The caving club in Houston held its first 2011 meeting Tuesday night. There were at least 16 cavers there, and 4 newbies who appeared excited.
There seemed to be excitement in the air. Elections were held in record time, in under 60 seconds, I think. Congratulations to the new officers, and on behalf of the other cavers, I would like to say thank you to George-Paul Richmann for his dedicated service to caving, and to the caving club. The new president, Clint Ladd, started going over all the upcoming spring activities and there were so many that we didn't get to mention them all. ( He had it all printed out on a paper agenda, that was quite professional looking. ) Ronnie Harrison reported that he went to Roppel Cave several times last year, and was planning to go again this spring. He estimated that there is 20 miles of cave passages waiting to be discovered in that system alone. Lyndon Tui reported on visiting the sump at Cascade Caverns, and some other trips he took in the fall. Wayne Hutchinson reported on going to see petroglyphs at a rock shelter out in the vicinity of D&P Preserve. The main event of the meeting then took place, which involved discussion of caving packs and cave gear. About 6 experienced cavers brought their cave packs and a game was set up. I had to leave early, so I will let someone else fill in the rest, or anything I left out about the meeting. ( For example, I believe several members met beforehand for a Mongolian style dinner ). I am guessing that Don & Syd Formanek have broken the record for most GHG meetings attended, which is probably in the 400 range. Jim McLane was there too, and he has probably been to just as many meetings. I have always felt that the Houston area has great potential to have an influential grotto; and at this meeting, I saw positive signs of that. ( I can think of 15 cavers in Houston that go caving occasionally or show up and actively participate in TCR and they were not there, so had they shown up, the meeting could have been even more exciting than it was. ) David Locklear caver in Fort Bend County NSS # 27639 co-host of the 2nd Annual East Texas Caver's Cookout ( still looking for a co-host ? ) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
