Roger Werner?

[cmint]

Right now I am working with Roger on a Wall Sink article. Together we recovered two murdered ranchers 35 years ago from the sink..

I would LOVE to read this when it's done.

[Kelly Jessop]

Right now I am working with Roger on a Wall Sink article. Together we recovered two murdered ranchers 35 years ago from the sink. Roger recently sent me a transcript of his logbook on the dives we made at Wall. He did not say anything about being sick. When I lived in Orlando Roger lived right around the corner from me. 8-9 years ago I sat down with Roger a number of times and recorded our discussions. I turned the MP3 recordings into a UWS cave diver spotlight article. Roger is a very humble guy. Although he had prototype line arrows like we use today at the same time as Forrest did. During our discussions Roger deferred the credit to Forrest. Roger said "although maybe I had the layout first Forrest's design of the way the angles and slots are cut/drilled in were Forrest's idea. So I think it is fair to give Forrest the credit." "Without the angles Forrest came up with the line would stay on as well as it does."
Roger was not so nice to LG. Roger took most of the deep Eagles Nest survey measurements solo on air. Roger was angry LG never gave him credit. In our 40 year friendship this is the only time I EVER heard Roger be ugly.

Thanks for the update Bill. I really enjoyed doing those cave diver spot light articles with you. I think it gave people a connection with the names they hear, and gave some context to cave diving history, which is becoming revisionist history.

[FW]

...He did not say anything about being sick..

I am so glad to hear that! Thanks Bill for the update.