I remember that, way to go Edwin. Bill can you feel the love?
________________________________ From: Frank Binney <fr...@frankbinney.com> To: Diana Tomchick <diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu>; Texas Cavers <Texascavers@texascavers.com> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 3:31:25 PM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Weighting down Bill Steele's pack Hmmmm....if the Terminal Siphons didn't already have prior use of the term, I'd say these stories fall under the category of "Cavers Rocking Cavers". Ka-thump! Frank On 7/31/09 1:09 PM, "Diana Tomchick" <diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > OK, so I'll add a story that's similar to Andy's...awhile back we had > a DFW grotto trip into a water cave and Bill supplied a number of > people with his famous red Whisk laundry detergent bottles as floats. > The older cavers out there (that includes me) will remember those old > laundry detergent bottles, they were approximately 4" thick and 8" > wide and about 12" tall--just perfect to slide into your pack, and a > carabiner will fit on the handle. About halfway into the trip we found > a muddy side passage and Bill led a few cavers down the passage, but > he left his pack behind. Edwin Lehr had finally found an opportunity > to rock Bill's pack, but alas, there were no rocks to be found. So he > decided to fill Bill's Whisk bottle with water, which really caused > the whole pack to want to sink to the bottom of the passage. Bill > would have spent the whole rest of the trip trying to figure out why > his pack wouldn't float, but Edwin was new to the ways of rocking and > he was so pleased with himself that 5 minutes after Bill started back > upstream, Edwin asked him why his pack wasn't floating. That was > enough to tip Bill off to the fact that Edwin was messing with him, > and even Bill admitted that he wouldn't have realized the nature of > the problem until he had left the cave if Edwin had just stayed quiet. > > Ask Bill sometime about how much his children like to rock him, > > Diana > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Diana R. Tomchick > Associate Professor > University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center > Department of Biochemistry > 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. > Rm. ND10.214B > Dallas, TX 75390-8816, U.S.A. > Email: diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu > 214-645-6383 (phone) > 214-645-6353 (fax) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
