com > On Mar 27, 2019, at 8:08 AM, John Brooks > wrote: > > When I was a young impressionable caver at Texas A, Bill Russell came to > one of our biweekly

Re: [Texascavers] Bill Russell, newspaper articles and magazine covers

2019-03-27 Thread Logan
The Little Man made the cover of the July-August 1979 Texas Caver. "The Monster Borehole section of the Master Main Drain, Airman's Cave, Travis County, Texas.  Photo by Bill Russell."  Bill explained on page 63 of that issue "It is not that Travis County caves are too small, it is that Travis

Re: [Texascavers] Bill Russell, newspaper articles and magazine covers

2019-03-27 Thread John Brooks
Perhaps that section of cave should be renamed the “Russell Borehole”. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 27, 2019, at 9:21 AM, Logan wrote: > > The Little Man made the cover of the July-August 1979 Texas Caver. "The > Monster Borehole section of the Master Main Drain, Airman's Cave, Travis >

Re: [Texascavers] Bill Russell, newspaper articles and magazine covers

2019-03-27 Thread John Brooks
When I was a young impressionable caver at Texas A, Bill Russell came to one of our biweekly grotto meetings and gave a presentation on “Caves”. In that slide presentation he had several photos of the “new” borehole in Airman’s Cave. It appeared to be 20’ tall passages.until we finally

Re: [Texascavers] Ernie and NSS Convention

2019-03-27 Thread PRESTON FORSYTHE
Looking fwd to the TN convention. But, remember reading no shade in the campground. OK with me because we are not in the campground during the day. Ernie may want a/c. Preston,  in hot humid KY, and TN is very similar. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 10:41 AM, Nancy

[Texascavers] william russell's obituary

2019-03-27 Thread Katherine Arens
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?n=william-hart-russell=191928141=5106=IwAR2Tu_pQQQv3Qy-FMFGmJ1A40npNROGfqo53f_IdZjtoh-ZkAuW9Z8UGujw Katherine ArensPhones: Office(512) 232-6363 ar...@austin.utexas.edu Dept. Phone: (512) 471-4123 Dept. of

Re: [Texascavers] Texascavers Digest, Vol 57, Issue 26

2019-03-27 Thread James Jasek
smnet.com>> wrote: thanks, Katie. I was going to post that I thought William would certainly prefer the cave keep its name. I’m glad you spoke up Nancy On Mar 26, 2019, at 4:18 PM, Katherine Arens mailto:ar...@austin.utexas.edu>> wrote: Nope, Guys. He HATED peopl

Re: [Texascavers] Ernie and NSS Convention

2019-03-27 Thread C Tiderman
There will be camping available under one of the big barns and under the bleachers. Carol On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 1:35:03 PM EDT, PRESTON FORSYTHE wrote: Looking fwd to the TN convention. But, remember reading no shade in the campground. OK with me because we are not in the

[Texascavers] Fwd: Hudspeth County caves?

2019-03-27 Thread Bill Bentley
Can you all help Charles,  El Paso and Hudspeth County is 300 + miles from me.  Thanks, Bill Forwarded Message Hi, I am working with cave-obligate pseudoscorpions in the Appalachian region. Next week I will be at Indio Ranch (aka Indio Mountains Research Station) in

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Fwd: Hudspeth County caves?

2019-03-27 Thread jerryatkin
Yes, I can help him out. Jerry. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 27, 2019, at 4:36 PM, Bill Bentley wrote: > > Can you all help Charles, > El Paso and Hudspeth County is 300 + miles from me. > > Thanks, > > Bill > > > Forwarded Message > Hi, > > I am working with

[Texascavers] Ernie and NSS Convention

2019-03-27 Thread Nancy Weaver
Ernie is interested in getting a ride to convention this June in Tenn. He would like to car camp in campground. He is happy to cover transportation costs. Please contact Nancy to talk details. cheers, Nancy ___ Texascavers mailing list |

[Texascavers] a travel related financial question

2019-03-27 Thread David
>From David Locklear Charlie and company, please hit delete button. Here we are, approaching April of 2019, and many tourist and traveler's and cavers are using virtual money, or their smartphone or a non-bank debit card, etc. to spend on their purchases. I am almost dependent now on my CASH app

[Texascavers] Peyton Abbott

2019-03-27 Thread David
I strongly feel that if someone is going to sum up their life's accomplishment into a tiny single paragraph, and mention that they loved caves, or were a caver, then we should at least take a second to honor them. The link below appears to show a Texas caver that passed away two weeks ago. For