Thanks, David. June and I enjoyed visiting with you at TCR. Fritz Holt Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 19, 2017, at 7:35 PM, Charles Loving via Texascavers > <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > > I went to Langtry Leads twice. And to a sink out there somewhere. Did some > caving on the Alamo Village Ranch for Happy Shahan looking for guano to mine. > All a long time ago. > >> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 11:43 AM, Fritz Holt via Texascavers >> <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: >> David, >> Good information. What are the names of the other two caves? I have made the >> drop into the main cave in the Hwy. 90 cut at Langtry some years ago with >> Preston McMichael and other friends. >> Fritz Holt >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Oct 19, 2017, at 10:53 AM, David via Texascavers >> > <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: >> > >> > I mentioned last month that I had discovered that the landowner of the 3 >> > big caves out at the big ranch north of the town of Langtry had passed >> > away. >> > >> > I made a diligent effort to contact his large family and offer condolences. >> > >> > They are now aware of my intentions. >> > >> > I can only hope that someday one of them will contact me expressing >> > interest in assistance with visiting the caves or reach out on their own >> > to another caver. >> > >> > I have guided several trips into each of the 3 caves, but the last time >> > was at about 19 years ago. I am not in good enough health to do it any >> > time soon. >> > >> > These caves are warmer and dustier and drier than caves in the Hill >> > Country. Emerald Sink probably has a huge bat population. >> > >> > Proper gear is just a caving quality headlamp ( $ 30 to $ 70 from Frys ), >> > jeans and t-shirt, plenty of water or Gatorade and some lightweight cotton >> > gloves and any kind of helmet. >> > >> > Thin kneepads for those who can not tolerate occasional crawling. >> > >> > Maybe something new will happen in 2018 in the Langtry Caves. >> > >> > But as of October 19, I do not know if they want cavers to contact them, >> > or who in their family wants to be the cave contact, or even if any of >> > them still own the ranch. >> > >> > I do not plan to ever reach out to them again. The ball is in their >> > court. >> > >> > If my effort fails, then another caver should try, or attempt a different >> > approach method, but at least wait a few months. >> > >> > David Locklear >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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
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