TSS may already have some. Check with the archivist or ask Carl Kunath. Carl may have some. Fritz Holt
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 29, 2018, at 11:12 PM, Katherine Arens <ar...@austin.utexas.edu> wrote: > > can his pictures be donated to TSS??? > >> On Apr 29, 2018, at 10:49 PM, Fritz Holt <fritz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> As Carl and I have discussed at length, Mayfield Cave (Sonora) was still >> quite wild and had been only recently explored when friend Jimmy Walker and >> I along with Bob Hudson and Bob’s brother-in-law spent two days going quite >> deep into it after crossing the ledge. This was between December and >> February of 1956. Jimmy felt we had explored further than the groups before >> us as there >> was no disturbed earth or visible evidence of anyone having walked or >> climbed there. It was the most beautifully decorated cave I have ever seen >> and was my greatest caving adventure. Jimmy took many pictures of this >> remarkable cave. Rest In Peace friend Jimmy. >> Fritz Holt >> fritz...@gmail.com >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 29, 2018, at 9:44 PM, Carl Kunath <carl.kun...@suddenlink.net> wrote: >> >>> That would be the “Diamond Horseshoe.” See page 406 in 50 Years of Texas >>> Caving (the encyclopedia of Texas caving). You should have a copy in your >>> library. >>> >>> ===Carl Kunath >>> carl.kun...@suddenlink.net >>> >>> >>> From: David >>> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2018 9:07 PM >>> To: CaveTex >>> Subject: [Texascavers] Caverns of Sonora >>> >>> There are 3 or 4 cavers on this forum who have actually gone caving in >>> Caverns of Sonora - especially if you call "hauling out rocks," as caving. >>> >>> I once was shown a rare picture of some unusual speleothem off-trail in >>> Sonora. There were similar, but different pictures in the books about >>> Texas caves and the Texas Caver. >>> >>> My very fuzzy memory was the speleothem resembled a large onion ring or a >>> horseshoe or both, but I may have it confused with the other off-trail >>> photos, since I haven't seen it in 30 years. The speleothem and passage >>> area both had a special name. >>> >>> >>> >>> I had an opportunity once around 1986 to go off-trail in NBC, and blew it >>> off, thinking I would get another chance someday. Some of you might have >>> been on that trip. I assume that part of that trip is now what the Wild >>> Tour visits. >>> >>> >>> I do sincerely apologize for contributing to cavers leaving CaveTex, but I >>> went out of my way to ask cavers politely to ignore me and just hit the >>> delete button. I have no nefarious or malicious agenda, just bored out of >>> my mind way out here beyond the Edge of the Caving Universe. >>> >>> D.L. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >>> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >>> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >>> >>> Virus-free. www.avast.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 >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > ************************ > Katherine Arens > Phones: Office(512) 232-6363 > ar...@austin.utexas.edu > Dept. Phone: (512) 471-4123 > Dept. of Germanic Studies > FAX (512) 471-4025 > 2505 University Ave, C3300 > Bldg.Location: Burdine 336 > University of Texas at Austin > Office: Burdine 320 > Austin, TX 78712-1802 > -. .- > _..-'( )`-.._ > ./'. '||\\. (\_/) .//||` .`\. > ./'.|'.'||||\\|.. )O O( ..|//||||`.`|.`\. > ./'..|'.|| |||||\`````` '`" '` ''''''/||||| ||.`|..`\. > ./'.||'.|||| ||||||||||||. . |||||||||||| ||||.`||.`\. > /'|||'.|||||| ||||||||||||{ }|||||||||||| ||||||.`|||`\ > '.|||'.||||||| ||||||||||||{ }|||||||||||| |||||||.`|||.` > '.||| ||||||||| |/' ``\||`` ''||/'' `\| ||||||||| |||.` > |/' \./' `\./ \!|\ /|!/ \./' `\./ `\| > V V V }' `\ /' `{ V V V > ` ` ` V ' ' ' > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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