> 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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