I could not find any disappeared cavers, but I did sadly find six people who passed away recently whose obituary alleged they love caves.
According to a Google obituary search today using 2017 as a criteria, Ray Lindsey of Maryville, Tennessee passed away on May 18th after just turning 54. He allegedly liked caving in North Carolina. David V. Hunt, 74, of Piscataway, New Jersey passed away, March 5, 2017 He was an avid caver and a lifelong member of the National Speleological Society. Timothy Gifford Stenerson, 56, died on March 5, 2017 at Potter Ridge, Minnesota. Tim really enjoyed hunting for fossils. Another hobby was caving with other caving friends. They would explore caves. William Kyle "W.K." Rogers Jr. died on February 14, 2017 in Roswell Georgia. He was 62 years old. He enjoyed mountain-climbing and caving. Jack Erwin Johnson, age 50, of Somerset, Kentucky passed way, June 20, 2017 Delos Wilder Hale, 94, passed away, January 2, 2017 in Logan, Utah. He was distinguished for his lifelong service in the Boy Scouts. Delos loved taking the boys camping, hiking, and cave exploring. There may be a subtle difference between female and male obituaries. Maybe the male obituaries tend to focus on their achievements and hobbies, while the female obituaries might tend to lean more towards, friends, family and religion. David Locklear P.S. On a non-related personal note, not related to anything relevant, whatsoever, I was whining about 2 months ago, that the reason I could not fly to the NSS Convention, was that one of my customers ripped me off back in April, and threw my budget into complete chaos. The j*rkw*d finally paid today, but my bank put a 4-day hold on it. I should have just gone to his bank and cashed it before he changes his mind. He still owes me $ 95, and he is already whining about that. Being self-employed is really really hard if you don't have any capital. You want to just tell them to go F themselves, but you just can't. My mechanic decided to take a 2 day nap, and has not yet removed one single bolt or screw from the Sequoia. ( I should have never towed it from Mansfield to Houston. ) They don't work weekends, so it looks like it will be later next week before I know anything. He is saying now, that I might as well replace the 8 year old crappy radiator, since he has to pull it out, and he would be happy and willing to do that for $ 300 extra. I watched a YouTube video on it, and 2 mechanics pulled it straight up and out in a few hours, and he claims he doesn't want to have to remove the hood, and instead bring it out the front. That engine is 99% aluminum and plastic. No wonder it overheated and died. There are plenty of reports of blown engines in that model, but for a camshaft issue. The mechanic still has no idea what failed or why. There is sort of a cave-scene in the new movie "War for the Planet of the Apes" and the Apes apparently are very familiar with LED flashlights, and climbing static-kernmantle rope barehanded. This movie may be far-fetched. The Apes can shoot with automatic assault rifles, but there is no scene where they are cleaning or maintaining or loading the weapons. The human survivors of the Simian Flu think they are immune, so they want to keep the Apes as domestic livestock, and work them to death. The original book is really really good. Probably something is lost in the French translation, but it is one of my favorites.
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