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CUEVA DE LAS COLEMENASintermittentshallow lake6m pitch from portholeQUINTERO, S. l. P.PLAN27m Entrance Pito 10 201.----'Iscaleall dimensions in meters30 40m. , JAfYdominent joint direction(vertical or near vertical)main pit, 100m in 2 or 3 pitchessmall pit connects tomain pit 6m downj~"\( ~\' dug.out crawlshallow pits \.false floormined in floor,\ crawl,~\very hotand humidmagN-=====true
13Date: January, 1975Destination: Acahuizot1a and Gruta Cacahuami1pa, GuerreroPeople: Diana Daunt, !lya Abo1ins, Don Coons, Skip and Kathy Roy,and CarlDiana, Ilva, and I were spendin~ a month in Mexico. We had made tentativeplans to meet Carl and the Roys at Acahuizotla, a small puebla about20 miles south of Chilpancinpo on the main road between Mexico and Acapulco.Skip and Kathy had been there a couple of years before. They had been shownthe entrance of a large river cave and so were anxious to return.As such plans go south of the border. I had only the slightest hopeof actually meetin~ them at the time and place agreed upon. As we pulledin we were more than delighted to see three mangie looking gringoes sippingtheir sangrias on the steps of the only tienda in town. Greetings and warshoopsand we soon found a place to camp just outside town under an overhangingroadcut in the old Acapulco road just outside town.Strategies of attack were the next event. Skip know of two entrancesto the cave. The upper sumidero where the stream disappeared and the lowerboca where it emerged nearly 3 kilometers away. They had tried to enterthe boca that day, but were turned back by waterfalls and Skip's coldallergy. It had been a near thing and the Roys were opting to go on toAcapulco the followin? day, but Carl had hiked to the sumidero after theearlier abortion, and so knew the way to both entrances. He was willing.We agreed to meet the Roys in Acapulco two days hence and began sortingthrou~h gear. Diana was suffering from Montezumas Revenge and would not beable to go.The two of us set out for the sumidero the next morning. We carriedtwo ropes since we knew there was at least one drop at the entrance andprobably more inside. I would have liked more, but it was all that wasavailable. A 30' handline drop ate our first line getting into the entrancesink. A 70' drop out the bottom of the sink put us into the cave dry. butout of rope already. We mana~ed about 1000' of passage in wetsuits andinner tubes. It was mostly wadinp. with an occasional short swim. A roarahead told us something was happening. Another 70' drop, this one in awaterfall. We soon found an overflow route that could be rigged dry, butwith no rope there was nothing to do but throw rocks. They hit in deepwater, but we could not see bottom for the mist.We were soon out and enjoying another sangria. The day was yet youngso we decided to have another go at the lower entrance. Diana and Ilyawanted to take a swim. so we all trooped off together. It's about 2 km tothe entrance, but nearly level going. We were surprised to meet two men andtheir children from Cuernavaca at the entrance. They were butterfly collectors.but had ventured into the cave as well. One of them wanted to returnwith us, so we all started together.We made about 700' without much difficulty. The water is deeper hereand swimmin~ is a mu~t for much of the way. Several 3-4 foot falls had beenlittle trouble, but a 6 footer was a little more of a challen~e. ! tried tolassoe an overhead projection, hut with little luck. Our Mexican friendtried it next and was able to ~o ~trai~ht up the chute to the top. This wastoo much for Carl. The noise and foam had begun to take its toll on hisner:es and he decided tn return. I was able to follow up the falls. whichturned out not to be the tiger we had feared. Another 100' and we werefaced with a fall of the same hei~ht as the last, but overhan~inp, this time.Try and try again could ~et neither one of us up. After half an hour wewere nearly ready to leave, but there's alwavs that one last try. A
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ASSCCIATION FOR MEXICAN CAVE STUDIE
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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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Page 37 and 38: 3After leaving Valladolid we went t
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Page 47 and 48: 13Sotano Hondo de Pina1itoBy Steven
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Page 77 and 78: 11First Exploration of NogalThursda
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Page 102 and 103: 3View across the botto~ of Hoya de
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5uestination: Sierra las Alazanas a
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The Fissure t..as located by T.P.
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11The next morning Francisco "Kissi
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12could scamper up a wed~ed log and
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14This idea was thwarted given an u
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16NEW YEAR'S DAY IN SAN AGUSTINan t
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1'1later Jim and I began the long c
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20Our group of six intended on rapp
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22here and poked around for leads.
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24and myself about trash and abando
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line didn't cross; nylon against ny
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30Medical Report On The April 1977
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'32One caver alInost lost her voice
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34considered normal. The diabetic d
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36Jim Smit~ Has followinp, Blake Ha
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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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