RE: [Texascavers] pit safety
I am sure this was not funny at the time, but this did make me laugh right out loud! Sheryl -Original Message- From: John Brooks [mailto:jpbrook...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:22 AM To: David Cc: Texascavers Mailing List Subject: Re: [Texascavers] pit safety I was involved in a similar incident years agoI was urinating just before entering an unmentioned cave in Oklahomawhen one of my companions screamed "SNAKE!"I thought he was complimenting mebut look down and realized I was peeing on a very pissed off rattlesnakeI leapt backwardsright into the sinkholefortunately, I only fell around 6 feet...but tumbled and rolled another 6 feet or somy wet suit provided a little paddingbut I was left with a couple of good "cheek" scrapessince my farmer john was pulled down for the activity. I am glad that no one had a video camera! Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2008, at 8:37 PM, David wrote: I am posting this here, because this could happen at the edge of a cave if you are not careful: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/11/12/english.or.kid.falls.from.cli ffs.katu I once saw something like this happen at a cave. I was at "Little Brehmer Cave" near New Braunfels in 1990. The owner, an elder woman named Mrs. Stahls, was standing next to the cave edge and was talking and the next thing I knew, she was tumbling backwards head-first into the cave. She got right back up and laughed and insisted she was ok. Then the hard-headed old lady got in her old rusty truck and shifted into 1st gear and drove home with a small gash on her head all by herself. David Locklear Fort Bend County Armchair Cavers Association ( FBCACA ) - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] pit safety
I was involved in a similar incident years agoI was urinating just before entering an unmentioned cave in Oklahomawhen one of my companions screamed "SNAKE!"I thought he was complimenting mebut look down and realized I was peeing on a very pissed off rattlesnakeI leapt backwardsright into the sinkholefortunately, I only fell around 6 feet...but tumbled and rolled another 6 feet or somy wet suit provided a little paddingbut I was left with a couple of good "cheek" scrapessince my farmer john was pulled down for the activity. I am glad that no one had a video camera! Sent from my iPhone On Nov 12, 2008, at 8:37 PM, David wrote: I am posting this here, because this could happen at the edge of a cave if you are not careful: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/11/12/english.or.kid.falls.from.cliffs.katu I once saw something like this happen at a cave. I was at "Little Brehmer Cave" near New Braunfels in 1990. The owner, an elder woman named Mrs. Stahls, was standing next to the cave edge and was talking and the next thing I knew, she was tumbling backwards head-first into the cave. She got right back up and laughed and insisted she was ok. Then the hard-headed old lady got in her old rusty truck and shifted into 1st gear and drove home with a small gash on her head all by herself. David Locklear Fort Bend County Armchair Cavers Association ( FBCACA ) - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] pit safety
I am posting this here, because this could happen at the edge of a cave if you are not careful: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/11/12/english.or.kid.falls.from.cliffs.katu I once saw something like this happen at a cave. I was at "Little Brehmer Cave" near New Braunfels in 1990. The owner, an elder woman named Mrs. Stahls, was standing next to the cave edge and was talking and the next thing I knew, she was tumbling backwards head-first into the cave. She got right back up and laughed and insisted she was ok. Then the hard-headed old lady got in her old rusty truck and shifted into 1st gear and drove home with a small gash on her head all by herself. David Locklear Fort Bend County Armchair Cavers Association ( FBCACA ) - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
