I found one notable caver ( whose name ) is missing from the 50 years. Her photo was in the panoramic that I mentioned.
Her name is Mary Kay Manning. She was very active in the A.S.S. from 1985 to 86, and was in charge of rigging caves on nearly every trip she went on. And even hauled the ropes to places like Precipicio. She has been a park ranger at Big Bend and stationed at Panther Junction for the last 20 years. She has won numerous ropeclimbing awards at TCR. And in my opinion, the only years she didn't win, were the years that she didn't show up. It is probably true that she was not active in caving projects. Bicycling or hiking was probably more important to her than caving. However, she probably knows where a few caves in Big Bend are. I imagine somebody out there has a good photo of her in a cave. I have one good enough for a newsletter article. I just didn't think it was good enough to publish in a modern book about caving. *** If *** someday, somebody publishes a 2nd edition, then there is enough blank space listed in the A.S.S. section to add her name. I have been on trips with her to Hell Below, Lake Cave, Christmas Tree Cave, Carlsbad Caverns, Precipicio, Palmito, Carrizal, Langtry Lead cave, and Emerald Sink, ( several times ), Sally Cave, and many others that I have long since forgotten. And she went on many more trips than that, that I never went on. And that was only in the mid-80's. I don't know what caves she has been to since then, but I do know that she uses her vacations to travel the world. If anybody wants to write a "caver of the month" article, she certainly once deserved to have her biography published in the Texas Caver. I don't know if she was ever awarded the "Chuck Stuehm Award," but she once deserved it. Are the Stuehm Award recipients listed in 50 years? David Locklear --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
