The same. Bill has volunteered for many years with the vertical contests. He also was a very active caver in the east and was involved in the VPI caving club and the mapping of Roppel Cave in Kentucky. There were a number of folks in the east that were very glad to see him move to Texas as he won the speleolympics at the Old Timers Reunion for many years. He used the gear he won to support his caving habit.
(Bill, this email is in response to the announcement I made on Texascavers regarding your award of Fellow of the NSS. Geary From: David [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 12:56 PM To: Cavers Texas Subject: [Texascavers] New Fellows Is this the Bill Stephens that was instrumental in helping with the cable-ladder contest at TCR back in the mid to late 80's ? I think that guy also won lots of cable-ladder contest, and taught lots of kids and newbie cavers how to properly climb a cable-ladder.
