Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman Obit in The Big Bend Gazette
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 Texascaverswrote: 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 ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman
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. > > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman
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. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com> | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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 Holtwrote: > > 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. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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 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. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman news
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. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman news
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. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman news
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. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman news
Where in El Paso is Blair being treated and how long will he be there?Karen From: mark gee via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com To: texascavers@texascavers.com texascavers@texascavers.com; dirt...@comcast.net dirt...@comcast.net Cc: Cave NM s...@caver.net; TAG Net tag-...@hiddenworld.net Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman news 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. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
RE: [Texascavers] Blair Pittman
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