[Texascavers] Goodbye to Bill Mixon
I agree with everything Elliott wrote. Bill Mixon was a friend for many years and I shall miss him in several ways. There are a lot of statistics in the comments below but they scarcely begin to enumerate the contributions Bill Mixon made to the caving world. He had a hand in nearly all the speleo-literature coming from Texas in the past 20 years. If not for him, the quality and frequency of publications would have surely been less impressive. Bill had a talent for organization and detail and he was a strong grammarian as well. Beyond all that, he was a fun person to chat with and was very knowledgeable in many fields. His frequent book reviews were thoughtful and entertaining. His dry sense of humor was a delight. R.I.P. Bill Mixon. I miss you dearly. You were unique and cannot be replaced. ===Carl Kunath carl.kun...@suddenlink.net From: William R. Elliott Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2019 11:33 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Goodbye to Bill Mixon Bill Mixon Bill Mixon worked tirelessly over many years on AMCS publications and the website. He maintained the AMCS files at his house, which today is the Texas Speleology Center. Mixon was editor of the AMCS Activities Newsletter for 21 issues from 1992 to 2018, a total of 2952 pages, or 56% of the 5272 newsletter pages published since 1965. He served as layout editor and production manager for many issues of the AMCS Bulletin with little or no credit. He also placed images of 4065 cave maps on the AMCS website. We now have a project to carry on his tradition and index all the cave maps that Mixon put online for us. Mixon was a very patient and resourceful layout editor for my AMCS Bulletin 26 on cavefishes last year. I deeply appreciate his work. Many cavers contributed to these newsletters and bulletins, and all deserve our thanks and respect, but none did more than Bill Mixon. Thank you Bill, we will miss you. I have a 13 March 2013 photo of Mixon at his Macintosh computer in his library, which I will try and post here and on Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qrtqdtlm4uuy1wb/AAAXKI7lOuobu7DjG8tbQHrka?dl=0 Thanks, William R. (Bill) Elliott speodes...@gmail.com 573-291-5093 cell > On May 8, 2019, at 17:34, Jocelyn Hooper wrote: > > I am sorry to have to say we have lost another caver friend. Bill Mixon died > this morning after a long battle with myasthenia gravis. Peter Sprouse is > compiling the obit. > Jocie --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Goodbye to Bill Mixon
*Bill Mixon* Bill Mixon worked tirelessly over many years on AMCS publications and the website. He maintained the AMCS files at his house, which today is the Texas Speleology Center. Mixon was editor of the AMCS Activities Newsletter for 21 issues from 1992 to 2018, a total of 2952 pages, or 56% of the 5272 newsletter pages published since 1965. He served as layout editor and production manager for many issues of the AMCS Bulletin with little or no credit. He also placed images of 4065 cave maps on the AMCS website. We now have a project to carry on his tradition and index all the cave maps that Mixon put online for us. Mixon was a very patient and resourceful layout editor for my AMCS Bulletin 26 on cavefishes last year. I deeply appreciate his work. Many cavers contributed to these newsletters and bulletins, and all deserve our thanks and respect, but none did more than Bill Mixon. Thank you Bill, we will miss you. I have a 13 March 2013 photo of Mixon at his Macintosh computer in his library, which I will try and post here and on Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qrtqdtlm4uuy1wb/AAAXKI7lOuobu7DjG8tbQHrka?dl=0 Thanks, *William R. (Bill) Elliott* *speodes...@gmail.com * 573-291-5093 cell On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 7:51 PM Fofo wrote: > It fills my heart with sadness to hear this. I'll miss him. > > - Fofo > > > > > On May 8, 2019, at 17:34, Jocelyn Hooper > wrote: > > > > I am sorry to have to say we have lost another caver friend. Bill Mixon > died this morning after a long battle with myasthenia gravis. Peter > Sprouse is compiling the obit. > > Jocie > > ___ > > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] William and Bill
So many years, so much I did with these wonderful friends of mine. Such a huge influence on my life, on my friends. Lives dedicated to our calling. Change these words some to fit us today, the message rings true " It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion " I can think of many friends who have lives dedicated to our calling, Caving we call it, Cavers we call ourselves. We separate ourselves from the rest of the people. We recognize a family based on our common interest / dedication and the bonding that our sport-science carries with it. Years have flowed into decades with so many shared moments and memories. I am forever grateful for the times I got to share with these great cavers. They gave their full measure of devotion to our cause. We can only hope that our dedication is equal Grubbsi ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] AMCS question
I will have something nice to say about Bill Mixon in a future post. In this post, I am curious about the AMCS. Are there still two AMCS now ? Will it carry on in a similar manner ? David Locklear P.S. I now have ethernet and a landline in my fancy new office in Hedwig Village. This all is going to require me to work even harder and have less time to frolick, meaning it is going to be nearly impossible to go to the NSS Convention. I can possibly offer a caver a place to chill during the daytime hours at my new office, as I will seldom be there. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Goodbye to Bill Mixon
It fills my heart with sadness to hear this. I'll miss him. - Fofo > On May 8, 2019, at 17:34, Jocelyn Hooper wrote: > > I am sorry to have to say we have lost another caver friend. Bill Mixon died > this morning after a long battle with myasthenia gravis. Peter Sprouse is > compiling the obit. > Jocie > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Goodbye to Bill Mixon
So sorry to hear this. RIP Bill Carol On Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 8:34:56 PM EDT, Jocelyn Hooper wrote: I am sorry to have to say we have lost another caver friend. Bill Mixon died this morning after a long battle with myasthenia gravis. Peter Sprouse is compiling the obit.Jocie ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Goodbye to Bill Mixon
I am sorry to have to say we have lost another caver friend. Bill Mixon died this morning after a long battle with myasthenia gravis. Peter Sprouse is compiling the obit. Jocie ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] an interesting news story
