Someone recently advised me to focus on the living, and not to pay much attention to the other option.
I noticed shortly after getting into organized caving that some cavers that I knew or had become acquaintances wiith would occasuonally pass away. I can not name them all here, but the list is around 30 people, of just the ones that I actually went on a caving trip with, or had frequent encounters with at caving events. Sadly, I can not remember all the names, just the faces. But in a manner of showing some respect, Here is a partial list: A.Richard Smith, Jon Everage, Alejandro Villagomez, Pat Copeland, Mason Estes, Michael Moore, Oren Tranbarger, Jim McLane, Harry Walker, Charles Haskett, Joe Ivy, Ed Alexander, Brian Burton, Eugene Ebell, Rod Goke, Doc Harding, Donna Mosesmann, Carl Ponebshek, Nobel Stidham, Bob Cowell, and Rolf Adams. Not listing the recent ones out of courtesy to the mourners. It would be nice to have something very fancy at the TSC to honor them all. I propose: an 40 foot tall cylinder 8 feet in diameter - that a visitor crawls into, at the bottom. Inside is dark room, with a cold dripping water cascade over a metallic surface resembling flowstone with a statue of a caver ( with functioning headlamp ) who is climbing at the top of a dome 35 feet above, shining his or her light upwards at helectites and soda straws. And on the outside on the roof - a large bat-house. On a personal note, I never believed when I was 19, that I would live to see the year, 2019. I never imagined I would have such a fancy tv ( which I almost never watch ). I hope to make it to 2064, but it sure seems unrealistic. D.L.
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