Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman Obit in The Big Bend Gazette

2016-12-01 Thread PRESTON FORSYTHE via Texascavers 
Sorry to read about Blair and his interesting life. Wish we had known him. 
Thanks for posting.
Preston Forsythe  

On Wednesday, November 30, 2016 9:51 PM, via Texascavers 
 wrote:
 

  Blair Pittman Obit Attached (if the attachment did not come through on the 
re-mailer, write me and I'll send it directly) is the excellent obit for Blair 
that appeared in the Big Bend Gazette. It is distributed to the caving 
community with permission and encouragement of the editor, Marlys Hersey. Send 
her a thank you at Marlys HerseyEditor, The Big Bend Gazette(432) 
386-0479www.bigbendgazette.com with a copy to Jean Hardy-Pittman at 
"Hardy-Pittman, Jean"  Both will greatly appreciate your 
note. Blair's first wife, Abbie Brummett was known as "Tink". Blair and Tink 
were married in Caverns of Sonora. Tink's parents (James and Ann Brummett) were 
then at Caverns of Sonora and later moved to Cascade Caverns and then to Inner 
Space. (Thanks to Carl Kunath for straightening me out about that!) Troy passed 
away a few years ago, while Blair was living here in Terlingua. DirtDoc 
xHi, Dwight. How sweet. Here it is, 
attached. I JUST NOW found this in my "drafts" folder. I am sorry for the 
delay. I have no idea why it did not send 9 days ago when I first drafted this. 
 Marlys HerseyEditor, The Big Bend Gazette(432) 386-0479www.bigbendgazette.com  
 Original Message 
 Subject: Blair's obit
 From: dirt...@comcast.net
 Date: Tue, November 08, 2016 3:55 pm
 To: edi...@bigbendgazette.com John and Marlys: We are subscribers and 
long-term supporters of the Gazette, and also a very long time friend and 
adventuring associate of Blair Pittman. I'm a link to the caving community and 
would very much like to obtain an electronic copy of your excellent obit for 
Blair to share with some of his cave exploring friends far from Terlingua. 
Thanks for your consideration. Dwight DealBox 10, terlinguadirt...@comcast.net
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Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman

2016-10-12 Thread Fritz Holt via Texascavers 
Agreed. As is said, Blair was bigger than life. Wish I had known him better. 
Fritz Holt
fritz...@gmail.com

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 12, 2016, at 10:11 AM, via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> I have that book as well, Fritz, plus his Texas Caves book.
>  
> A very entertaining read and I imagine sitting on the porch out there every 
> time I read it.
>  
> Beautiful photographs in his Caves book.
>  
> My kids and I stopped by the ghost town to see him a few years back. We just 
> missed him, as he had been airlifted to SA or Houston for a stroke or cardiac 
> issue he had just experienced.
>  
> His residence/cats/and the ghost town was just a unique as he was.
>  
> A terrible loss.
>  
>  
> Mark Alman
> texascav...@yahoo.com
>  
>  
>  
> From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of 
> Fritz Holt via Texascavers
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 9:58 AM
> To: Jenny Holt
> Cc: Jacquetta Breedlove; June Levy; Mandy Holt; texascavers@texascavers.com
> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman
>  
> I found Blair Pittman's 50 page  booklet titled "Tales From The Terlingua 
> Porch". He wrote inside, "To Fritz - If It Ain't The Truth - It Outta Be - 
> April 9, 08  -Enjoy-
> Viva Terlingua !!!
> Blair Pittman
> (Ver Batim) Your nostalgic dad. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Oct 11, 2016, at 9:27 AM, Fritz Holt <fritz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Not sure but I think we met him before his accident. I will look for his 
> signed book which is probably dated and will let you know. Dad
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Oct 10, 2016, at 11:33 PM, Jenny Holt <jhol...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dad,
> I also sent this to you, in case you hadn't seen it. We met him at a rock 
> shop just out of Study Butte heading towards BBNP - was that before his 
> motorcycle accident or afterwards?  I remember he was driven up by a driver 
> who also had tourists who got out to visit the rock shop & he sat out on the 
> porch with us & gabbed. He was great & quite interesting. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Oct 10, 2016, at 11:08 PM, Fritz Holt <fritz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> We met him at a shop in Terlingua or nearby and he autographed his book that 
> we purchased, From The Back Porch, probably on our group trip in 2008? He was 
> a writer, photographer and well known and liked by cavers and lovers of the 
> Big Bend area. Fritz
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com>
> Date: October 10, 2016 at 9:41:47 PM CDT
> To: Cave NM <swrcav...@googlegroups.com>, Cave Texas 
> <Texascavers@texascavers.com>
> Subject: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman
> Reply-To: texascavers@texascavers.com
> 
> Another unique individual is gone -  Exploring and photographing caves was 
> only only one of the remarkable and exceptional  aspects of Blair Pittman.
>  
> DirtDoc
>  
> From: "Terlingua Moon" <terlinguam...@gmail.com>
> 10/10/2016
> 
> Our Community Mourns One of our Own
>  
>  Blair Pittman passed away this morning. Blair was a famous and infamous 
> photographer from Houston paper in the old days, came out to Big Bend 
> regularly and ultimately settled out here. He was married to Jeanne 
> Northsworthy in the 80s and was around Lajitas and involved with us all 
> during the Mischer days and with the local old-timers..like Ross Maxwell. 
>  
> He and Jean Hardy-Pittman fell in love and have been married for quite a 
> while now and we have enjoyed them both often in the Ghostown. She has been 
> his angel and he knew it. He shot (photographed) our Big Bend so wonderfully 
> and he loved it deeply. May he RIP….and we will miss him a lot. I loved him.
> Memorial service to be decided later.
>  
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Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman

