I agree David. That was a fabulous issue of the Texas Caver. Thank you Mark! And thanks to all those who shared their caving stories. I especially liked how the photos worked with the cave map!
John Brooks On 9/8/07 1:10 AM, "David Locklear" <[email protected]> wrote: > I got a Texas Caver in the mail today. That in itself would be something > to go out and celebrate. > > However, this issue was quite a surprise. I bet it ranks high on the best- > of-the-issues-list. ( But is it in the top 10 ?? ) > > Who can be the 1st person to tell us where the hidden Stenlight is in the > Texas Caver? [ owner of Sten-light not allowed to comment, until after > winner announced ] > > Travis Scott did a great job on the cover photo. The layout of the > cover was done > very nicely. Peter Sprouse's back cover shot is awesome. And > the content contains interesting articles, and interesting news. > There is even quite a bit > of information about TCR. There are even some advertisements from > speleo-vendors and an announcement about the ICS. > > I will give this issue an A plus ( 97 out of 100 ). > > I assume Mr. Alman gets a lot of the credit for that. > > Can I explain why I don't give it a perfect score without hurting anybody's > feelings? > > The TSA emblem could be located on the cover in color on one of the > right corners. Where the emblem is, could be something else; possibly > a group photo of the TSA officers, or some graphic art such as a salamander > or bat. The map of Sotano Culebra should be a tad bigger, so you don't > need a magnifying glass to see that it is a frickin deep pit. The caver > on rope in Sistema Huatecan does not appear to be enjoying themself. > One of the photos on the map was split in half at the page divide. > > There is a girl in a muddy bikini top in the Cobb Cavern article. > That would > have made a good pin-up centerfold had she been wearing a caving > helmet. Jacqui Thomas' painting should have been in color. [ I > have been using it > as my desktop background for the past month ] IMO's advertisement is > great, but the printer seemed to be low on toner. In 3 places, words > somehow got spread out to the width of the paragraph. > > It is important to have a caver bio in each issue. Lots of caving > newsletter's > do that. If you look at the old Texas Caver issues, I believe it was called > "Spelean Spotlight" or something like that. Mr. Minton certainly deserves > a caver bio in a Texas Caver. The picture is good, but I can't distinguish > his face. > > How can one criticize the awesome photo on the back? I guess some > huge flashes up the pit maybe, but then it would have been a different style > of photo. Maybe a mock rescue with a caver on a stretcher? > Probably not. > I think all it needs are little oztotl symbols on the corners of the > photo angled at 45 degrees, set to sort of frame the photo. > > > I am going to store this issue in a safe place, where I keep my finest > caving books. > > David Locklear > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
