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Postby Seamus Decker » Dec 30, 2006 11:12 am

I started caving in Missouri in 1988, and I was active in MO, & AK through 1993 when I moved to Atlanta and became a TAG caver. Did survey work with CRF in AK and at Mammoth in the 1990s through about 2002. A long-distance work situation from 2003 till recently has been my excuse for being inactive. But now I'm back to Atlanta and looking forward to reconnecting with old friends, and making new ones!

Favorite trips of all times were of the 24-hour Mammoth-area survey variety, but not having been in a cave since last summer, trying that right now would kill me! I'm keen to get on some moderate type trips in the TAG area in the coming six months to get back in shape. :boxing:

End of this summer I'll be moving to Massachusetts, so I'm also interested in making contacts up that direction, and learning more about what sort of caving options I'll have in the Amherst area.

Thought this poem might be fun . . .

"Farther"
The drive, meditative
Merely somewhat overlong.
But music revel liberating.
The exit sweet! Glide through,
With practiced grace, to camp.

Morning comes!
Little boy awakens
Smiling.
Friends, comrades cavers
I grin with my opulence, anticipating.

Nourishment, plans, packing,
Our mission set.
Gear
Worn beloved,
Sometimes pestering
Faithful sled dog-like
My exquisitely tuned technology.
We ride.

Shared grins,
Objective our now concentration,
Shared wonder, now a
Soothing subconscious musical litany grows,
Like mission control fastidious.
Trunks closing.

The slow buildup to cruising speed,
Nearing . . .
Pack slung
Focus intensifying . . .
Final surface strides, bliss building.

Entrance
She greets
Spirit quickens . . .
Clean, cold, Earth-damp
Heart open, eyes wide . . .
Taciturn wise teacher welcomes.

First cool touch
Awareness amplified . . .
Muscles hum, body modulated, focused . . .
Climb-in elation, praises.
Psyche & form coalescent.

Today we go farther.

10-21-02
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Postby wendy » Dec 30, 2006 12:11 pm

welcome to the board.

I recently met up with members of the Boston Grotto (which really isn't in Boston, but seems to be spread all over Mass). Super nice folks too, took me caving over in NY. Caver Steve is who I got in touch with at the Boston Grotto.
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Postby Dane » Dec 30, 2006 4:25 pm

Welcome Seamus - great poem!
I just got back from caving with good friends, and your words were like being back there!
Hopefully we can hook up before you move north.
Dane
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Postby Seamus Decker » Dec 30, 2006 11:57 pm

Thanks for the welcome Dane and Wendy!

Dane, yes indeed, I'm definitely up for a TAG trip soon! I'd be up for just about anything as long as it didn't kill me, but I think I'd have to keep myself to a 12 hour trip limit max. That would probably come pretty CLOSE to killing me :)

PM me and we can email.

Wendy that is great news to hear that there are cavers in Massachusetts! I'd love to get in contact with them in advance of my move in July/August.
"Sittin' in a cave as black as midnight,
Cause I got a brand new plastic Justrite
Oozing off the front of my hard hat."
_Plastic Justrite_ Cave Ballad by Barb MacLeod (1973)
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