Re: [Texascavers] Giant Caves of Northern Mexico

2019-03-03 Thread Nancy Weaver
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Re: [Texascavers] Giant Caves of Northern Mexico

2019-03-02 Thread mminton
Palmito was also the first significant cave I visited in Mexico, in 1968. Someone in our cave club (Mid-Illinois Grotto at University of Illinois) had a copy of the newly minted AMCS Bulletin 1, Caves of the Inter-American Highway. We marveled at the huge passages and deep pits in Mexico, and o

Re: [Texascavers] Giant Caves of Northern Mexico

2019-03-02 Thread Charles Loving
Orion Knox spent years mapping the great. I have his detailed map. It was done prior to the digital age. Many UT cavers spent hours mapping with him. And I do recall the birthday passage and the wonder of seeing it. Bustamante was my first major cave trip to Mexico. Myself, Clark Santos, and Denni

[Texascavers] Giant Caves of Northern Mexico

2019-03-02 Thread PRESTON FORSYTHE
As a special pre-convention trip for the last TEXAS NSS National Convention, Aimee and Pete Strickland put together the above trip. The temperature daily hit 107, but that was a cost of a great week. We went swimming at the springs in Bustamente Canyon, below Precipcio. From the road I tried to