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near the bottom of the high entrance drop a stream wanders across the centerof the pit. (several other stream beds join it) and sinks in mud at the oppositewall. This represents a poor lead, but should be checked when dry.More p~~sing is an unchecked 10 meter wide and 6 meter high passage withlarge stalagmites located approximately 50 meters off the floor on the northwall. A prominant joint leads up to this entrance from the floor; the lowersection of the northeast wall is very straight and leads directly to the entrance.Either a rappell or a long joint climb could be attempted. but bothhave disadvantages: the rappell would require pendulum swings, and the jointclimb might require bolting. No subsidence trench is observed. The pit isformed in.~s6ive EI Doctor limestone. The top third dips about 20 degreeswestward and consists of easily observable beds of several meters thickness.It overlies much thicker beds dipping slightly east~rd. but wall depositsand staining make observation of beds in the lower 2/3 difficult.The pit was eerie and quite wet from the rain. It took several hours toexplore the bottom, andwhen'Larry and Bill began tandeming out the rainbriefly returned~ along with a fog which wafted over the ridge, then sank athird of the way into the pit. I was more fortunate and remained dry.On June 10 we returned to Cueva de Campa=iento and completed explorationand surveyed. The water level in the sump had risen nearly 2 meters.The next day Larry left for the US while we returned to Luz and surveyedthe bottom. Tom took telephoto pictures of the rest of us as we surveyedalong the walls and down the streams. tape running in between trees andthrough water spray. Carbide lamps were unnecessary, which made for quicksightings. Slightly over half of the 2.2 kilometers of surveys were "underground".the rest were made outdoors on a marathon chop around the lip thenext day. The terrain is heavily vegetated. and rock hopping makes movementeven more difficult.But to the north terrain was even worse. Karren blocks become highpinnacles, and travel is next to impossible. On June 13, Bill checked alead located half a mile northwest of Luz among the pinnacles, while therest of us hunted for Cueva del LLano de los Chiquitos. No one had anyluck; Bill nearly fell out of a tree trying to figure out where he was,and we took the wrong trail and ended up miles from our proper destination.On June 14, we fared only slightly better. Another cave in the Llanode loa Caballos is located at the extreme eastern end in a narrow ridgewhich extends several hundred yards out into the llano. Christened PopcornEverywhere Cave, or Cueva de Maiz Tostada, it is a single joint cave 190meters long. The entrance is pleasantly large, but after 40-meters popcornchimneys and popcorn crawls make for rough going. A lower level passage hascave pearls and bats; the cave ends in a series of muddy crawling rooms withseveral domes. The survey almost aborted several times due to popcorn lacerations,but in a fit of exasperation, Bill Stone saved the day at the edgeof the formation room: he wanted to erect a sign entitled "Oztotl SucksCave." And several days of limited food brought on a further witicism:"Oztot! must have been out to lunch when he made this cave." Tired of rain,cows. and popcorn we quickly left the next day for Valles, the Condesa, andMicos.11
12hotic DiseasesThe August 1976 issue of the TEXAS CAVER contains an article byC.l. Rushin on tropical diseases. Starting with the more common typesof diarrhea such as Amoebic and Bacillary the article then discussesthe more esoteric diarrheas such as Tropical Spruce. before moving onto cavers personal experiences with fun diseases like chiclero ulcerand beefworms. What every'caver needs before leaving for the southernjungle is a practic1e lesson on how to pull the bot fly maggots fromyour body after the peanut butter treatment. If you plan a trip toSouthern Mexico or are just interested in the grim details the AugustTEXAS CAVER can be obtained for SOC from Gill Ediger. Editor of theTEXAS CAVER. Box 842~. Austin. Texas 78712.CB'S Illegal inMexicoYou should not take your citizen band radio into Mexico. it mightbe confiscated. Their operation is illegal in Mexico as they use thesame cbannels as the Mexican police and fire departments. and the Mexicanauthorities are unhappy with the increasing interferance fromAmericans operating il1e~ally in Mexico.Flash: Report is now that Mexico is establishing its own CB bands.Check before you enter ~xico.$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$For many years the exchange rate bewteen the Peso and the Dollarhas been fixed at l2.5~ Pesos to the Dollar. But over the last severalyears inflation has been more severe in Mexico than in the United Statesand the 12.50 exchange rate became unrealistic. The Pesos a touristgot for his Dollar would buy less and less and this made a vacation inMexico very expensive. So to encourage tourists the Mexican Governmenthas allowed the exchange rate to "float" - that is to let the Peso beworth what ever traders are willi~g to pay for it. This value has recentlybeen fluctuating at about 20 Pesos to the Dollar. The floatingrate has one unfortunate side effect - shops and restaurants are lesslikely to accept Dollars as they don't know what they are worth. Toavoid problems keep plenty of Pesos handy. Your Dollar will buy almosttwice as much as it would before the Peso was devalued - so now is thetime for a visit.
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5MINA OTATES, T&~.: DSC. 25, 1974,
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MERIDA, YUC.: OCT. 1974, David McKe
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AMCSMEMBERSHIP ACTIVITIES LETTEREdi
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3Michael Schulte has been working o
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5To the right of the partition in t
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7Diamond Cave RevisitedAndy Grubbs,
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9CHE~-VEN-SIL-MUTSYSTEM\+--1000 ft.
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Cave Map Symbols11On the following
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13I NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL ISOCIETY
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ASSOCIATION FOR MEXIC&~ CAVE STUDIE
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17Discussion of Map Symbolsby Bill
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19in a 90 meter pit could collect d
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AMCSACTIVITIES LETTEREdited by Bill
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3After leaving Valladolid we went t
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CASI UlL 5By Bill Stone as told to
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June 97Dear AMCSRE:Diamond CaveAfte
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Anyways we speleo-boppedEstrella an
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The adrenelin still pumping through
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13Sotano Hondo de Pina1itoBy Steven
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CAVE MAP SYMBOLS(continued)15The AM
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mechanical shading -- the dots, con
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morphogenetic feature involving gra
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height variation, say. across the w
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23that list to include a broader se
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25be represented by rigidly p,eomet
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Page 77 and 78: 11First Exploration of NogalThursda
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Page 81 and 82: 13Date: January, 1975Destination: A
Page 83 and 84: 15Trip Report, Christmas-New Years
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Page 119 and 120: RETURN TO HUAUTLA~Jith t~e 1976-77
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Page 127 and 128: 2April 1, 1977, marks the 10th anni
Page 129 and 130: TRIP REPORTSDestination: Cueva del
Page 131 and 132: 5uestination: Sierra las Alazanas a
Page 133 and 134: The Fissure t..as located by T.P.
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Page 137 and 138: 12could scamper up a wed~ed log and
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Page 155 and 156: 30Medical Report On The April 1977
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3~the spot would make a smaU slip.
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AMCSACTIVITIeSNewsLe TTe Rno. 7
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'International NewsTHE SIERRA DE GU
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International Newsin the entrance a
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The Ten Deepest Caves in Mexicoby B
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to a drop. t returned and dropped a
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to the entrance. From San Andres we
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stove in a semi-catatonic state. He
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above the roaring cascades. At time
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With two leads 'beckoning we began
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Chaining a passage in Cueva de Infi
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the cave. We pulled our rope down b
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increased the cave's depth to -197
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series of parallel ascending (+30 0
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La Sistema Purificacidn: a theory a
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Between the Cold and the" GlorybyTe
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Back tothe Bird PitsbyBill StoneSum
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'Getting Down in Peiiaby Bill Stone
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CUEVADELAPENAPROFI LEmetersoRanc ho
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