As a teacher in the Spring, TX area, my students are well aware of my love
for caving. Some have asked and I currently guide them to the commercial
caves to start with. Unfortunately a decent wild cave is a bit out of reach
for most of my students (distance, economics of traveling). I do get my
students involved in other stuff. The younglings sure help keep me young and
it makes life very interesting! The youth enthusiasms are fun.
~F~
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 2:03 PM
To: Geary Schindel ; ellie :)
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Robber Baron Today
Amen to that, Geary!
I wish we could bottle the energy and enthusiasm exhibited by Ellie,
Galen, Justin Shaw, all of the Aggies who have helped me out, and a
score of other whippersnappers my senior mind has neglected to mention.
Working with youth groups was the main reason I got into caving, first
with my kids and, later, when I was a Scoutmaster.
Hardly anyone wanted to work with 'em!
Boy Scouts and other youth groups are very eager learners and give me a
good reason to get out there and act like a kid.
They're very appreciative and are a good source of volunteer help (ask
Crash and the staff at CBSP).
Unfortunately, a lot of cavers look at taking youth caving as a big
hassle and the youth being a source of irritation.
Me?
I look at them as future cavers and TSA members!
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Geary Schindel [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 1:19 PM
To: 'ellie :)'
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Robber Baron Today
Thanks Galen for helping with the project and it was nice to see you
out. Sorry I left your name off the list and thanks to Ellie for
letting me know.
As we've seen the NSS aging, it is nice to see young folks like Galen
and Ellie making great contributions to the caving community.
An thanks to the Texas caving community for working with youth through
the BSA Venture program helps create new cavers and help keeping us old
farts young.
Something I'm very proud of is the number of young folks that really
started their caving careers with Venture Scouts that have joined the
NSS and really stuck with it. Steve Bryant, Paul Bryant, Graham
Schindel, Aspen Schindel, and David Daniel all got involved in caving
through the Venture Scout program. I'm sure there are many more.
Also Congratulations to Steve Bryant who just graduated from UT on
Saturday and is the recently retired UT Grotto chair.
Geary
-----Original Message-----
From: ellie :) [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 11:33 AM
To: Geary Schindel
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Robber Baron Today
Galen Falgout was there too!
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