Re: [Texascavers] Anthony Bourdain Goes Caving on the Travel Channel

2008-02-20 Thread Don Cooper
Yeah - I think I saw that episode. The guy certainly has a lot of charisma - I cannot help but to like him - but as an outdoorsman I think he's a little bit on the wimpy side. I found it hard to believe he'd go 'caving' so poorly equipped. (On top of that he smokes cigarettes. Da fool!) Another

Re: [Texascavers] Anthony Bourdain Goes Caving on the Travel Channel

2008-02-20 Thread John Brooks
Yeah..I bet none of us have been caving while poorly equipped... Sent from my iPhone On Feb 20, 2008, at 2:10 PM, Don Cooper wavyca...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah - I think I saw that episode. The guy certainly has a lot of charisma - I cannot help but to like him - but as an outdoorsman I think

Re: [Texascavers] Anthony Bourdain Goes Caving on the Travel Channel

2008-02-20 Thread Philip L Moss
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:18:28 -0800 (PST) John Brooks jpbrook...@sbcglobal.net writes: Yeah..I bet none of us have been caving while poorly equipped... Sent from my iPhone While many of us have undoubtedly caved while poorly equipped, I think that there is an important distinction between

Re: [Texascavers] Anthony Bourdain Goes Caving on the Travel Channel

2008-02-20 Thread Don Cooper
Actually - On my last caving trip I was not planning on doing any caving at all. All my caving gear had been loaned out. I got talked into it and did so with a borrowed helmet and lousy light that failed - as luck had it - no backup, but of course I was not alone and another of my party did have

RE: [Texascavers] Anthony Bourdain Goes Caving on the Travel Channel

2008-02-20 Thread Fritz Holt
: Re: [Texascavers] Anthony Bourdain Goes Caving on the Travel Channel Actually - On my last caving trip I was not planning on doing any caving at all. All my caving gear had been loaned out. I got talked into it and did so with a borrowed helmet and lousy light that failed - as luck had

Re: [Texascavers] Anthony Bourdain Goes Caving on the Travel Channel

2008-02-20 Thread Don Cooper
. Geezer spelunker -- *From:* Don Cooper [mailto:wavyca...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:45 PM *To:* Philip L Moss *Cc:* Cavers, Texas *Subject:* Re: [Texascavers] Anthony Bourdain Goes Caving on the Travel Channel Actually - On my last

[Texascavers] Anthony Bourdain Goes Caving on the Travel Channel

2008-02-19 Thread mark . alman
Anyone catch the irreverent travel host and world renowned foodie on the Travel Channel last night? He went caving in Jamaica and, from all appearances, had a miserable time. Part of the problem may be that his intrepid guides had him wearing tennis shoes into a muddy cave, no gloves or knee