John,
Who was the geologist?
Glad to see you are still lively and answering e-mails.
eric
On May 11, 2005, at 6:01 PM, John Rosenfeld wrote:
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> Although I haven't been doing fieldwork lately, for many years I was
> doing it alone during Summer and Fall in Vermont 3,000 miles from
> home and my family in California. After a number of years of taking a
> chance of just disappearing from sight (this was before the cell
> phone days), I finally settled on a satisfactory arrangement with the
> local barracks of the Vermont State Police, who were very helpful.
> I'd let them know each day that I was going into the field where I'd
> be working that day, when I'd check in, and that I'd be sure to check
> in with them by that time when I got back from the field. They would
> thus know where to look for me if I didn't check in. They also had
> the phone number and address of my wife. Of course, the process
> became easier with the advent of the cell phone. The biggest problem
> was remembering to check in when tired and hungry at the end of the
> day. I did make that mistake once and was extremely embarrassed and
> apologetic after they had commenced a search! Luckily I caught my
> mistake before they had expended too much effort. No-body's perfect!
> In my younger years I foolishly did not take such precautions - in
> the Swiss Alps the Summer of '63 I worked alone and a lot further
> from home! Even then I should have known better as years before one
> of my geologist friends had been discovered dead after a long search
> propped up against a tree with notebook in hand in the Central
> Appalachians, a fitting death perhaps, for a dedicated geologist.
>
> John L. Rosenfeld
> Department of Earth & Space Sciences
> University of California, Los Angeles
> Los Angeles, California 90095-1567
>
> Phone: 310-825-1505
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> website: <http://www.ess.ucla.edu/facpages/rosenfel.html>
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