Something for you young guys with hundred-dollar caving pants and four-
hundred-dollar lights:
"Quite unlike climbing, where the better you are the more flash and
poncy your gear is, caving kudos can only be gained by putting up with
gear that is constantly about to fail. The more holes in your wetsuit
the tougher you are, the dimmer your light the obviously more vast
your experience. Sometimes in a popular cave you come across a party
of potholers who are blundering along dressed in rags and with only
one yellow glow from their leader's lamp for them all to see by. In
your bright new websuit and with your bright new light shining down
the passge you press yourself against the rock and let them pass, in
awe."--from "Beneath the Mountains: Exploring the Deep Caves of
Asturias" (1987).
-Mixon
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I'm walking down the street with Leonardo da Vinci. He says, "The
things your science has created are indeed wonderful. You must explain
to me how everything works." That's when I wake up.
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