2016-10-12 Thread via Texascavers 
I have that book as well, Fritz, plus his Texas Caves book.

A very entertaining read and I imagine sitting on the porch out there every 
time I read it.

Beautiful photographs in his Caves book.

My kids and I stopped by the ghost town to see him a few years back. We just 
missed him, as he had been airlifted to SA or Houston for a stroke or cardiac 
issue he had just experienced.

His residence/cats/and the ghost town was just a unique as he was.

A terrible loss.


Mark Alman
texascav...@yahoo.com



From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of 
Fritz Holt via Texascavers
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 9:58 AM
To: Jenny Holt
Cc: Jacquetta Breedlove; June Levy; Mandy Holt; texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman

I found Blair Pittman's 50 page  booklet titled "Tales From The Terlingua 
Porch". He wrote inside, "To Fritz - If It Ain't The Truth - It Outta Be - 
April 9, 08  -Enjoy-
Viva Terlingua !!!
Blair Pittman
(Ver Batim) Your nostalgic dad.

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 11, 2016, at 9:27 AM, Fritz Holt 
<fritz...@gmail.com<mailto:fritz...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Not sure but I think we met him before his accident. I will look for his signed 
book which is probably dated and will let you know. Dad

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 10, 2016, at 11:33 PM, Jenny Holt 
<jhol...@hotmail.com<mailto:jhol...@hotmail.com>> wrote:
Dad,
I also sent this to you, in case you hadn't seen it. We met him at a rock shop 
just out of Study Butte heading towards BBNP - was that before his motorcycle 
accident or afterwards?  I remember he was driven up by a driver who also had 
tourists who got out to visit the rock shop & he sat out on the porch with us & 
gabbed. He was great & quite interesting.

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 10, 2016, at 11:08 PM, Fritz Holt 
<fritz...@gmail.com<mailto:fritz...@gmail.com>> wrote:
We met him at a shop in Terlingua or nearby and he autographed his book that we 
purchased, From The Back Porch, probably on our group trip in 2008? He was a 
writer, photographer and well known and liked by cavers and lovers of the Big 
Bend area. Fritz

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:
From: via Texascavers 
<texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:texascavers@texascavers.com>>
Date: October 10, 2016 at 9:41:47 PM CDT
To: Cave NM <swrcav...@googlegroups.com<mailto:swrcav...@googlegroups.com>>, 
Cave Texas <Texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com>>
Subject: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman
Reply-To: texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:texascavers@texascavers.com>
Another unique individual is gone -  Exploring and photographing caves was only 
only one of the remarkable and exceptional  aspects of Blair Pittman.

DirtDoc


From: "Terlingua Moon" <terlinguam...@gmail.com<mailto:terlinguam...@gmail.com>>
10/10/2016

Our Community Mourns One of our Own

 Blair Pittman passed away this morning. Blair was a famous and infamous 
photographer from Houston paper in the old days, came out to Big Bend regularly 
and ultimately settled out here. He was married to Jeanne Northsworthy in the 
80s and was around Lajitas and involved with us all during the Mischer days and 
with the local old-timers..like Ross Maxwell.

He and Jean Hardy-Pittman fell in love and have been married for quite a while 
now and we have enjoyed them both often in the Ghostown. She has been his angel 
and he knew it. He shot (photographed) our Big Bend so wonderfully and he loved 
it deeply. May he RIP….and we will miss him a lot. I loved him.
Memorial service to be decided later.

