"There's only word to describe silo caving: Dead."
Or perhaps corny...wheat-filled? Although rice is sometimes involved. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 1:02 PM, texascav...@yahoo.com < texascav...@yahoo.com> wrote: > There's only word to describe silo caving: > > Dead. > > Has everyone forgotten that "world's greatest caver" Floyd Collins?? > > Stupidest caver IMHO. He broke so many common sense rules associated with > caving that when I give a cave talk to various groups, I use him as an > example on what NOT to do. > > Underground and above ground. > > > Mark, by sheer dumb luck, somehow managed to send this from his Virgin > Mobile Android-Powered Device > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: dirt...@comcast.net > To: "Nico Escamilla" <pitboun...@gmail.com> > Cc: "Texas Cavers" <Texascavers@texascavers.com>, "Frank Binney" < > fr...@frankbinney.com> > Subject: [Texascavers] Solo caving in Castleguard: Mike Boon's epic trip > Date: Fri, Sep 13, 2013 1:36 PM > > > Thanks, Frank. > > > > I remember that article well! A classic story in a classic publication. > > > > (And Jewel Cave had finally reached 50 miles to become the World's fifth > longest cave ------) > > > > By the way - - in cleaning up the basement in the aftermath of too much > flooding, I ran across a "mint" copy of IE #1. Unharmed! > > > DirtDoc > > ------------------------------ > > > You can read Mike’s captivating account of his solo trip in Inside Earth > #3, available for free download via the link below. (Thank you Bill Mixon > for scanning all the long out-of-print Inside Earth issues!) > > https://www.hightail.com/download/OGhmZXQ1TlF3TGhqQThUQw > > Frank Binney > >
