Michel Siffre wrote *Beyond Time* about his first prolong period (two months) underground in a French pit in 1962. By chance, I picked it up this weekend from Speleobooks at VAR. I believe Mr. Siffre attended the ICS in Kerrville.
On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 1:40 AM, Logan McNatt <lmcn...@austin.rr.com> wrote: > I am surprised to find this video I don't remember seeing before of Michel > emerging from Midnight Cave Sept 5, 1972! If someone reading this took the > video, please speak up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fxshED97Zw > > Pete Strickland and I and several other Texas cavers were there to watch > him come out. A NASA helicopter had landed nearby and flew him to Houston > for all sorts of medical evaluations. We worked very hard for a week or two > hauling all the wires, scientific instruments (including a stationary > bicycle), and the lumber and supplies from his tent platform out of the > cave. We subsisted on packaged "astronaut meals" provided by NASA, which > did not include beer. BYOB > > A short article by Michel "Six Months Alone in a Cave" appeared several > years later in National Geographic March 1975. I'm not aware of any book > that he wrote about it. > > Carl's "short summary and a few pictures" in *50 Years of Texas Caving* is > the best synopsis you will find of the exploration of Midnight Cave and the > Michel Siffre experience. Carl was instrumental in both. > > *50 Years* is an underutilized source of information that everyone > interested in Texas caving should have. Read Bill Mixon's review from the > Jan 2008 NSS News http://pages.suddenlink.net/carl-kunath/50_Years/Bill_ > Mixon's_Review_50_Years_of_Texas_Caving.pdf > > Logan > > On 4/29/2018 8:49 PM, Carl Kunath wrote: > > Terry Cavanaugh certainly hit a few high spots during his brief caving > career. > There is a short summary and a few pictures of the Siffre adventure at > Midnight Cave in *50 Years of Texas Caving, *(the encyclopedia of Texas > caving), pages 459-467. > > ===Carl Kunath > carl.kun...@suddenlink.net > > *From:* Jenni Arburn <jenniarb...@mac.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, April 29, 2018 5:33 PM > *To:* TSA Cavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> > *Subject:* Re: [Texascavers] Terry Cavanaugh and the Alpine Express > > He wrote a book about it. Unfortunately, I cannot find an english version. > > > > On Apr 29, 2018, at 4:17 PM, Marvin and Lisa <mlmil...@gvtc.com> wrote: > > Yesterday Bexar Grotto members helped man a TSS booth and a Bexar Grotto > booth at the Cascade Caverns Cave Fest. The turnout was not huge but it was > fun talking to people about caves throughout the day. The band that played > at the event was Terry Cavanaugh and the Alpine Express. German polka not > my chosen style of music but they were very good. During a break between > sets Terry came and sat down with us at the Bexar Grotto booth and casually > mentioned that he had done some caving as a youth in Houston. We asked him > where he went caving and he mentioned Caverns of Sonora. This would have > been in the early 1970’s so maybe a local cave instead of “the” Caverns of > Sonora. He mentioned a trip where they stopped by a cave where a European > fellow – Swedish, he recalled – was doing an experiment on circadian > rhythms. That would have been Frenchman Michel Sifre in Midnight Cave in > 1972. He also recalled a trip to the Bustamante area of Mexico with some > Houston cavers during which two members of the party drowned. That > notorious incident happened in 1971 in Grutas de Carrizal. You can read > about on page 296 of “50 Years of Texas Caving”, or the detailed report in > the November 1971 Texas Caver on the Karst Information Portal: > http://digital.lib.usf.edu/SFS0055003/00001/pdf. > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> > <#m_-577566335747294711_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.comtexascav...@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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