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Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman

2016-10-12 Thread Fritz Holt via Texascavers 
I found Blair Pittman's 50 page  booklet titled "Tales From The Terlingua 
Porch". He wrote inside, "To Fritz - If It Ain't The Truth - It Outta Be - 
April 9, 08  -Enjoy-
Viva Terlingua !!!
Blair Pittman
(Ver Batim) Your nostalgic dad. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 11, 2016, at 9:27 AM, Fritz Holt  wrote:
> 
> Not sure but I think we met him before his accident. I will look for his 
> signed book which is probably dated and will let you know. Dad
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 10, 2016, at 11:33 PM, Jenny Holt  wrote:
>> 
>> Dad,
>> I also sent this to you, in case you hadn't seen it. We met him at a rock 
>> shop just out of Study Butte heading towards BBNP - was that before his 
>> motorcycle accident or afterwards?  I remember he was driven up by a driver 
>> who also had tourists who got out to visit the rock shop & he sat out on the 
>> porch with us & gabbed. He was great & quite interesting. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Oct 10, 2016, at 11:08 PM, Fritz Holt  wrote:
>> 
>>> We met him at a shop in Terlingua or nearby and he autographed his book 
>>> that we purchased, From The Back Porch, probably on our group trip in 2008? 
>>> He was a writer, photographer and well known and liked by cavers and lovers 
>>> of the Big Bend area. Fritz
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>> 
 From: via Texascavers 
 Date: October 10, 2016 at 9:41:47 PM CDT
 To: Cave NM , Cave Texas 
 
 Subject: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman
 Reply-To: texascavers@texascavers.com
 Another unique individual is gone -  Exploring and photographing caves was 
 only only one of the remarkable and exceptional  aspects of Blair Pittman.
 
 DirtDoc
 
 From: "Terlingua Moon" 
 10/10/2016
 
 Our Community Mourns One of our Own
 
  Blair Pittman passed away this morning. Blair was a famous and infamous 
 photographer from Houston paper in the old days, came out to Big Bend 
 regularly and ultimately settled out here. He was married to Jeanne 
 Northsworthy in the 80s and was around Lajitas and involved with us all 
 during the Mischer days and with the local old-timers..like Ross Maxwell. 
 
 He and Jean Hardy-Pittman fell in love and have been married for quite a 
 while now and we have enjoyed them both often in the Ghostown. She has 
 been his angel and he knew it. He shot (photographed) our Big Bend so 
 wonderfully and he loved it deeply. May he RIP….and we will miss him a 
 lot. I loved him.
 Memorial service to be decided later.
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Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman news

2015-04-15 Thread Gill Edigar via Texascavers 
Well, I think that's good news.
--Ediger

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 12:15 PM, dirt...@comcast.net wrote:

 Blair Pittman news

 Long-time Texas Caver



 From the Terlingua Moon: 4/14/2015



 Blair Pittman, who recently suffered a stroke, “is doing pretty darn
 well,” according to his wife, Jean Hardy-Pittman.
 The former long-time resident of Terlingua, who now lives in Alpine, and
 author of the popular “Tales From the Terlingua Porch” books will be in
 intensive rehab therapies in El Paso for some time, she said.


 But “he is very lucky,” Jean added.


 “His stroke was a hemorrhage, not a clot (embolism), and though it was a
 large bleed area,” she said last week, “it did not get into the ventricles
 which would have potentially caused much more damage.”


 And she was optimistic: “He might come out of this stronger than before.”



 Written by Carl Leatherwood.

 Thank you, Carl.



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Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman news

2015-04-15 Thread Karen Perry via Texascavers 
Where is Blair in El  Paso  can he have visitors?Karen

  From: Gill Edigar via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com
 To: Deal, Dwight dirt...@comcast.net 
Cc: Cave NM s...@caver.net; Cave Texas Texascavers@texascavers.com; TAG Net 
tag-...@hiddenworld.net 
 Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 8:37 AM
 Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman news
   
Well, I think that's good news. --Ediger


On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 12:15 PM, dirt...@comcast.net wrote:

Blair Pittman newsLong-time Texas Caver
 From the Terlingua Moon: 4/14/2015 Blair Pittman, who recently suffered a 
stroke, “is doing pretty darn well,” according to his wife, Jean Hardy-Pittman.
 The former long-time resident of Terlingua, who now lives in Alpine, and 
author of the popular “Tales From the Terlingua Porch” books will be in 
intensive rehab therapies in El Paso for some time, she said.
 But “he is very lucky,” Jean added.
 “His stroke was a hemorrhage, not a clot (embolism), and though it was a large 
bleed area,” she said last week, “it did not get into the ventricles which 
would have potentially caused much more damage.”
 And she was optimistic: “He might come out of this stronger than before.”  
Written by Carl Leatherwood.Thank you, Carl. 


