[Texascavers] Harry Walker - part 4

2008-12-17 Thread David
Jim Mclane was kind enough to do a write up on Harry Walker I Remember Harry Walker Jim McLane, Houston Texas, Dec. 17, 2008 Last week's death of Harry Walker in Dickinson Texas caused me to reflect on my long association with that remarkable caver. I first met Harry in the 1960s. I th

[Texascavers] Harry Walker--p 2, more

2008-12-11 Thread Gill Ediger
At 07:31 PM 12/11/2008, David wrote: I forgot to mention that he climbed the Matterhorn. He also accompanied us in 1977 on the first through trip of the Purificacíon System, a 21 hour trip--at the age of 56. --Ediger - V

Re: [Texascavers] Harry Walker - part 2

2008-12-11 Thread Preston Forsythe
ember 11, 2008 7:31 PM Subject: [Texascavers] Harry Walker - part 2 Harry's obituary has already appeared on-line. http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=7be4776ef852dbd6&-session=TheDailyNews:C6401EC11d9142ED67sOY28770F1 I forgot to mention that he climbed the Matterhorn. I recall th

[Texascavers] Harry Walker - part 2

2008-12-11 Thread David
Harry's obituary has already appeared on-line. http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=7be4776ef852dbd6&-session=TheDailyNews:C6401EC11d9142ED67sOY28770F1 I forgot to mention that he climbed the Matterhorn. I recall that one of his acheivements was canoeing a nearly virgin river thru the Sierr

Re: [Texascavers] Harry Walker

2008-12-11 Thread CaverArch
Fritz) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:20:21 -0600 > From: gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org > To: dlocklea...@gmail.com; texascavers@texascavers.com > Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Harry Walker > > David, > > Well done, > > Thanks, > > Geary > > -Original Message--

RE: [Texascavers] Harry Walker

2008-12-11 Thread Fritz Holt
quifer.org; David; texas cavers Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Harry Walker Hi David, I've only met you at TCR this past year, (tuna fish sandwich), but I've been reading your posts (not the LED ones) for the past few years and think you are a very interesting person. I love that you take suc

RE: [Texascavers] Harry Walker

2008-12-10 Thread Jenny Holt
om; texascavers@texascavers.com > Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Harry Walker > > David, > > Well done, > > Thanks, > > Geary > > -Original Message- > From: David [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:05 PM > To: Tex

RE: [Texascavers] Harry Walker

2008-12-10 Thread Geary Schindel
David, Well done, Thanks, Geary -Original Message- From: David [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:05 PM To: Texascavers Mailing List Subject: [Texascavers] Harry Walker I will let someone who knew Harry back in his heyday describe him. I met Harry

[Texascavers] Harry Walker

2008-12-10 Thread David
I will let someone who knew Harry back in his heyday describe him. I met Harry in 1989 at a Houston Grotto Meeting. He appeared to be in his late sixties, but he showed slide shows of recent caving trips to the Sierra Madres. I was very impressed with his slideshows and his enthusiasm.