Mimi, I remember one of my first trips down there. I think Orion was the trip leader, but I'm not sure who else was there. We had just started down from the entrance on the breakdown slope when way off in the distance we kept hearing somebody calling "Luz," "Luz". So we all shown our lights downhill toward the cries and saw 3 or 4 of the local guys crawling around down below with no light trying to figure their way out. I can't remember how long they said they'd been in the dark, but it had been quite awhile (or maybe it just seemed that way). We loaned them a couple of our extra flashlights and they trotted off toward the entrance. Good practical reinforcement of one of the first rules of caving for me for me on one of my first "big cave" trips--never go without 3 independent sources of light. Of course, mine didn't have the lasting exitement yours did. Louise
> From: mjca...@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:32:46 -0500 > To: texascavers@texascavers.com > Subject: [Texascavers] Remembering > > 40 years ago right about now sitting in the border crossing building on my > first trip to Mexico, first cave trip, first camping trip. Destination - > Gruta del Palmito. Met my own future cave man on that trip, and have never > stopped wanting to go underground. Don't think anyone ever wrote up that > trip, either. > > Time flies when you're having fun:) > > Mimi Jasek > > Sent from my iPhone > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com >
