Re: [Texascavers] Jack Prince, first person to cross Devil's Delight ledge in Mayfield Cave (Caverns of Sonora)

2018-12-11 Thread Katherine Arens
Share with the Texas Caver and TSS On Dec 11, 2018, at 9:30 PM, Fritz Holt mailto:fritz...@gmail.com>> wrote: Thanks, George. I may be able to write of one or two more early caving adventures and furnish some pictures. Fritz Sent from my iPhone On Dec 11, 2018, at 2:02 PM, PRESTON

Re: [Texascavers] Jack Prince, first person to cross Devil's Delight ledge in Mayfield Cave (Caverns of Sonora)

2018-12-11 Thread Fritz Holt
Thanks, George. I may be able to write of one or two more early caving adventures and furnish some pictures. Fritz Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 11, 2018, at 2:02 PM, PRESTON FORSYTHE wrote: > > Fritz--What a weekend!! > > > Preston in Browder, KY > > On Tuesday, December 11, 2018, 11:16:38

Re: [Texascavers] Jack Prince, first person to cross Devil's Delight ledge in Mayfield Cave (Caverns of Sonora)

2018-12-11 Thread PRESTON FORSYTHE
Fritz--What a weekend!! Preston in Browder, KY On Tuesday, December 11, 2018, 11:16:38 AM CST, Fritz Holt wrote: I had not met Jack Prince but knew of his ledge crossing and great discovery. In December of 1955 or January 1956 I was stationed at Ft. Bliss in El Paso and had

Re: [Texascavers] Jack Prince, first person to cross Devil's Delight ledge in Mayfield Cave (Caverns of Sonora)

2018-12-11 Thread George Veni
Fritz, In my view, trips reports about actual caving are always welcome and never boring—even if the trip happened a few years ago. Thank you for sharing. By the way, I measured the distance of the drop to the floor from the ledge while sketching the cave. I don’t recall the exact depth

Re: [Texascavers] Jack Prince, first person to cross Devil's Delight ledge in Mayfield Cave (Caverns of Sonora)

2018-12-11 Thread Fritz Holt
I had not met Jack Prince but knew of his ledge crossing and great discovery. In December of 1955 or January 1956 I was stationed at Ft. Bliss in El Paso and had corresponded with good caving friend Jimmy Walker of Waelder, TX. Jimmy said he was leaving on Friday to check out a cave that a

Re: [Texascavers] Jack Prince, first person to cross Devil's Delight ledge in Mayfield Cave (Caverns of Sonora)

2018-12-08 Thread George Veni
Thanks Logan. I’ve forwarded your message to the owners of Caverns of Sonora just in case they didn’t know. I met Jack once there during the 50th anniversary of the ledge crossing. He told me that he and his team didn’t really think of the crossing as a big deal and didn’t rig a safety line

Re: [Texascavers] Jack Prince, first person to cross Devil's Delight ledge in Mayfield Cave (Caverns of Sonora)

2018-12-08 Thread carl.kunath
Bill, if you post that photo and others from that collection, you shoud çredìt the photographer,  James Papadakis.===Carl Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® 6. Original message From: Bill Bentley Date: 12/8/18 9:23 PM (GMT-06:00) To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: