Re: [Texascavers] NSS News - Good vertical history this issue

[PRESTON FORSYTHE]

Bill Walden, KY, prepared an excellent exhibit on Charles Gibbs at the Nevada 
NSS convention. Hope you saw it. And, Charles Gibbs was there at Nevada, too. 
Hope you were able to meet Charles and Bill. Charles is still active and owns 
several notable caves in southeast KY and northeast TN. 
Hear Charles Gibbs speak as a Luminary at the NM convention. I have several 
Gibbs ascenders in my basement. Charles is the guy who invented the first major 
production metal ascender model! He and his wife are still around. Bill Stone 
set a world record rope climb using Gibbs, while I hang on the bottom of the 
rope for tension.
Preston Forsythe, KY   

On Wednesday, March 8, 2017 11:32 AM, Bennett Lee  
wrote:
 

  I just 
wanted to point out that this issue of the NSS News has two good articles about 
two cavers who had huge impacts on vertical caving: Charles Gibbs, who pretty 
much revolutionized vertical caving with his Gibbs ascender that became the 
foundation for the Rope Walker; and Richard Mitchell, who invented the Mitchell 
System.  I know most people just use a Frog, but if you’re doing anything 
vertical, you should really know about other systems.  These articles are a 
great background to these movers-and-shakers of vertical caving.    --Bennett 
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[Texascavers] NSS News - Good vertical history this issue

[Bennett Lee]

I just wanted to point out that this issue of the NSS News has two good 
articles about two cavers who had huge impacts on vertical caving: Charles 
Gibbs, who pretty much revolutionized vertical caving with his Gibbs ascender 
that became the foundation for the Rope Walker; and Richard Mitchell, who 
invented the Mitchell System.  I know most people just use a Frog, but if 
you're doing anything vertical, you should really know about other systems.  
These articles are a great background to these movers-and-shakers of vertical 
caving.

--Bennett
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