Yes-we all have! You make everything harder than it needs to be & you can't
afford it anyway so why do you try so hard? There are sooo many other, safer,
and closer road trips you could do. Come to Dripping Springs & spend TG with
Fritz, June, me & others-you're welcome. No drama, easy peasy!
>From David Locklear
Have you ever had to back out of trip at the last minute after you put your
heart and soul into making trip preparations ?
I call it the speleo-blues. Or in this case, just the road-trip-blues.
It is Wednesday night. 10 p.m., and my 4x4 vehicle is packed ready to pull
out
Yeah, we left your little truck about a mile from Potrero Redondo in ‘95 when
it would go no further, & it was all still there when we got back to it several
days later.
That was the trip that the Grey Pendejo got its name. The Holly carb on that
thing was crap & the linkage kept slipping out
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If you own this carabiner, send it back.
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2018/Omega-Pacific-Recalls-Carabiners-Due-to-Risk-of-Injury-or-Death
Jerry Atkinson.
Chairman - Southwestern Region of the NSS
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Jerry,
You can use Amazon's Look Inside feature to see some of the pages. --Lee
On 11/21/2017 10:55 PM, 'Jerry' via Southwestern Cavers of the National
Speleological Society wrote:
Hypogene Karst Regions and Caves of the World , 1st ed. 2017 Edition
by Alexander Klimchouk
>From David Locklear
This post has no merit whatsoever
You will regret not hitting the delete button.
It looks like I am stuck in the Houston area today, Wednesday, the 22nd and
postponing my road-trip another 12 hours.
My beloved wife is driving alone south of Refugio on Hwy 59. heading
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Amzing. I drive to the Sierra del Burro with one spare and no wheel locks
in my 2002 Pickup on Firestone tires that are at least a year old and a
spare that has never been on the ground and my mechanic says is dangerous.
So far I havemade three four or five day trips and two out to Alpine and
the
