Re: [Texascavers] Michel Siffre and Midnight Cave

2018-04-30 Thread Josh Rubinstein 
Michel Siffre wrote *Beyond Time* about his first prolong period (two
months) underground in a French pit in 1962.  By chance, I picked it up
this weekend from Speleobooks at VAR.  I believe Mr. Siffre attended the
ICS in Kerrville.

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 1:40 AM, Logan McNatt  wrote:

> I am surprised to find this video I don't remember seeing before of Michel
> emerging from Midnight Cave Sept 5, 1972! If someone reading this took the
> video, please speak up.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fxshED97Zw
>
> Pete Strickland and I and several other Texas cavers were there to watch
> him come out. A NASA helicopter had landed nearby and flew him to Houston
> for all sorts of medical evaluations. We worked very hard for a week or two
> hauling all the wires, scientific instruments (including a stationary
> bicycle), and the lumber and supplies from his tent platform out of the
> cave. We subsisted on packaged "astronaut meals" provided by NASA, which
> did not include beer.  BYOB
>
> A short article by Michel "Six Months Alone in a Cave" appeared several
> years later in National Geographic March 1975. I'm not aware of any book
> that he wrote about it.
>
> Carl's "short summary and a few pictures" in *50 Years of Texas Caving* is
> the best synopsis you will find of the exploration of Midnight Cave and the
> Michel Siffre experience. Carl was instrumental in both.
>
> *50 Years* is an underutilized source of information that everyone
> interested in Texas caving should have.  Read Bill Mixon's review from the
> Jan 2008 NSS News   http://pages.suddenlink.net/carl-kunath/50_Years/Bill_
> Mixon's_Review_50_Years_of_Texas_Caving.pdf
>
> Logan
>
> On 4/29/2018 8:49 PM, Carl Kunath wrote:
>
> Terry Cavanaugh certainly hit a few high spots during his brief caving
> career.
> There is a short summary and a few pictures of the Siffre adventure at
> Midnight Cave in *50 Years of Texas Caving, *(the encyclopedia of Texas
> caving), pages 459-467.
>
> ===Carl Kunath
> carl.kun...@suddenlink.net
>
> *From:* Jenni Arburn 
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 29, 2018 5:33 PM
> *To:* TSA Cavers 
> *Subject:* Re: [Texascavers] Terry Cavanaugh and the Alpine Express
>
> He wrote a book about it. Unfortunately, I cannot find an english version.
>
>
>
> On Apr 29, 2018, at 4:17 PM, Marvin and Lisa  wrote:
>
> Yesterday Bexar Grotto members helped man a TSS booth and a Bexar Grotto
> booth at the Cascade Caverns Cave Fest. The turnout was not huge but it was
> fun talking to people about caves throughout the day. The band that played
> at the event was Terry Cavanaugh and the Alpine Express. German polka not
> my chosen style of music but they were very good. During a break between
> sets Terry came and sat down with us at the Bexar Grotto booth and casually
> mentioned that he had done some caving as a youth in Houston. We asked him
> where he went caving and he mentioned Caverns of Sonora. This would have
> been in the early 1970’s so maybe a local cave instead of “the” Caverns of
> Sonora. He mentioned a trip where they stopped by a cave where a European
> fellow – Swedish, he recalled – was doing an experiment on circadian
> rhythms. That would have been Frenchman Michel Sifre in Midnight Cave in
> 1972. He also recalled a trip to the Bustamante area of Mexico with some
> Houston cavers during which two members of the party drowned. That
> notorious incident happened in 1971 in Grutas de Carrizal. You can read
> about on page 296 of “50 Years of Texas Caving”, or the detailed report in
> the November 1971 Texas Caver on the Karst Information Portal:
> http://digital.lib.usf.edu/SFS0055003/1/pdf.
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Re: [Texascavers] Michel Siffre and Midnight Cave

2018-04-29 Thread Logan McNatt 

  
  
I am surprised to find this video I don't remember seeing before of
Michel emerging from Midnight Cave Sept 5, 1972! If someone reading
this took the video, please speak up. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fxshED97Zw 

Pete Strickland and I and several other Texas cavers were there to
watch him come out. A NASA helicopter had landed nearby and flew him
to Houston for all sorts of medical evaluations. We worked very hard
for a week or two hauling all the wires, scientific instruments
(including a stationary bicycle), and the lumber and supplies from
his tent platform out of the cave. We subsisted on packaged
"astronaut meals" provided by NASA, which did not include beer. 
BYOB

A short article by Michel "Six Months Alone in a Cave" appeared
several years later in National Geographic March 1975. I'm not aware
of any book that he wrote about it. 

Carl's "short summary and a few pictures" in 50 Years of Texas
  Caving is the best synopsis you will find of the
exploration of Midnight Cave and the Michel Siffre experience. Carl
was instrumental in both.

50 Years is an underutilized source of information that
everyone interested in Texas caving should have.  Read Bill Mixon's
review from the Jan 2008 NSS News  
http://pages.suddenlink.net/carl-kunath/50_Years/Bill_Mixon's_Review_50_Years_of_Texas_Caving.pdf

Logan  

On 4/29/2018 8:49 PM, Carl Kunath
  wrote:


  
  

  Terry Cavanaugh certainly hit a few high spots during his
brief caving career.
  There is a short summary and a few pictures of the Siffre
adventure at Midnight Cave in 50 Years of Texas Caving,
(the encyclopedia of Texas caving), pages 459-467.
   
  ===Carl Kunath
  carl.kun...@suddenlink.net
  

   
  
From: Jenni Arburn 
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2018 5:33 PM
To: TSA Cavers 
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Terry Cavanaugh
  and the Alpine Express
  

 
  
  He
wrote a book about it. Unfortunately, I cannot find an
english version.
 

   
  

  On Apr 29, 2018, at 4:17 PM, Marvin and Lisa 
wrote:
   
  

  Yesterday Bexar
Grotto members helped man a TSS booth and a
Bexar Grotto booth at the Cascade Caverns Cave
Fest. The turnout was not huge but it was fun
talking to people about caves throughout the
day. The band that played at the event was Terry
Cavanaugh and the Alpine Express. German polka
not my chosen style of music but they were very
good. During a break between sets Terry came and
sat down with us at the Bexar Grotto booth and
casually mentioned that he had done some caving
as a youth in Houston. We asked him where he
went caving and he mentioned Caverns of Sonora.
This would have been in the early 1970’s so
maybe a local cave instead of “the” Caverns of
Sonora. He mentioned a trip where they stopped
by a cave where a European fellow – Swedish, he
recalled – was doing an experiment on circadian
rhythms. That would have been Frenchman Michel
Sifre in Midnight Cave in 1972. He also recalled
a trip to the Bustamante area of Mexico with
some Houston cavers during which two members of
the party drowned. That notorious incident
happened in 1971 in Grutas de Carrizal. You can
read about on page 296 of “50 Years of Texas
Caving”, or the detailed report in the November
1971 Texas Caver on the Karst Information
Portal: http://digital.lib.usf.edu/SFS0055003/1/pdf.
  

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