One year we were getting boats checked in at the start of the "World's toughest boat race" - 260-mile canoe race down the San Marcos river. As we were getting boats checked the dignitaries came walking around. One of them was the guy that was going to start the race, Jim Lovell. He stood around and talked and asked questions for about an hour. What a nice man, unlike an experence in Austin with Buzz. But that's another story. Jon --- On Wed, 2/16/11, Mark Minton <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Mark Minton <[email protected]> Subject: [Texascavers] Re: Harrison Schmitt To: [email protected] List-Post: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 2:18 PM I have a minor connection to astronaut Harrison Schmitt myself. Many years ago Nancy Weaver and I stayed at a bed and breakfast in Silver City, New Mexico that was run by Schmitt's parents in their home. We slept in his old bedroom. Not surprisingly, they had a lot of astronaut memorabilia around the house. Mark Minton At 02:46 PM 2/16/2011, [email protected] wrote: > Geary Schindel e-mailed and told me his story of meeting a lunar astronaut, > Harrison Schmidt, the only geologist who went to the moon. > Geary encouraged me to post about meeting Buzz Aldrin later the same night I > met Neil Armstrong. > > About an hour after talking to Neil about the caving expedition to Equador > he'd gone on, I noticed Buzz Aldrin walking toward the open bar, so I got in > line behind him. I introduced myself and told him that I'd seen the news > account that had recently been on TV of the man ambushing him outside of a > building and screaming in his face that the moon landing had been faked. Buzz > punched him out. I told him that the guy had it coming, to which he said, > "Yeah, well, I wish I hadn't done it, Goddammit. It cost me a small fortune > in lawyer's fees. But it sure felt good at the time!" > > Buzz also has a caving connection, He read Barbara amEnde, Monte Paulsen, and > Bill Stone's book BEYOND THE DEEP and is quoted on its dusk jacket. Please reply to [email protected] Permanent email address is [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
