So we went back to Golondrinas yesterday. Left Xilitla at 4 am to film the birds coming out. We took along a local "fixer". The same identical people who wanted to charge us crazy rates last time, charged us normal rates this time. Day and night difference with no explanation. Worth noting however, is that last month an accident happened in Huahuas. Due to this, we were told that nobody can drop Golondrinas anymore without a letter of permission from the state board of tourism in Valles (not the SLP one). We ran across a similar situation earlier this week at Sotano del Barro. There again we needed a letter of permission to drop the pit. According to the people (and log book) at Santa Maria de los Cocos, the last drop into Barro was 5 years ago by a group of Mexican University students studying the birds. The last drop by foreign nationals was 10 years ago. Now again, this is what were were told and saw in their log book. This does not mean people didn't go into the pit without local knowledge. As an aside Barro needs a lot of careful rigging due to all the loose and sharp rock.
We also found a couple new Sotanos between Xilitla and Jalpan. (I guess none of this is specifically Texas caving related, huh?) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
