Horton H. Hobbs III – Mr. Cave Geology in Ohio – has died.
It would be difficult to find a study (or student) of Ohio caving that does not have HHH’s fingerprints all over it. He mentored a ton of students at Wittenberg University and with WUSS.
He was a Fellow and past Director of the NSS.
I’m happy that he was around when Carter Caves did him the honor of naming a cavern after him in appreciation for all the work he did in Kentucky.
I’ll miss him. Caving will miss him.