I feel an need to post a response to Mary's posting:
If I came across opinionated or cocky in my response to the article, that was not the intention. Armchair caving is not the culprit, but living for years away from caves can have detrimental mental effects to a person who loves caves. I call it speleodeprivation. ( maybe Don knows the correct word for this illness. ) Also, suffering from Grumpy Old Man syndrome does not help. I was referring only to the choice of wording of the author and have great respect for expedition cavers, and could use the word jealous that I wasn't part of it. For example, if one bolt breaks, the belay system will catch the caver and he will not fall to his death, if he is caving properly. So calling me cocky just because I am correct is not kosher. The hyped-up style of writing about caving used to not be acceptable. I say it still is not. As for my interest in National Geographic, I own every issue back to 1945 or so, and quite a few back to the 1920's. I would love to work for National Geographic. That would be an awesome job, if it paid enough to pay my bills. I was in Copan in 1985 and a NG reporter was there and we had dinner at the hotel, and he told me he explored once the cave under the big pyramid at Teotihuacan ( or something to that effect ). I have been interested in this magazine for over 33 years. David Locklear Grumpy old armchair caver --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
