texascavers Digest 31 Jul 2009 17:43:25 -0000 Issue 815
Topics (messages 11567 through 11569):
Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
11567 by: Don Arburn
11568 by: Nico Escamilla
11569 by: John Brooks
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He's not the only pack rocker out there.
On Jul 31, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Nico Escamilla wrote:
Bill's just bluffing.. Do not leave your pack unattended near him
Nico
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Louise Power <[email protected]
> wrote:
Yeah, right. Does anybody really believe this?
> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:43:09 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
>
> Ok, all y'all can relax now. I've quit rocking packs. The pinnacle
of my rockin' career was Frank Binney
> last week and James Brown this week. I'm going to quit now. So,
you don't need to guard your packs. Don't
> practice "rock paranoia" in other words.
>
> Bill
>
> ---- Charles Goldsmith <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I dunno if he found it or not, he didn't say anything.
> >
> > I'm making a mental note, never to leave any bags unattended
around Mr. Steele.
> >
> > Charles
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 9:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Ok, I'll do it. I rocked James Brown last night at the grotto
meeting. I even told him I was going to. I placed two decoy rocks
and a well hidden rock in a pack he had left at our house. He
probably found the decoys and didn't look hard enough to find the
third one. Tee hee.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
> > > ---- mark gee <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> I to have been Stoned by Steele. I wander who holds the
record for , most people they have rocked. A story needs to be
writen for the Caver. Bill , why dont you tell us of your rocky
memories. Puns Excepted
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> > > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
; [email protected]
> > > Cc: [email protected]
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:44:06 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
> > >
> > >
> > > He's not the only one who does this! I've been a victim as
well, but since I collect rocks, it really wasn't a bad thing!
> > >
> > > julia
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John P Brooks <[email protected]>
> > > To: Charles Goldsmith <[email protected]>; Frank Binney <[email protected]
>; Fritz Holt <[email protected]>
> > > Cc: Texas Cavers <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Thu, Jul 30, 2009 12:39 pm
> > > Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
> > >
> > >
> > > LOL......Lesson learned once again....NEVER LEAVE your back
pack ALONE with Bill Steele for even a NANO-SECOND....or you WILL
end up with a rock in your pack.
> > >
> > > Thats like one of the "TEN COMMANDMENTS of CAVING".... Thou
shalt not trusteth thine pack to the Man O Steele...
> > >
> > > --- On Thu, 7/30/09, Fritz Holt <[email protected]>
wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: Fritz Holt <[email protected]>
> > >>Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
> > >>To: "Charles Goldsmith" <[email protected]>, "Frank Binney"
<[email protected]>
> > >>Cc: "Texas Cavers" <[email protected]>
> > >>Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 12:20 PM
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Bill Steele has told similar stories and is famous for this.
You were just one of the "fortunate" recipients.
> > >>Fritz
> > >>
> > >>-----Original Message-----
> > >>From: Charles Goldsmith [mailto:[email protected]]
> > >>Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:34 AM
> > >>To: Frank Binney
> > >>Cc: Texas Cavers
> > >>Subject: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
> > >>
> > >>And how long have you known Bill? Caved with him?
> > >>
> > >>Really cool story about the Grand Canyon and your pack though.
> > >>
> > >>Charles
> > >>
> > >>On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Frank Binney<[email protected]
> wrote:
> > >>> On 7/29/09 8:46 PM, "Charles Goldsmith"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> So Frank, what's this I hear about you and your extra big
backpack?
> > >>>>
> > >>> Actually I had two amazing backpack experiences at ICS:
> > >>>
> > >>> 1) Back in the early 1970s I visited a multiple entrance
cave in the
> > >>> Grand Canyon. Technical climbing was required to reach the
entrances,
> > >>> and wetsuits were required to negotiate the stream passage
deeper
> > >>> inside the cave (which, by the way, had been mapped by Rune
and other
> > >>> Texas cavers back in the 1960s).