My Dad communicated with the RA and RA II expeditions in 1969 and 1970 on Amateur Radio. As a kid I remember him marking with thumbtacks their location progress on a National Geographic Map on the wall. Bill On Wed, May 8, 2019, 12:56 PM Steve Keselik wrote: > Interesting story, I'd like to see someone do it in a shipping container!. > I've heard there are lots of them afloat and cause danger to boat > navigation. I've also been a big fan of Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki since I > was a kid. We had the picture book. Another interesting man who may still > hold the longest record for crossing the Atlantic is Alecksander Doba, a 70 > year old who's soloed at least 3 times. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Doba > > On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 10:20 AM Bill Bentley wrote: > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition >> On 5/8/2019 10:15 AM, David wrote: >> >> It is very hard in 2019 to find a feel-good news story. So I thought >> I would >> share this in case you did not see it. >> >> >> https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/barrel-atlantic-crossing-arrival-scli-intl/index.html >> >> He crossed the ocean at 2 miles per hour - using no sail. >> >> ___ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.comtexascav...@texascavers.com >> | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> >> -- >> *This email comes from Bill Bentley* >> *ca...@caver.net * >> ___ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Pseudogynoascus destructans in Texas
I meant to type "Pd", not "Bd". Bd is a fungus that is killing amphibians, another issue we are dealing with in Texas. If anyone is interested in how Bd and caves are related, check out this paper: GluesenkampA, Muscher-Hodges B, Lee M, Sandoval, N, and Fenolio, DB. 2018. Sampling for Batrachochytriumdendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans in the Texas Blind Salamander(Eurycea rathbuni). Herpetological Review, 49(1), 44–46. Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D. 700 Billie Brooks Drive Driftwood, Texas 78619 (512) 799-1095 a...@gluesenkamp.com On Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 10:51:26 AM CDT, George Veni wrote: Dear Fellow Texas Cavers, I just received the following message from the US Fish and Wildlife Service with the two attached files: “Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has released their results from Pd and WNS surveillance efforts for this past winter. The results show detections of evidence of Pd in a number of counties in central and eastern counties. It's important to note that they have not yet confirmed the disease in any Texas bats, but they have found the fungus on three species.“ Dear Fellow New Mexico Cavers, Pd is on the doorstep. George George Veni, Ph.D. Executive Director National Cave and Karst Research Institute 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA Office: 575-887-5517 Mobile: 210-863-5919 Fax: 575-887-5523 gv...@nckri.org www.nckri.org ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Pseudogynoascus destructans in Texas
WNS researchers found no evidence of Bd on bats they swabbed at the cave in Blanco Co. This is a relief since it had been detected there previously. Vigilance and hygiene, my friends!AGG Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D. 700 Billie Brooks Drive Driftwood, Texas 78619 (512) 799-1095 a...@gluesenkamp.com On Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 10:51:26 AM CDT, George Veni wrote: Dear Fellow Texas Cavers, I just received the following message from the US Fish and Wildlife Service with the two attached files: “Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has released their results from Pd and WNS surveillance efforts for this past winter. The results show detections of evidence of Pd in a number of counties in central and eastern counties. It's important to note that they have not yet confirmed the disease in any Texas bats, but they have found the fungus on three species.“ Dear Fellow New Mexico Cavers, Pd is on the doorstep. George George Veni, Ph.D. Executive Director National Cave and Karst Research Institute 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA Office: 575-887-5517 Mobile: 210-863-5919 Fax: 575-887-5523 gv...@nckri.org www.nckri.org ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] an interesting news story
Interesting story, I'd like to see someone do it in a shipping container!. I've heard there are lots of them afloat and cause danger to boat navigation. I've also been a big fan of Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki since I was a kid. We had the picture book. Another interesting man who may still hold the longest record for crossing the Atlantic is Alecksander Doba, a 70 year old who's soloed at least 3 times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Doba On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 10:20 AM Bill Bentley wrote: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition > On 5/8/2019 10:15 AM, David wrote: > > It is very hard in 2019 to find a feel-good news story. So I thought I > would > share this in case you did not see it. > > > https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/barrel-atlantic-crossing-arrival-scli-intl/index.html > > He crossed the ocean at 2 miles per hour - using no sail. > > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.comtexascav...@texascavers.com > | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > -- > *This email comes from Bill Bentley* > *ca...@caver.net * > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] an interesting news story
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition On 5/8/2019 10:15 AM, David wrote: It is very hard in 2019 to find a feel-good news story. So I thought I would share this in case you did not see it. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/barrel-atlantic-crossing-arrival-scli-intl/index.html He crossed the ocean at 2 miles per hour - using no sail. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers -- */This email comes from Bill Bentley/* */_caver@caver.net_/* ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] an interesting news story
It is very hard in 2019 to find a feel-good news story. So I thought I would share this in case you did not see it. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/barrel-atlantic-crossing-arrival-scli-intl/index.html He crossed the ocean at 2 miles per hour - using no sail. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
