Kinda glad my cave pack is big enough for a sandwich and not much else. On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:52 AM, 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! > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>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] > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