> > >>> We entered by way of a dry upper entrance, where I stashed the
> > >>> brand-new expensive backpack I had used to transport the
wetsuits,
> > >>> rope and climbing gear. Twelve hours later, exhausted from
pushing
> > >>> tight leads deep in the cave, we decided to save time by
rappelling
> > >>> down to the Colorado River by way of a lower, wet entrance.
As dawn
> > >>> light began to illuminate the Grand Canyon, we pushed off
down stream
> > >>> in our oar raft and it was shortly thereafter I realized my
expensive
> > >>> new backpack remained in that upper entrance.
> > >>> Over the next 35 years, especially when I passed below those
cave
> > >>> entrances on numerous Grand Canyon raft trips, I wondered
what might
> > >>> have happened to that pack.
> > >>> So imagine my surprise at the ICS banquet when Bob and
Debbie Buecher
> > >>> came over and asked if I was missing a backpack. A few years
ago Bob
> > >>> was at that particular entrance and noticed a dusty pack
stashed on a
> > >>> ledge. He's got it at his home in Tucson and plans to
reunite me with it.
> > >>>
> > >>> 2) My other ICS amazing backpack story concerns the charity
of my good
> > >>> "friend" Bill Steele. One day I loaded up my backpack with
heavy books
> > >>> I planned to mail home (ICS proceedings, Derek Ford's
Castleguard
> > >>> book, Bill's Huautla book, a coffee table-sized French
caving diving
> > >>> book, the Vertical Bill Cuddington bio, etc.) Unfortunately,
the
> > >>> campus mail center was closed when I arrived but Bill Steele
> > >>> graciously allowed me to stash the pack in his truck while
he, Diana
> > >>> and I attended the photo salon.
> > >>> Later that night he was kind enough to hand deliver the pack
to me in
> > >>> Groad Hollow. As I schlepped the pack across campus to my
apartment, I
> > >>> remember thinking how smart I was to be mailing those books
home--they
> > >>> weighed a ton and never would have passed airline weight
limits.
> > >>> The never morning I struggled to get the heavy pack on my
back and
> > >>> made the long walk the length of the campus from the Pecan
Grove
> > >>> apartments to the registration building coffee shop. The
mail center
> > >>> wasn't open so I carried the pack around most of the day,
> > >>> criss-crossing the campus numerous times for various sessions.
> > >>> Finally I made it to the mail center with the backpack,
where upon
> > >>> transferring the contents into Priority Mail cartons I
discovered a
> > >>> quite large, beautifully stream-sculpted, authentic Texas
karst rock
> > >>> in the bottom of the pack. What a thoughtful gift--Thanks,
Bill!
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
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But probably the most famous
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Don Arburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> He's not the only pack rocker out there.
>
> On Jul 31, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Nico Escamilla wrote:
>
> Bill's just bluffing.. Do not leave your pack unattended near him
>
> Nico
>
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Louise Power
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Yeah, right. Does anybody really believe this?
>>
>> > Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:43:09 -0400
>> > From: [email protected]
>> > To: [email protected]
>> > CC: [email protected]; [email protected];
>> [email protected]; [email protected];
>> [email protected]; [email protected]
>>
>> > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
>> >
>> > Ok, all y'all can relax now. I've quit rocking packs. The pinnacle of my
>> rockin' career was Frank Binney
>> > last week and James Brown this week. I'm going to quit now. So, you
>> don't need to guard your packs. Don't
>> > practice "rock paranoia" in other words.
>> >
>> > Bill
>> >
>> > ---- Charles Goldsmith <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > I dunno if he found it or not, he didn't say anything.
>> > >
>> > > I'm making a mental note, never to leave any bags unattended around
>> Mr. Steele.
>> > >
>> > > Charles
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 9:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > > Ok, I'll do it. I rocked James Brown last night at the grotto
>> meeting. I even told him I was going to. I placed two decoy rocks and a well
>> hidden rock in a pack he had left at our house. He probably found the decoys
>> and didn't look hard enough to find the third one. Tee hee.
>> > > >
>> > > > Bill
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > ---- mark gee <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > >> I to have been Stoned by Steele. I wander who holds the record for
>> , most people they have rocked. A story needs to be writen for the Caver.
