It must have been a very fuzzy memory because 1989 was 28 years ago. Mike Harris
On Dec 24, 2017 5:26 PM, "Mark Minton via Texascavers" < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > Rolf Adams was a fantastic caver and all around really nice guy. I had the > pleasure of caving with him several times, including at Cueva Cheve in > 1989. There is a photo of Rolf, Noel Sloan and me on the cover of the NSS > history book "Caving in America". We were supposed to represent "modern" > cavers, as compared to the other photo on the cover showing cavers from > 1940. Ironically, at that time none of the three of us were NSS members. > Rolf was Australian and not a member; I had not yet joined, and Noel's > membership had lapsed. (The book is no longer available from the NSS, but > it is on eBay: <https://www.ebay.com/itm/Caving-in-America-The-Story- > of-the-National-Spelelogical-Society-1991-/151917519053>.) > > > Mark Minton > > mmin...@caver.net > > On Sun, 24 Dec, 2017 at 5:11 PM, David via Texascavers < > texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > > To: CaveTex > Cc: dlocklea...@gmail.com > A personal story from David Locklear from December of 1989. > ( a very fuzzy memory from 18 years ago) > > I have ever told this whole story - at least not in detail - just in parts. > > Background: Australian caver Rolf Adams ( who would later drown in > Florida scuba training for a caving expedition ) was hanging out in Austin > semi-permanently caving full-time.. He had finished his math studies at a > university in Australia and had climbed El Capitan and sone lots of > caving. He was the most technical caver that I had ever met, and I > assumed he could lead or climb as good as Alejandro Villagomez. He and I > had caved previously once over Thanksgiving in The El Cielo, mostly > ridgewalking camping, swimming and taking in the Huastecan culture. > > [ Sidenote: I actually sincerely believed his name was Wallaby Adams > until reading his obituary in the NSS News two years later. ] > > In November of 89, I was laid-off from a civil engineering company where I > worked drafting on mylar with ink pens. and Leroy set roads ( new suburban > boulevards ). I had never been laid off. In those days, unlike today, I > was a total moron, and I had no earthly idea what it meant to be laid off. > In my case, I had an extreme stroke of luck ( for once ) in that when I > arrived at The Texas Unemployment Office, my bosse's boss was in line right > next to me. > > So I left Houston and went to the UT Grotto meeting. ( In those days, > still being an A.S.S. caver, I referred to it as the "t.u. Grotto." ) > > Rolf was there with his girlfriend from Australia. He introduced her as > Dr. Anne Gray. She was a cute blonde with long frizzy hair about 25 > years old. [I think this might be her on Facebook > > https://www.facebook.com/anne.gray.144 ] > > Rolf announced he was heading on a ridgewalking adventure near Tehuacan, > Puebla in search of the highest cave entrance in the western hemisphere. > > I think our remote spot is now a tourist site: > > San Bernardino Lagunas > Vicente Guerrero, Puebla, Mexico > > https://goo.gl/maps/Zer3ueTFVt32 > > Some Austin cavers found a tiny yellow beat-up Datsun pickup with > camper-shell on the back. > > Rolf was content to have me tag along, but unknown to me, his girlfriend > had possibly been wanting a simple quite trip with just the two of them. > She did not know me at all, like Rolf did. And she and I never hit it > off. In hindsight, I should have bailed on them, at some point before > reaching Puebla. > But they had no business travelling alone like that where they were going. > > Maybe to be continued.... > > Feel free to correct me, or add to Part One, if you knew Rolf or Anne. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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