17MB PDF - Association for Mexican Cave Studies
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THE ASSOCIATION FOR MEXICAN CAVE STUDIESNEWSLETTERVolume II Number 4Publication date: March, 1967July -AugustThe AMCS NEWSLETTER is published six times a year by theAssociation for Mexican Cave Studies, P.O. Box 7672, UniversityStation, Austin, Texas 78712. Membership in the AMeS is $5.00for the calendar year, with memberships starting at the firstof each year. Persons joining after the first of the year willreceive all publications for that year. Also, publications forthe year of 1965 are still available by writing to the AMCS.Members are urged to submit articles for publication. Thearticle may cover any phase of Mexican speleology. Trip reportsare requested from all trips.Editor••••••••••••••••••••••• Terry W. RainesAssistant Editor••••••••••••• John FishTreasurer•••••••••••••••.•••• Philip Winsborough~ NarES• Dennis Barrett and John Fish are beginning a rock-throwingprogram. Many data points are needed to plot a graph of depth ofpit versus time. The accumulated data and a theoretical curve willbe published in the NEWSLETTER when enough information is available.We need your help in this project.Specifically, we want the total time of fall for a rock plusthe time for the sound to return to the top. Data may be takeneither in a vertical shaft or on a cliff face or tower (choose acalm day). Select pits that are at least ten feet in diameter andthat do not "trap" the sound because of a large room below. Usemoderately rounded limestone rocks apprOXimately three inches indiameter, and time their free fall with a stopwatch. Take ten goodmeasurements (discard misreadings) and send all data to the AMCS inAustin. Briefly describe the pit with a few words and/or profilesketch, or indicate data collected on the surface. Be sure toinclude an accurately determined depth, to the nearest foot ifpossible. Contributors will be acknOWledged in the final report.-. Now available from the AMCS at no cost is a "Mil-to-degreeConversion Table". On a 5" by 8" card is printed readings fromo to 6400 mils, at incremsnts of 60 mils, with their correspondingequivalents in degrees (0 to 360). To those owning and using armysurplus Brunton compasses (which are calibrated in mils) this cardshould prove very useful. With your order please include a 4 centstamp to cover postage.
TRIP REPORTS73Persons: Lew Bicking, Mark Blumenstein, Bob "Rooney" Burnett,Kenny Laidlaw, Squire C. L. Lewis, Joe Pendleton, TerryRaines, Rick Rigg, Stanley Spencer, Bob Thren, Sam andDiane YoungDate: 1-9 July 1966Distination: Satano de Tlamaya and the Xilitla areaReported by: Terry Raines Austin, TexasDuring the 1966 National Speleological Society Convention atSequoia National Park, California several groups of cavers finalizedplans for a trip to Mexico. They arranged to meet at Terry Raines'house in Austin, Texas and from there drive to the Xilitla area andSatano de Tlamaya. Everyone arrived on Friday, July 1st as plannedand out of this large number of people four groups were condensed:Kenny, Rick, and Lew in Kenny's 4-wheel drive pickup; Mark and Stanin Mark's car; Bob, Squire, and Joe in Bob's car; and Terry, Rooney,Sam, and Diane in Terry's pickup. Late that night the party leftAustin.2 July About 3:30 AM Saturday morning we crossed the Rio Grandeand encountered the greatest mass of confusion at Mexican Customsthat any of us had seen in a long while. It seemed as if everygringo tourist in the United States was trying to cross the borderat once and get to Monterrey. (This was the 4th of July weekend.)Five hours later all of our groups had their papers and we lefttown heading south. Nightfall found us just outside Ciudad Mantedriving along a dirt road toward El Nacimiento del Rio Mante, anexcellent camping spot. But we quickly discovered that the dirtroad was impassable due to the heavy rains a week previous. Infact, all the way from Monterrey we had been noticing that everyarroyo and river, which was usually dry, contained raging torrentsof water. In lieu of camping at the Nacimiento, we slept by theroad below the large cliff-entrance of Cueva de El Abra, locatedonly a few miles south of Mante. (For a description and map ofCueva de El Abra see AMCS NEWSLETTER, Volume I, Number 2, page 17.)3 July The journey was continued on south through Ciudad Vallesto the turnoff of the new road to Xilitla. This road followsArroyo Seco and passes through some extremely promising mountainswhich remain completely unexplored as far as caves are concerned.We were passing a point approximately halfway between the turnoffand Xilitla when a most unfortunate incident occurred. Rooney,whQ had been sleeping in the back of the truck, decided to ride onthe rear bumper in order to get a better view of the spectacularcanyon and surrounding mountains. As he was climbing over thetailgate and onto the bumper, as he had done a hundred times before,his foot slipped and he fell. For a moment he was able to hang onand was dragged by the truck, but soon had to let go and went tumblingto a stop in the middle of the gravel road. Injuries SUBtainedwere a severely torn knee, and several other much lessserious cuts and scrapes. He was rushed to Xilitla where a doctordid the best job he could with the facilities he had available.With Rooney now patched up, the group continued on to Rancho deHuitzmolotitla near Tlamaya, where we camped with the permissionof Sr. Ismael Larios, the ranch foreman.
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THE ASSOCIATION FOR MEXICAN CAVE STUDIESNEWSLETTERVolume II Number 4Publication date: March, 1967July -AugustThe AMCS NEWSLETTER is published six times a year by the<strong>Association</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Mexican</strong> <strong>Cave</strong> <strong>Studies</strong>, P.O. Box 7672, UniversityStation, Austin, Texas 78712. Membership in the AMeS is $5.00<strong>for</strong> the calendar year, with memberships starting at the firstof each year. Persons joining after the first of the year willreceive all publications <strong>for</strong> that year. Also, publications <strong>for</strong>the year of 1965 are still available by writing to the AMCS.Members are urged to submit articles <strong>for</strong> publication. Thearticle may cover any phase of <strong>Mexican</strong> speleology. Trip reportsare requested from all trips.Editor••••••••••••••••••••••• Terry W. RainesAssistant Editor••••••••••••• John FishTreasurer•••••••••••••••.•••• Philip Winsborough~ NarES• Dennis Barrett and John Fish are beginning a rock-throwingprogram. Many data points are needed to plot a graph of depth ofpit versus time. The accumulated data and a theoretical curve willbe published in the NEWSLETTER when enough in<strong>for</strong>mation is available.We need your help in this project.Specifically, we want the total time of fall <strong>for</strong> a rock plusthe time <strong>for</strong> the sound to return to the top. Data may be takeneither in a vertical shaft or on a cliff face or tower (choose acalm day). Select pits that are at least ten feet in diameter andthat do not "trap" the sound because of a large room below. Usemoderately rounded limestone rocks apprOXimately three inches indiameter, and time their free fall with a stopwatch. Take ten goodmeasurements (discard misreadings) and send all data to the AMCS inAustin. Briefly describe the pit with a few words and/or profilesketch, or indicate data collected on the surface. Be sure toinclude an accurately determined depth, to the nearest foot ifpossible. Contributors will be acknOWledged in the final report.-. Now available from the AMCS at no cost is a "Mil-to-degreeConversion Table". On a 5" by 8" card is printed readings fromo to 6400 mils, at incremsnts of 60 mils, with their correspondingequivalents in degrees (0 to 360). To those owning and using armysurplus Brunton compasses (which are calibrated in mils) this cardshould prove very useful. With your order please include a 4 centstamp to cover postage.
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