>> Bill , why dont you tell us of your rocky memories. Puns Excepted
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > ________________________________
>> > > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> > > > To: [email protected]; [email protected];
>> [email protected]; [email protected]
>> > > > Cc: [email protected]
>> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:44:06 PM
>> > > > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > He's not the only one who does this! I've been a victim as well,
>> but since I collect rocks, it really wasn't a bad thing!
>> > > >
>> > > > julia
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > > From: John P Brooks <[email protected]>
>> > > > To: Charles Goldsmith <[email protected]>; Frank Binney <
>> [email protected]>; Fritz Holt <[email protected]>
>> > > > Cc: Texas Cavers <[email protected]>
>> > > > Sent: Thu, Jul 30, 2009 12:39 pm
>> > > > Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > LOL......Lesson learned once again....NEVER LEAVE your back pack
>> ALONE with Bill Steele for even a NANO-SECOND....or you WILL end up with a
>> rock in your pack.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thats like one of the "TEN COMMANDMENTS of CAVING".... Thou shalt
>> not trusteth thine pack to the Man O Steele...
>> > > >
>> > > > --- On Thu, 7/30/09, Fritz Holt <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >>From: Fritz Holt <[email protected]>
>> > > >>Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
>> > > >>To: "Charles Goldsmith" <[email protected]>, "Frank Binney" <
>> [email protected]>
>> > > >>Cc: "Texas Cavers" <[email protected]>
>> > > >>Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 12:20 PM
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >>Bill Steele has told similar stories and is famous for this. You
>> were just one of the "fortunate" recipients.
>> > > >>Fritz
>> > > >>
>> > > >>-----Original Message-----
>> > > >>From: Charles Goldsmith [mailto:[email protected]]
>> > > >>Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:34 AM
>> > > >>To: Frank Binney
>> > > >>Cc: Texas Cavers
>> > > >>Subject: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
>> > > >>
>> > > >>And how long have you known Bill? Caved with him?
>> > > >>
>> > > >>Really cool story about the Grand Canyon and your pack though.
>> > > >>
>> > > >>Charles
>> > > >>
>> > > >>On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Frank Binney<
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>> > > >>> On 7/29/09 8:46 PM, "Charles Goldsmith" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>> So Frank, what's this I hear about you and your extra big
>> backpack?
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>> Actually I had two amazing backpack experiences at ICS:
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> 1) Back in the early 1970s I visited a multiple entrance cave in
>> the
>> > > >>> Grand Canyon. Technical climbing was required to reach the
>> entrances,
>> > > >>> and wetsuits were required to negotiate the stream passage deeper
>> > > >>> inside the cave (which, by the way, had been mapped by Rune and
>> other
>> > > >>> Texas cavers back in the 1960s).
>> > > >>> We entered by way of a dry upper entrance, where I stashed the
>> > > >>> brand-new expensive backpack I had used to transport the wetsuits,
>> > > >>> rope and climbing gear. Twelve hours later, exhausted from pushing
>> > > >>> tight leads deep in the cave, we decided to save time by
>> rappelling
>> > > >>> down to the Colorado River by way of a lower, wet entrance. As
>> dawn
>> > > >>> light began to illuminate the Grand Canyon, we pushed off down
>> stream
>> > > >>> in our oar raft and it was shortly thereafter I realized my
>> expensive
>> > > >>> new backpack remained in that upper entrance.
>> > > >>> Over the next 35 years, especially when I passed below those cave
>> > > >>> entrances on numerous Grand Canyon raft trips, I wondered what
>> might
>> > > >>> have happened to that pack.
>> > > >>> So imagine my surprise at the ICS banquet when Bob and Debbie
>> Buecher
>> > > >>> came over and asked if I was missing a backpack. A few years ago
>> Bob
>> > > >>> was at that particular entrance and noticed a dusty pack stashed
>> on a
>> > > >>> ledge. He's got it at his home in Tucson and plans to reunite me
>> with it.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> 2) My other ICS amazing backpack story concerns the charity of my
>> good
>> > > >>> "friend" Bill Steele. One day I loaded up my backpack with heavy
>> books
>> > > >>> I planned to mail home (ICS proceedings, Derek Ford's Castleguard
>> > > >>> book, Bill's Huautla book, a coffee table-sized French caving
>> diving
>> > > >>> book, the Vertical Bill Cuddington bio, etc.) Unfortunately, the
>> > > >>> campus mail center was closed when I arrived but Bill Steele
>> > > >>> graciously allowed me to stash the pack in his truck while he,
>> Diana
>> > > >>> and I attended the photo salon.
