“King of the El Abra” Don Broussard was an important surface support person in Huautla this year. His duties included inventory control, mixing underground camping food, monitoring what team members were where and when were they due to return, and more.
Don first went to Huautla in 1969, years earlier than anyone else on the expedition. Bill Steele PESH Co-Leader [email protected] > On Jun 4, 2018, at 11:46 AM, William R. Elliott <[email protected]> wrote: > > BREAKING NEWS! > Dateline June 3, 2018 > “King of the El Abra” Honored in Wimberley, TX > > On Sunday, June 3, speleologist Mr. Don Broussard was honored with a surprise > presentation at Gringas Grub Shak in Wimberley, Texas (see two attached > photos). He was presented with the gift of a book entitled The Astyanax Caves > of Mexico: Cavefishes of Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, and Guerrero (AMCS > Bulletin 26). The author, William R. (Bill) Elliott, is a native of > Georgetown, Texas, who lives in Missouri and could not attend. In his > Acknowledgements he credits Don as “King of the El Abra in my estimation, who > worked in more caves than anyone.” > > Don Broussard is a local caver who has lived in the Rolling Oaks neighborhood > for over 30 years. His longtime neighbor and caver friend Ernie Garza was one > of the celebrants, accompanied by Susan Souby, Rune Burnett, and Logan McNatt > from Austin. All are veterans of the El Abra cave explorations. The group > enjoyed delicious fish tacos at Gringas Grub Shak. (The fish served were not > Astyanax, which is a blind cavefish.) > > Congratulations to Don and thanks to AMCS for presenting this award to him. > > Logan McNatt > > Note by Bill Elliott: > > See http://cavelife.info/Astyanax/Astyanax.htm for more information about > this new book, with links to some of the chapters. > > Here is a list of 42 cavefish-related trips that Don Broussard did in the El > Abra, not counting all his trips to big pits on the crest of the sierra (ask > him about those): > > 1969 1969 Yerbaniz first survey of > Yerbaniz > 1969 5/30/1969 Matapalma explorer with Joe > Cepeda, trip 3 > 1969 7/11/1969 Venadito more cavefish > collected > 1969 7/14/1969 Palma Seca Brunton > 1969 7/17/1969 Piedras Brunton > 1969 7/4/1969 Toro Brunton > 1969 7/8/1969 Curva Brunton > 1969 7/9/1969-7/31/1969 Yerbaniz Brunton > 1969 8/10/1969 Bee Brunton > 1969 8/12/1969 Tigre > Elliott, Broussard, McIntire collected live cavefishes > 1969 8/14/1969 Soyate first survey of > Soyate > 1969 8/14/1969 Soyate Brunton, tape > 1969 8/2/1969 Venadito Brunton > 1969 8/4/1969 Matapalma Elliott, > Broussard, McIntire collected 14 cavefishes in rimstone pools > 1970 Soyate tape, wire > 1970 7/1/1970 Roca co-discoverer > 1971 Tigre continued > mapping in Tigre with John Fish > 1971 12/1970-5/1971 Montecillos map > 1971 12/1970-5/1971 Pichijumo map > 1971 12/1971? Arroyo map > 1971 1971 Japonés map > 1971 1971 Jos tape > 1971 6/28/1971 Los Cuates mapped cave as > "Cueva del Prieto" to first sump (Fish 1974, 2004) > 1971 6/28/1971 Los Cuates instruments > 1971 7/16/1971 Soyate serviced stage > recorder > 1971 7/16/1971 Soyate installed stage > recorder 11 m above lake > 1971 June-August Tinaja mapped 500 m > past the cable ladder drop, clay crawlway explored for 60 m > 1972 1970-7/15/1972 Sabinos Brunton > 1972 6/5/1972 Soyate group of 7 > installed stage recorder > 1972 7/1972 Japonés map > 1973 1973 Japonés draft > 1973 6/1973 Japonés map > 1974 Tinaja explored > Left-Hand Water Passage with Mark Stock near Arroyo > 1989 12/29/1989 Venadito revived the > Venadito survey, stations > 1990 11/20/1990 Venadito sketch: br2 > survey > 1990 3/12/1990 Venadito sketch: br1 > survey > 1991 12/24/1991 Venadito sketch, > instruments: br3 survey > 1997 12/28/1997 Venadito tape > 1998 Venadito photos of > Venadito and Joe Ivy > 1998 12/30/1998 Venadito instruments > 1998 12/31/1998 Venadito > instruments/stations > 2014 2014 Venadito draft new map > with Elliott > > William R. (Bill) Elliott > > [email protected] > > 573-291-5093 cell > > <Broussard with Astyanax Bulletin.jpg> > <Gringas Grub Shak, Wimberley.jpg> > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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