Re: Re: [Texascavers] Caver Statues

2009-11-09 Thread tbsamsel
How about caver garden gnomes? TNov 8, 2009 04:03:50 PM, gi...@att.net wrote: On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net wrote: Apparently a statue of Martel was made. According to this biographyI'll bet there are others. In further discussion it has been suggested

[Texascavers] Caver Statues

2009-11-08 Thread Mark Minton
I wonder if there are any other statues of cavers in the world? Are there of E.A. Martel or Norbert Casteret in France? There is one of Xu Xiake (pronounced Shoe She-ah-kur) in front of the Institute of Karst Geology in Guilin, China. Apparently a statue of Martel was made.

Re: [Texascavers] Caver Statues

2009-11-08 Thread Gill Edigar
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net wrote: Apparently a statue of Martel was made. According to this biography I'll bet there are others. In further discussion it has been suggested that we locate a suitable property and set up a statue garden of famous and

RE: [Texascavers] Caver Statues

2009-11-08 Thread Linda Palit
, November 08, 2009 4:03 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Caver Statues On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net wrote: Apparently a statue of Martel was made. According to this biography I'll bet there are others. In further discussion

[Texascavers] Caver statues

2009-11-01 Thread Gill Edigar
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:33 PM, jerryat...@aol.com wrote: I'd nominate Bob Hudson, pioneer Texas caver from the early 1950s. He was one of the first serious cavers in Texas and was a founder of the UTG. He explored hundreds of caves, some of which have not been visited since. He also