[Texascavers] Fw: [SWR CAVERS] Carlsbad Caverns in the presidential news :

[Diana Tomchick]

Nice! Never really thought of being a caver as courageous as much as 
masochistic.

Diana

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From: 'Jerry' via Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society 

Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2022 7:35 AM
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Subject: [SWR CAVERS] Carlsbad Caverns in the presidential news :


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>From the Santa Fe Reporter :

New Mexico's Carlsbad 
Caverns
 receives plenty of love on a regular basis from the national travel story 
industry (Thrillist even wrote about the best nearby Airbnb rentals 

 recently). The national park also figures in former President Barack Obama's 
memories, as relayed in a recent 
video
 promoting the new Netflix documentary Our Great National 
Parks,
 which Obama narrates. Obama sat down with former White House photographer Pete 
Souza and recalled how frightened the Secret Service had become when Obama 
visited Carlsbad Caverns in 2016. "I don't know if you remember, there came a 
point when they turned off all the lights," Obama said. "You couldn't see your 
hand in front of your face." Souza remembered: "It's the most nervous Secret 
Service has ever been because they could not see you for a good 15 seconds. You 
disappeared." Obama concurred: "I vanished," he said. "That was pretty spooky," 
Souza replied. As for the caves themselves, Obama says: "They were remarkable. 
I didn’t expect them to be as massive as they were. You know, one thing you 
always get an impression of is what it must have been like if you were one of 
the first people to really see these places and survey them. You know, the 
amount of courage that would be involved."

Jerry Atkinson.


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Re: [Texascavers] Important carbide lamp collection for sale

[Mark Minton]

My Tecate beer can lamp, as well as Logan's can lamp, are made from steel
cans, which gives some idea of how old they are. Steel cans were pretty
much phased out in favor of aluminum in the 1970s - 1980s, so they're
likely at least 40 -50 years old.

Mark

On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 8:44 PM Mark Minton  wrote:

> Bill,
>
> Thanks for the interesting photos and descriptions of Logan's carbide
> lamps. He has some unusual items in there. The artisan kerosene lamp in
> batch 15 caught my eye. I have a similar lamp made from a Tecate can with
> the same type of bottle-cap wick holder. (Ironic since the can wouldn't
> have had a cap!) Mine doesn't have a reflector. I don't remember where/when
> I got it; probably Valles or Tehuacán in the 70s or 80s. Photo attached.
>
> Mark Minton
>
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 1:42 PM William R. Elliott 
> wrote:
>
>> *Important carbide lamp collection for sale*
>>
>> The LM Collection of carbide lamps will be for sale starting April 19,
>> 2022. This is the largest collection of carbide lamps you’ll probably ever
>> see.
>>
>> Even if you don’t plan to buy anything, Texas cavers are invited to see
>> online photos and a brief video of this diverse collection. There are 66
>> lamps and many parts offered for sale (12 lamps were previously sold to a
>> collector). Now the remaining lamps are offered to cavers for two weeks,
>> then they will be sold on eBay.
>>
>>
>>
>> The owner, long-time Austin caver Logan McNatt (retired), collected these
>> lamps over 50 years. Logan asks you not to contact him about his lamps. He
>> asked me, William R. (Bill) Elliott, to be his exclusive representative. I
>> thank Pam Lynn, Joe Sumbera and Gayle Unruh for helping me catalog Logan’s
>> lamps (we did this for free; the proceeds will go to Logan and his family.)
>>
>
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