Bill, I found a rock with your name on it! I still owe you a rock or three.
________________________________ From: Don Cooper <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Charles Goldsmith <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; mark gee <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2009 4:33:06 AM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories I believe it! You can TRUST the Man O' Steele at his word! (Oh, and where did you want me to ship those lead bars to, Bill?) -WaV On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 6:43 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: 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! >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>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] > >