>> > > >>> Later that night he was kind enough to hand deliver the pack to me
>> in
>> > > >>> Groad Hollow. As I schlepped the pack across campus to my
>> apartment, I
>> > > >>> remember thinking how smart I was to be mailing those books
>> home--they
>> > > >>> weighed a ton and never would have passed airline weight limits.
>> > > >>> The never morning I struggled to get the heavy pack on my back and
>> > > >>> made the long walk the length of the campus from the Pecan Grove
>> > > >>> apartments to the registration building coffee shop. The mail
>> center
>> > > >>> wasn't open so I carried the pack around most of the day,
>> > > >>> criss-crossing the campus numerous times for various sessions.
>> > > >>> Finally I made it to the mail center with the backpack, where upon
>> > > >>> transferring the contents into Priority Mail cartons I discovered
>> a
>> > > >>> quite large, beautifully stream-sculpted, authentic Texas karst
>> rock
>> > > >>> in the bottom of the pack. What a thoughtful gift--Thanks, Bill!
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>
>> > >
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there is still an unidentified "infamous" TCR "tent rocker" amongst us.....
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 31, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Nico Escamilla <[email protected]> wrote:
But probably the most famous
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Don Arburn <[email protected]> wrote:
He's not the only pack rocker out there.
On Jul 31, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Nico Escamilla wrote:
Bill's just bluffing.. Do not leave your pack unattended near him
Nico
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Louise Power <[email protected]> wrote:
Yeah, right. Does anybody really believe this?
> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:43:09 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> CC: [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
>
> Ok, all y'all can relax now. I've quit rocking packs. The pinnacle of my
> rockin' career was Frank Binney
> last week and James Brown this week. I'm going to quit now. So, you don't
> need to guard your packs. Don't
> practice "rock paranoia" in other words.
>
> Bill
>
> ---- Charles Goldsmith <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I dunno if he found it or not, he didn't say anything.
> >
> > I'm making a mental note, never to leave any bags unattended around Mr.
> > Steele.
> >
> > Charles
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 9:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Ok, I'll do it. I rocked James Brown last night at the grotto meeting. I
> > > even told him I was going to. I placed two decoy rocks and a well hidden
> > > rock in a pack he had left at our house. He probably found the decoys and
> > > didn't look hard enough to find the third one. Tee hee.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
> > > ---- mark gee <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> I to have been Stoned by Steele. I wander who holds the record for ,
> > >> most people they have rocked. A story needs to be writen for the Caver.
> > >> Bill , why dont you tell us of your rocky memories. Puns Excepted
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> > > To: [email protected]; [email protected];
> > > [email protected]; [email protected]
> > > Cc: [email protected]
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:44:06 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
> > >
> > >
> > > He's not the only one who does this! I've been a victim as well, but
> > > since I collect rocks, it really wasn't a bad thing!
> > >
> > > julia
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John P Brooks <[email protected]>
> > > To: Charles Goldsmith <[email protected]>; Frank Binney
> > > <[email protected]>; Fritz Holt <[email protected]>
> > > Cc: Texas Cavers <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Thu, Jul 30, 2009 12:39 pm
> > > Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
> > >
> > >
> > > LOL......Lesson learned once again....NEVER LEAVE your back pack ALONE
> > > with Bill Steele for even a NANO-SECOND....or you WILL end up with a rock
> > > in your pack.
> > >
> > > Thats like one of the "TEN COMMANDMENTS of CAVING".... Thou shalt not
> > > trusteth thine pack to the Man O Steele...
