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! >> >> >> >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Visit our website: http://texascavers.com/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: >[email protected] >For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Visit our website: http://texascavers.com >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