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Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman news

2015-04-14 Thread Logan McNatt via Texascavers 

Thanks for passing along the good news, Dwight.
  Logan McNatt
  lmcn...@austin.rr.com

On 4/14/2015 1:15 PM, dirt...@comcast.net wrote:

Blair Pittman news

Long-time Texas Caver

 From the Terlingua Moon: 4/14/2015

Blair Pittman, who recently suffered a stroke, “is doing pretty darn
well,” according to his wife, Jean Hardy-Pittman.
The former long-time resident of Terlingua, who now lives in Alpine, and
author of the popular “Tales From the Terlingua Porch” books will be in
intensive rehab therapies in El Paso for some time, she said.


But “he is very lucky,” Jean added.


“His stroke was a hemorrhage, not a clot (embolism), and though it was a
large bleed area,” she said last week, “it did not get into the
ventricles which would have potentially caused much more damage.”


And she was optimistic: “He might come out of this stronger than before.”

Written by Carl Leatherwood.

Thank you, Carl.


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Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman news

2015-04-14 Thread mark gee via Texascavers 
Met the  man at his home  in Terlingua and took him a copy of his story in a 
1974 National Goegraphic. about east texas plants and things. Was and is still 
is a very interesting man to spend some time with. He showed me the Terlingua 
Sink hOLE and took me and my x wife into the mine near his home. Met a friend 
of his from Houston who was also a writer. Cant remember his name.  


 On Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:22 PM, Logan McNatt via Texascavers 
texascavers@texascavers.com wrote:
   

 Thanks for passing along the good news, Dwight.
  Logan McNatt
  lmcn...@austin.rr.com

On 4/14/2015 1:15 PM, dirt...@comcast.net wrote:
 Blair Pittman news

 Long-time Texas Caver

  From the Terlingua Moon: 4/14/2015

 Blair Pittman, who recently suffered a stroke, “is doing pretty darn
 well,” according to his wife, Jean Hardy-Pittman.
 The former long-time resident of Terlingua, who now lives in Alpine, and
 author of the popular “Tales From the Terlingua Porch” books will be in
 intensive rehab therapies in El Paso for some time, she said.


 But “he is very lucky,” Jean added.


 “His stroke was a hemorrhage, not a clot (embolism), and though it was a
 large bleed area,” she said last week, “it did not get into the
 ventricles which would have potentially caused much more damage.”


 And she was optimistic: “He might come out of this stronger than before.”

 Written by Carl Leatherwood.

 Thank you, Carl.

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Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman news

2015-04-14 Thread Karen Perry via Texascavers 
Where in El Paso is Blair being treated and how long will he be there?Karen

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Met the  man at his home  in Terlingua and took him a copy of his story in a 
1974 National Goegraphic. about east texas plants and things. Was and is still 
is a very interesting man to spend some time with. He showed me the Terlingua 
Sink hOLE and took me and my x wife into the mine near his home. Met a friend 
of his from Houston who was also a writer. Cant remember his name.  


 On Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:22 PM, Logan McNatt via Texascavers 
texascavers@texascavers.com wrote:
   

 Thanks for passing along the good news, Dwight.
  Logan McNatt
  lmcn...@austin.rr.com

On 4/14/2015 1:15 PM, dirt...@comcast.net wrote:
 Blair Pittman news

 Long-time Texas Caver

  From the Terlingua Moon: 4/14/2015

 Blair Pittman, who recently suffered a stroke, “is doing pretty darn
 well,” according to his wife, Jean Hardy-Pittman.
 The former long-time resident of Terlingua, who now lives in Alpine, and
 author of the popular “Tales From the Terlingua Porch” books will be in
 intensive rehab therapies in El Paso for some time, she said.


 But “he is very lucky,” Jean added.


 “His stroke was a hemorrhage, not a clot (embolism), and though it was a
 large bleed area,” she said last week, “it did not get into the
 ventricles which would have potentially caused much more damage.”


 And she was optimistic: “He might come out of this stronger than before.”

 Written by Carl Leatherwood.

 Thank you, Carl.

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RE: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman

2011-03-14 Thread Fritz Holt 
Thanks, Dwight. Blair is a Texas icon and we all wish him a speedy recovery so 
he can once again be on The Back Porch. My daughters and I visited with Blair 
the last time we were in the Big Bend area in April. 2008. He is a most 
interesting character.

Fritz


From: dirt...@comcast.net [mailto:dirt...@comcast.net]
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 10:53 AM
To: Cave NM; Cave Texas
Subject: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman

Blair rolled his vehicle Wednesday night and is currently in the hospital in 
Odessa.  Jean is with him and he is out of ICU.  Although he has a cracked C2, 
there appears to be no spinal cord damage and no other significant injuries. He 
has been under heavy sedation and although still not speaking, he is otherwise 
responding well.

He was headed home and about to turn into his driveway to the Villa de la 
Mina west of Terlingua.  It was approximately 10 PM.  There is broken glass and 
a dead deer shortly before the turnoff, a likely reason he lost control.

I'll post additional information later, but you may contact me or Ring Huggins 
off-line.

DirtDoc