I go caving because:
1. I get to enjoy Nature's Central Air... Cool in the Summer and warm in
Winter...
2. It gets me out of Midland.
3. I get to see my friends.
4. 90% of the time I get to go camping
5. I usually don't eat food that is good for me, but it tastes good.
6. I can not think about work when caving.
7. I always learn something new on every trip.
8. I love to take pictures and this gives me an excuse to take cave pictures.
9. Going caving make my co-workers think I am weird, and that is fine by me.
10.. I just love caves
----- Original Message -----
From: germa...@aol.com
To: pitboun...@gmail.com ; l...@alumni.sfu.ca
Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] 10 Reasons I Would Rather Be Caving
He could have at least mentioned he met his wife while caving ;)
-----Original Message-----
From: Nico Escamilla <pitboun...@gmail.com>
To: Lyndon Tiu <l...@alumni.sfu.ca>
Cc: TexasCavers <texascavers@texascavers.com>
Sent: Tue, May 22, 2012 9:36 am
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] 10 Reasons I Would Rather Be Caving
That's only four Lyndon, come on.. you can do better than that.
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Lyndon Tiu <l...@alumni.sfu.ca> wrote:
Cavers are good people.
I get to go camping for cheap surrrounded by good people.
I get to do something fun and exciting with good people.
I get good food prepared by good people.
I get to hang with beautiful good people.
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:22 AM, <mark.al...@l-3com.com> wrote:
> Damn! You figured out Sheryl and my ulterior motive, Lyndon!
>
> As Sheryl stated, please be aware that your responses can/will be used in
> the next issue of The TEXAS CAVER.
>
> If you have no problem with this, post away!
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lyndon....@gmail.com [mailto:lyndon....@gmail.com] On Behalf Of
Lyndon
> Tiu
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 8:19 AM
> To: Sheryl Rieck
> Cc: TexasCavers
> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] 10 Reasons I Would Rather Be Caving
>
> Sounds like a good title for a TC article.
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Sheryl Rieck <sheryl.ri...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I started caving a bit later in life than many people and promptly became
>
>> too busy to cave even though I had fallen in love with the peace and
>> beauty
>
>> of the caves I had visited. I have not been in a cave in 4 years, but
>> almost
>
>> no day goes by that I don’t think about caving. It is my choices that
have
>
>> kept me from caving. That doesn’t keep from missing it any less.
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> As I was wading through the massive number of issues associated with a
>
>> go-live (the ultimate goal of my projects) that was in too short a time
>> span
>
>> and with too little information, I found myself thinking yet again of
>> caving
>
>> and how I would so much prefer to be underground with a bunch of fun
folks
>
>> than getting my butt kicked by issues. About this same time, the emails
>
>> from Mark began.
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> I agreed with the assessment of the publications becoming very
scientific.
>
>> I’m an accountant. I have no scientific knowledge in the realm of
>
>> speleological studies. I don’t read those articles because they make my
>> eyes
>
>> roll back in my head and that just makes my eyes hurt. So, in an effort
to
>
>> give Mark an article and to give us laypeople something to read, I came
up
>
>> with 10 reasons I would rather be caving. I thought maybe you could send
>
>> Mark YOUR 10 reasons you would rather be caving. Knowing the Texas caving
>
>> community as I do, I think that the articles would be fascinating.
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> Here are my 10:
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> 1. The snakes are only at the entrance of a cave and look like
>> snakes.
>
>>
>
>> 2. A traffic jam is just a good way to rest in a cave.
>
>>
>
>> 3. The people who annoy me most would never be able to find me in a
>
>> cave.
>
>>
>
>> 4. My laptop cannot get a signal in a cave. That is my story and I
>> am
>
>> sticking to it no matter what.
>
>>
>
>> 5. My cell phone cannot get a signal in a cave. Ditto sticking to
>> it.
>
>>
>
>> 6. Saying you have been mapping a cave sounds more interesting than
>
>> saying you have been mapping a chart of accounts.
>
>>
>
>> 7. Mapping a cave IS more interesting than mapping a chart of
>
>> accounts.
>
>>
>
>> 8. When I am in the dark in a cave that is the way it is supposed
to
>
>> be.
>
>>
>
>> 9. I have met some interesting, entertaining, and/or incredibly odd
>
>> people on caving trips and that is just fun.
>
>>
>
>> 10. I am usually not the strangest person in the group.
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> I cannot wait to see what others’ 10 reasons are that they would rather
be
>
>> caving. I have read some truly amazing words from so many of you. You are
>
>> verbose, imaginative, and clever people and I think your 10 reasons would
>> be
>
>> worth a read.
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> Disclaimer: Not all submissions will be published and you know why.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Lyndon Tiu
>
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