Re: [Texascavers] 1966 NSS Convention Photos

Speaking of being young, last spring in Huautla we inadvertently rediscovered one of the entrances to Nita Nanta. It wasn't immediately recognizable because the roads and trails had changed, and land use around the entrances had gone from farm fields to forest. The cave was resurveyed to a known

Re: [Texascavers] 1966 convention photos

I didn't know John Cooper personally, but a couple of years ago we made a connection between a couple of caves in Burnsville, Virginia and found his NSS number and others carbided on the wall near the connection point. We looked them up and remarkably most of those old-timers were still alive

Re: [Texascavers] 1966 NSS Convention Photos

When I started organized caving in 1968 I had neither tent nor sleeping pad. I'm not sure I even knew sleeping pads existed! My sleeping bag was one of those bulky old Coleman kapok bags. I had an army-surplus poncho that I threw over me if it rained. I got plenty wet inside due to condensation,

[Texascavers] 1966 convention photos

Thanks, Carl, that was fun. The 1966 is the last convention I missed. Definitely John Cooper, but I think maybe the guy in the striped shirt is Don Cournoyer. Interesting story about Don Cournoyer. He was NSS treasurer for many years, but retired from the job in ~1972, when I was AVP for a

Re: [Texascavers] 1966 & 1964 NSS Convention photos

7 On Jul 11, 2016 4:29 PM, "Diana Tomchick via Texascavers" < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > Having grown up in the Pacific NW, much of my backpacking and camping was > without a tent—we took a rain fly for the occasional downpour, but the > mosquitos were almost non-existant. > > Diana >

Re: [Texascavers] 1966 & 1964 NSS Convention photos

Having grown up in the Pacific NW, much of my backpacking and camping was without a tent—we took a rain fly for the occasional downpour, but the mosquitos were almost non-existant. Diana ** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics

Re: [Texascavers] 1966 NSS Convention Photos

I was 6 years old! Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: Diana Tomchick via Texascavers Date: 7/11/16 4:15 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Cave Tex Subject: Re: [Texascavers] 1966 NSS Convention

Re: [Texascavers] 1966 NSS Convention Photos

The guy in the striped shirt looks like Roger Brucker. Diana ** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214A Dallas, TX 75390-8816

[Texascavers] Fwd: Call for Historical NSS-related Materials to be Displayed at 2016 Convention

Begin forwarded message: From: Paul Winter > Subject: Call for Historical NSS-related Materials to be Displayed at 2016 Convention Date: July 11, 2016 at 11:13:26 AM CDT To: undisclosed-recipients:; Greetings IO contact. Some have already