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-----Original Message-----
From: Harvey DuChene [mailto:hrduch...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 6:07 PM
To: 'Jim Evatt'; 'Southwestern Region'
Subject: RE: [SWR] Remembrance

Memories of Tom Meador


I remember racing up Three Mile Hill,
Wondering if Tom's Jeep would fall apart 
Before we reached the top.
Then, on the ride back down,
The brakes went out, and I wondered
If the Jeep would ever stop.

I remember, too, his giant form
Around an evening campfire,
Drinking milk from a half-gallon jug,
The peculiar laugh of a gentle man
Who loved the mountain caves
Just as much as I do.

He was different from the rest of us,
But maybe that wasn't so odd
Among a group of folks
Who all seem to thrive on being different.
But he was more different than most,
A foil, perhaps, of nature's practical jokes.

And if you happen to be on High Lonesome 
In the early morning mist, 
And you see a giant shadow with an old slouch hat 
And Jesus boots, shuffling along the ridge, 
You'll know who it is. It's Tom, wandering again, 
Searching through the mountains, free at last.



-----Original Message-----
From: swr-boun...@caver.net [mailto:swr-boun...@caver.net] On Behalf Of Jim
Evatt
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 5:06 PM
To: Southwestern Region
Subject: [SWR] Remembrance

Those of you who remember Tom Meador, he would have been 70 today.

Those of you who did not know him, you missed a special friend.

Jim Evatt

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