You're right. --Ediger On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Carl Kunath <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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 <[email protected]> > *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 > >