> > >
> > > --- On Thu, 7/30/09, Fritz Holt <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: Fritz Holt <[email protected]>
> > >>Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
> > >>To: "Charles Goldsmith" <[email protected]>, "Frank Binney"
> > >><[email protected]>
> > >>Cc: "Texas Cavers" <[email protected]>
> > >>Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 12:20 PM
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Bill Steele has told similar stories and is famous for this. You were
> > >>just one of the "fortunate" recipients.
> > >>Fritz
> > >>
> > >>-----Original Message-----
> > >>From: Charles Goldsmith [mailto:[email protected]]
> > >>Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:34 AM
> > >>To: Frank Binney
> > >>Cc: Texas Cavers
> > >>Subject: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
> > >>
> > >>And how long have you known Bill? Caved with him?
> > >>
> > >>Really cool story about the Grand Canyon and your pack though.
> > >>
> > >>Charles
> > >>
> > >>On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Frank Binney<[email protected]>
> > >>wrote:
> > >>> On 7/29/09 8:46 PM, "Charles Goldsmith" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> So Frank, what's this I hear about you and your extra big backpack?
> > >>>>
> > >>> Actually I had two amazing backpack experiences at ICS:
> > >>>
> > >>> 1) Back in the early 1970s I visited a multiple entrance cave in the
> > >>> Grand Canyon. Technical climbing was required to reach the entrances,
> > >>> and wetsuits were required to negotiate the stream passage deeper
> > >>> inside the cave (which, by the way, had been mapped by Rune and other
> > >>> Texas cavers back in the 1960s).
> > >>> We entered by way of a dry upper entrance, where I stashed the
> > >>> brand-new expensive backpack I had used to transport the wetsuits,
> > >>> rope and climbing gear. Twelve hours later, exhausted from pushing
> > >>> tight leads deep in the cave, we decided to save time by rappelling
> > >>> down to the Colorado River by way of a lower, wet entrance. As dawn
> > >>> light began to illuminate the Grand Canyon, we pushed off down stream
> > >>> in our oar raft and it was shortly thereafter I realized my expensive
> > >>> new backpack remained in that upper entrance.
> > >>> Over the next 35 years, especially when I passed below those cave
> > >>> entrances on numerous Grand Canyon raft trips, I wondered what might
> > >>> have happened to that pack.
> > >>> So imagine my surprise at the ICS banquet when Bob and Debbie Buecher
> > >>> came over and asked if I was missing a backpack. A few years ago Bob
> > >>> was at that particular entrance and noticed a dusty pack stashed on a
> > >>> ledge. He's got it at his home in Tucson and plans to reunite me with
> > >>> it.
> > >>>
> > >>> 2) My other ICS amazing backpack story concerns the charity of my good
> > >>> "friend" Bill Steele. One day I loaded up my backpack with heavy books
> > >>> I planned to mail home (ICS proceedings, Derek Ford's Castleguard
> > >>> book, Bill's Huautla book, a coffee table-sized French caving diving
> > >>> book, the Vertical Bill Cuddington bio, etc.) Unfortunately, the
> > >>> campus mail center was closed when I arrived but Bill Steele
> > >>> graciously allowed me to stash the pack in his truck while he, Diana
> > >>> and I attended the photo salon.
> > >>> Later that night he was kind enough to hand deliver the pack to me in
> > >>> Groad Hollow. As I schlepped the pack across campus to my apartment, I
> > >>> remember thinking how smart I was to be mailing those books home--they
> > >>> weighed a ton and never would have passed airline weight limits.
> > >>> The never morning I struggled to get the heavy pack on my back and
> > >>> made the long walk the length of the campus from the Pecan Grove
> > >>> apartments to the registration building coffee shop. The mail center
> > >>> wasn't open so I carried the pack around most of the day,
> > >>> criss-crossing the campus numerous times for various sessions.
> > >>> Finally I made it to the mail center with the backpack, where upon
> > >>> transferring the contents into Priority Mail cartons I discovered a
> > >>> quite large, beautifully stream-sculpted, authentic Texas karst rock
> > >>> in the bottom of the pack. What a thoughtful gift--Thanks, Bill!
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
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