Gill, I believe you are confusing Bob Holder with Bob Hudson. Both were early Texas Cavers based in Austin.
Holder's claim to fame was his involvement with the diving activities at Devil's Sinkhole (see 50 YEARS, page 428). As Jerry Atkinson has pointed out below, Hudson was far more important in the formative years of Texas caving. Holder's decline and fall as a result of his diabetes issues is fairly well known. Hudson left the caving community when he entered military service in the mid-1950s. I maintained correspondence with Hudson in the mid 1960s when was serving with the military in Japan but eventually lost contact. I was unable to locate Bob Hudson when 50 YEARS OF TEXAS CAVING was in the research phase. I still hope that Hudson can be located. If anyone has a clue, please let me know. ===Carl Kunath ----- Original Message ----- From: Gill Edigar To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 9:17 AM Subject: [Texascavers] Caver statues On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: I'd nominate Bob Hudson, pioneer Texas caver from the early 1950s. He was one of the first serious cavers in Texas and was a founder of the UTG. He explored hundreds of caves, some of which have not been visited since. He also established the first cave files for the state and wrote some of the first articles on Texas caves that appeared in the NSS News. Jerry. I screwed up really badly about 15 years ago. Bob was living across the street from Terry Sayther and I went over an had a long talk with him. He was suffering from advanced diabetes and had had one leg--at least--removed, so was in a wheel chair. I got the OK to come back and do an audio interview with him but somehow never got it together to get back over there before he died. I've regretted that ever since. --Ediger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.40/2471 - Release Date: 10/31/09 07:53:00
