Yes, very sad for we the living but, given the choice, I’d love to die CAVING.
On Dec 5, 2021, at 7:28 PM, John Lyles <j...@losalamos.com> wrote: That is so sad. John Lyles On Dec 5, 2021, at 3:28 PM, Mark Minton <mamintonca...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mark Hodge was a Virginia caver who was really into digging and in recent > years had become very active in cave rescue training. He attended a couple of > NCRC workshops in Texas, and a few Texas cavers knew him. The following was > posted on Saturday. He will be missed. > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: Phil Lucas > Sent: Saturday, December 4, 2021, 11:16:58 PM EST > Subject: Sad news > > > Members and friends, > > > Very shocking sad news. Mark Hodge passed away at 2:30 this afternoon > during a Butler Cave trip. He had led a 4 hour cave trip for a party of > four Eagle Scouts, a mom, a scout leader and an experienced caver. Mark > was bringing up the end of the party and collapsed in the cave at the > base of the entrance culvert. Despite CPR and rescue squad attempts, > Mark failed to respond. It is presumed he died of a heart attack. > > > He was a friend to so many. He was our outreach ambassador, our dynamo > and will be missed in so many ways. _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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