I agree! This is a compilation of the best caving (spelunking) stories I have ever read. Now Helmer can be recognized for his storytelling as well as his early Texas Caver art work. I can relate as I first started spelunking in the early 1950's with my first wild cave being Frio Bat Cave in 1953. In the summer of 1955 two buddies and I climbed into (and out of) The Devil's Sinkhole on the then existing shop-made cable ladder. This was my greatest spelunking adventure except for the two day exploration of Mayfield Cave with Jimmy Walker, Bob Hudson and his brother-in-law, Ralph, at the end of 1955. We crossed the ledge with the aid of the rope stretched along the wall over the pit and experienced the most beautiful cave formations any of us had ever seen, before or since. An adventure none of us will ever forget. Any chance of getting Helmer to write more of his caving experiences? Fritz Holt fritz...@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 24, 2014, at 10:26 PM, Preston Forsythe via Texascavers > <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > > Incredible Texas caving stories from the mid-fifties!!!! This caving report > by Bill Helmer is a "must read." > > Thanks to Bill Mixon for posting this. > > Preston in western KY > ------------------------------------------------------ ----- Original Message > ----- From: "Mixon Bill via Texascavers" <texascavers@texascavers.com> > To: "Cavers Texas" <texascavers@texascavers.com> > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 9:22 PM > Subject: [Texascavers] the good old days > > >> It's really a lot of fun browsing through the old issues of the Texas Caver. >> A lot of garbage, but a lot of good material, too, and the 1973 volume had >> 380 pages of _monthly_ issues. Here's a link to a PDF of a must-read article >> from August 1974 about caving in the middle fifties. I laughed out loud a >> least once. Enjoy. >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26580089/1974-v19-n08.pdf >> -- Mixon > > _______________________________________________ > 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
