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The rigging team of Stone, Horowitz and Zeman with the ropes for Cueva de SanAgustin. (Gary Stiles)some 5 rn under the entrance lip and. bolt r-igged the first drop. This beingdone, we untied the rope from the boulder above leaving an "invisible" rope.In an emergency, the most agile lead climber could then freeclimb out from thebolt. While all this w~s being done the rest rigged down 11 drops and 4 tyroleansto Camp I. The tyroleans were added as a safety precaution for haulingheavy loads on otherwise simple traverses.INTO CAMP~: The next two days were occupied preparing packs, sorting foodand resting. Menus were planned to sustain six cavers· in Camp I for seven days.All the food was laid out and split up, leaving each of us to decide upon thebest way to carry the burden. More equipment: full wetsuits, double Ni-cadelectric packs, and dozens of cool-lites for the heavy-water we were expecting.A massive bolt kit, first aid kit, close to 30 pounds of carbide, fiber-fillsleeping bags, large Yucatan hammocks and wool campclothes--all were methodicallystuffed into ever expanding duffel bags. This was topped off by the standardarray of vertical gear, plus extra ascenders, carabiners, carbide lamps and webbing.All this added up to packs weighing between 50-70 pounds.By morning, May 23, all was ready. All equipment was shifted from thehouse to the truck for the ride to San Andres on the western edge of the SanAgustin Dolina. Camp bags were lashed to pack frames for ease of transport10