That was Charlie Loving. I have travelled internationally with Mr. Loving on 2 of the most memorable trips of my life, especially our loosely organized jaunt to Puerto Rico in '95 or '96 where we saw the Cueva Angeles portion of the Rio Camuy system. It was a trip in both senses of the word -- there are some mediocre pics on my Flickr page. https://flickr.com/photos/76711952@N00/sets/1180258
Chris Vreeland NSS# 41811 shoe size 11. > On Aug 4, 2016, at 2:04 PM, via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> > wrote: > > Who travels a lot? > > I fail to understand why someone who wants to rattle on about whatever cannot > find the time to sign their post. > > With the exception of Messrs. Steele, Minton, and Locklear It appears that > 99% of those who post to this list fall into two categories, those who have > no name, and those whose name includes a list of achievements and honorifics > plus a wrongly attributed aphorism and perhaps some keyboard generated "art" > if you wish to so abuse the term. > > A recognizable pseudonym will do, such as... > > Sleazeweazel > > ps: Just to be a jerk I have purposefully failed to truncate the extraneous > information in this thread. It is so much easier to just hit 'reply'. That > way I get to waste your time rather than my own. > > In a message dated 8/4/2016 12:31:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > texascavers@texascavers.com writes: > You travel a lot. > > I traveled a lot before I reached 60. > Africa, South America, Central America, Europe and all those places. Spent > years in Colombia and Peru. Got stuck in Argentina during the Malvinas War. > Lived in Real de Catorce for five years all in the era before technology and > never thought or missed it. I guess since I don't use it I don't miss it. I > still like steel nibbled pens that you dip into an ink well to do art. > Something about that makes a connection, you can't make a mistake. > > Sent faxes from Talara, Peru in those days. Flew in Portuguese helicopters in > Angola and Italian ones in Zaire. It was all good fun and devious. Did > somethings in Africa with the French military mission as a liaison person, > since I was raised with that as my first language back when I was going to > grade school in Switzerland. > >> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Bill Steele via Texascavers >> <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: >> Que lastima. I'm not as old as you (two months from 68). I was on the cusp >> of Internet technology and am glad I have it. I have an iPhone 6 and use it >> constantly. Live the way you want to. I sure do. >> >>> On Aug 4, 2016, at 11:06 AM, Charles Loving via Texascavers >>> <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: >>> >>> Down load an AP to my phone. Oh no, I don't have one of those kinds of >>> phones. In fact I have two phones that I never use because there is no >>> service where I live and I am too lazy and cheap to get Skyp or some such. >>> No one ever calls, not even my kids and there is no actual reason for >>> anyone to call, since I never do anything or go anywhere. I just have a >>> clunky computer. So I guess that is another technological wash for the >>> ludite. >>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Bill Steele via Texascavers >>>> <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: >>>> I've been asked how to find the 46 minute video. Here's the link: >>>> >>>> https://www.periscope.tv/UTGrotto/1YqxoZydnYaJv >>>> >>>> It goes, >>>> >>>> Bill Steele >>>> cwilliamste...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>> >>>>> From: Bill Steele <cwilliamste...@gmail.com> >>>>> Date: August 4, 2016 at 7:28:44 AM CDT >>>>> To: texascavers@texascavers.com >>>>> Subject: UTG program last night >>>>> Last night, from the comfort of my home in Irving, Texas, I watched and >>>>> enjoyed the program live from Austin. I used the app Periscope. It was >>>>> easy. >>>>> >>>>> The program was a slide show and lively narrative by Fernando Hernandez >>>>> about this year's PESH (Proyecto Espeleologico Sistema Huautla) >>>>> expedition. This was Fernando's first trip to Huautla. His perspective as >>>>> a Mexican citizen, excellent caver, fluent in English, and culturally >>>>> sensitive, made for a very interesting talk. >>>>> >>>>> My understanding is that the video of Fernando's talk will be available >>>>> at Periscope for a short amount of time. >>>>> >>>>> One thing that Fernando did not mention is that he was the winner of the >>>>> PESH 2016 Expedition "Rookie of the Year" award. He hustled underground >>>>> and was a pleasure to be around. >>>>> >>>>> Cavingly, >>>>> >>>>> Bill Steele >>>>> cwilliamste...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >>>> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >>>> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Charlie Loving >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >>> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >>> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > > > -- > Charlie Loving > > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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