Eric,
It was Jerry Hadley - the fellow who did a nice job on the Mt. Grace
Quadrangle on the Bronson Hill Anticline near Northampton, Mass.
Yes, I'm doing reasonably well as I approach 85 in July. Still manage
my daily climbs into the Santa Monica Mountains very convinced of the
value of exercise.
I hope you're doing well.
John
>John,
> Who was the geologist?
> Glad to see you are still lively and answering e-mails.
>eric
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>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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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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