Yëäh, Ï knëw thät. Höhle, Höhle, Höhle, Höhle.
Tack så mycket (Swedish), *William R. (Bill) Elliott* *speodes...@gmail.com <speodes...@gmail.com>* 573-291-5093 cell On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 9:29 AM William R. Elliott <speodes...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you go to the AMCS website you can find a map of the underwater cave, > Manantial de la Media Luna, in the cave maps, San Luis Potosí page. See > > http://www.mexicancaves.org/maps/0544.pdf > > The map is a plan and profile in German. Drawn by O. Knab, 1988. BCRA 1A. > Shows 3 main holes and 7 small ones. No. 1, Hauptquelle (main source) is 35 > m deep, 30 m long. No. 2 and 3, connected "Hohle" (cave), 35 m deep, 27 m > long. No. 8 is "UW Hohle" (La Cueva), 48 m deep, 50 m long. Total length > 107 m. > > *William R. (Bill) Elliott* > > *speodes...@gmail.com <speodes...@gmail.com>* > > 573-291-5093 cell > > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 9:09 AM John Brooks < > john.brooks.archit...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> David, >> >> Invite your daughter on a road trip to Mexico to see your favorite places >> - and then take the trip. >> >> Someday she will be thankful for the time spent together. >> >> John >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 20, 2019, at 10:11 PM, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> There are quite a few people that are on this list-server ( or that used >> to be ) >> who have been swimming at a rural spot in Mexico called "Laguna de la >> Media Luna." >> >> Most of the cavers that attended Mexpeleo 95 ( at Sierra de Alvarez ), >> went swimming here. >> >> Here is a nice video showing the swimming hole from the air. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGLOmug3F8M >> >> I recall a caver on this list-serve saying that they had once explored >> the underwater >> cave at the bottom of the sinkhole. The water in the cave appears to >> be too murky >> to entice me to want to dive there ( if ever learned how ). >> >> I have been swimming here twice, but each time we were in too big of a >> hurry, and were >> mostly just there to relax from the long drive before heading to cave. >> >> I think the image below is an aerial view of the area: >> >> http://www.segam.gob.mx/images/FotosANPS/mediapoli.png >> >> Here is a link on Google Maps: >> >> https://goo.gl/maps/yNXza5tVNs82 >> >> I do not see any easy to find karst information specific to this >> particular sinkhole and the cave, so there is >> an idea for someone to write an article. >> >> There was some kind of big fire there on Christmas Eve, but I could not >> find any info on what >> effect it had on the "parque." >> >> On a not-so related note, >> >> It has now been years since I went on a caving trip in Mexico. I can >> only guess 15 or 16 years. I >> really miss it. One of the many bizarre ironies of my life, is that I >> went way out of my way to marry a girl from >> down there, ( in a gamble ? ), that she and I would enjoy traveling >> together down there. My daughter will >> soon be 15 and I have never taken her to any of my favorite places, >> especially those in Mexico. Now that >> she is a teenager, she thinks her old geezer dad is too boring to hang >> out with. The idea of a road-trip >> with her is about as likely as going to the Moon. I never imagined that >> aspect >> of my life would be so disappointing and stressful. All I can do for >> the time being, is watch YouTube videos >> and take deep breaths, although I am trying to force myself to drink a >> Kombucha Ginger drink instead of a Dr. Pepper. >> >> I am going to have to find a nice waterfall soon and sit for a long >> time. About the only thing keeping me >> sane at the moment ( if that is even still possible ), is my recent >> obsession with learning about Linux computering. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> >
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