"Licking the Ceiling: The Caving Logbook of A. Bryant Betsill." A. Bryant Betsill. CreateSpace, 2014. ISBN 978-1494724207. 6 by 9 inches, 380 pages, softbound. $15. Quotes from the author's caving logbook, since lost, from early 1984 through, with a few exceptions, 1994, each entry followed by one to several pages of trip report written later. The trip reports are entertaining in spots, but they are the sort that includes travel, camping, and meals, and there _are_ an awful lot of them. Most of the trips were just tourist-caving during TAG events or trips with youth groups; the author wrote the first caving manual for Venture Scouts. Notable mainly as the first time, as far as I know, an American caver has self-published his caving autobiography, in this case with Amazon's CreateSpace.—Bill Mixon ---------------------------------------- True bravery is shown by performing without witnesses what one might be capable of doing before all the world. ---------------------------------------- You may "reply" to the address this message (unless it's a TexasCavers list post) came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: [email protected] AMCS: [email protected] or [email protected]
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