Don is the best. In 1989, I severely injured my eye at the rigging point of the first pit in Cueva Cuchillo.
Lots of cavers came to help me once they realized I was injured. Don sat patiently near me most of the night in the guest-house. Ironically, all I can remember about that event is that I had real pain-killers in my first-aid kit, next to me and I was in too much shock to remember I had them, and so instead I spent the night in agony. The crazy thing, is that I did not get to the eye-doctor for 2 weeks and he could not find anything wrong. I do not even remember which eye it was. I am pretty sure I never used carbide-lamps ever again. I have been in a couple of El Abra caves. In the town of El Abra, there is a large palapa by the road. 20 years ago an elderly Mexican lady used to sell delicious "carnitas," - the best I ever had. There are likely cave passages waiting to be discovered still. Has anyone seriously dug any leads in the El Abra ? David Locklear
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