Mike, that's a great story, hopefully someone will fill in more details about the latter part :)
Charles On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 6:03 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I remember back in 2000 when the folks at Caverns of Sonora were > attempting to lease CWAN and they were putting me through their version of > show cave managers boot camp, I got to meet and hang out with Jack several > times. The most memorable was at the NCA convention in Tucson. Jack had > been helping with the development of Kartchner Caverns which was done with > a nearly unlimited budget. I was coming out of the cave with my mind > throughly blown by the cave and by the amazing trails, lights, airlocks > etc. With all the VIP's from the show cave world present, Jack came up to > me (a relitive newbee) and said "Well what do ya think? Cave Without a > Name is better isn't it?" That's the kind of guy he was. He had an artists > eye and an engineers mind. The best story I heard about Jack was how he > blew uo a 300 pound rock just a few feet in front of the butterfly without > causing any dammage to anything except the rock. I'll let someone who was > there tell that story so I don't exagerate it. > > Mike Burrell > Manager > Cave Without a Name > > > > This indeed a huge loss and thanks for posting it, Jerry. > > > > If anyone has an obit, memories, trip reports, recollections, and photos > relating to Jack that they would like to send my way for the TEXAS CAVER, > > please do so. > > > > How strange is it that the current issue of the TC (going out, finally, > this week) has news of Bart Crisman's passing, as well. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tue 6/16/2009 7:28 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Texascavers] Jack Burch passing : > > > > > > The caving world has lost one of its grand old gentlemen. Jack C. Burch > (NSS #2175) passed away on Monday from complications due to Alzheimer's > Disease. Services will be held on either Thursday or Friday of this week. > > > > Jack's contributions to caving are legion and I'm not the person that > should put them to paper as others were much more familiar with him and > his accomplishments. I'm sure a more detailed accounting of his life will > > be forthcoming in the NSS News and Texas Caver. Until then, here are a > few remembrances : > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
