Immortalize yourself at this year's TSA Spring Convention! After the recent losses within our caver family, I've taken strolls down memory lane with folks looking at old photos. Some old cavers are unrecognizable in their youth. Names of old friends and acquaintances forgotten decades later. Before that happens to our current caver family, I decided to record everyone's name in the group photos that I've taken at Spring Convention for posterity's sake. Thus, I am manually outlining each and every person and pet (since many of them are well-known family members, too), then numbering them.
At Spring Convention this year, I will have the original group photos on display. FIND YOURSELF IN THE PHOTOS at Spring Convention and write down your name on the corresponding number. Once complete, I will compile the original photos, outlines, and names, and make them available to everyone, submit them to the TSS, etc. Here's an example using last year's group photo: https://drive.google.com/open?id=16Rib38VfY8sFkmk6BXKN_W-PS6cILnM1 By the way, this is taking a lot longer than I expected. Drawing an outline around people's fingers, clothes, crazy hair, dogs, togas, etc., fixing mistakes, cleaning up the outlines, numbering everyone, and tweaking everything because I'm OCD, takes about 4 minutes per person. Doesn't sound bad until you realize that (4 minutes) x (120 people per year) x (6 years) = 48 HOURS of drawing lines around disheveled cavers. Actually, it's a lot longer than that because I spend way more time than I should tweaking...damn OCD. However, I think it will be worth it when future generations say things like: "Grandpa, you had hair! Where did it all go?" --Chris Lafferty's future grandchild "Wow, mom! You were pretty back then. Ouch! I mean, you're pretty now! You better be nice to me. I'm picking your nursing home." --Future Sophie Steele (or possibly present day) Also, this year's group photo will be taken at 5:45pm Saturday afternoon, which is right after talks and before supper, and will likely be at the amphitheater, weather permitting. Don't miss out! Make it to TSA Spring Convention this year and immortalize yourself for future generations. --Bennett
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