The list of cavers on the 1974 Kirkwood School Bus Trip to Silvertip in Montana
also included Roy Jameson, NSS 14123. Roy is a geologist and made many
contributions to the exploration of Silvertip.
Those group caver trips were low budget by today's standards and we had a great
time. Adventure, original exploration and cave survey. There had only been one
brief check out trip to Silvertip prior to 1974. The late Jim Chester of
Montana was working on a book on Silvertip. Wonder what the status of that book
is?
Preston Forsythe in KY
On Monday, October 31, 2016 8:12 PM, PRESTON FORSYTHE via Texascavers
<texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:
Who was on the trip asked Logan?
Yes, Pedro, Blake's parrot and long time resident of 1307 1/2 Kirkwood. And
Blake, of course, in the send off but not on the trip. Bus riders and
explorers: Robert Hemperly, main driver, Freda Miller, chief cook and from
Haigh and Asbury-she did wonders with cheese, flour and honey and w/o her we
would have starved, Thomas, master speleo-photographer especially with
magnesium ribbon, Mike and Nancy, who put the trip together, Pete, head
mechanic, Peter, Cindy, Preston, and Bill Steele who came on board at Denver.
And, in the 54 Chevy were Steve and Dino. Sorry if I left anyone out.
Preston on the farm in west KY
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On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Logan McNatt via
Texascavers<texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: Jean Crejca will give a
presentation at the Nov 2nd UTG meeting about the 2015 survey of Silvertip. To
give you some historical perspective, watch this video about one of the early
trips to the cave. Not sure if you have to subscribe to Facebook to view it.
The 12:30 minute super8 video of the 1974 Silvertip trip was taken by Thomas
Moore. You can see other old videos and photos of cavers on his fb page
t.h.moore
"Adventures of the Green Bus" starts with the 1954 Dodge Power Wagon School
Bus leaving 1307 1/2 Kirkwood Rd in Austin. The bus was owned by Kirkwood
Kavers, then Preston & Shari Forsythe on their Kentucky farm, and since ca.
1992 by Peter Sprouse. Someone who was on the trip, please identify everyone in
the video. The parrot is probably Pedro, owned by Blake Harrison.
https://www.facebook.com/100001627759773/videos/142451499152441/
Logan McNatt lmcn...@austin.rr.com
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