1972 - Mexico Caving
1972 Mexico Caving
Small contingent from the SWTSU caving club. If my memory has any credibility this was a day long hike into the mountains of Mexico, south of Ciudad Victoria. Two major discoveries. A 700+ft entry requiring two 350' drops into a huge cavern. The leaders named it "El Macho Rey". The second was a straight drop chimney, "El Sotono", requiring a trip back to civilization for more rope after one poor climber got literally to the end of the rope with no bottom in sight or sound. The final depth was around 900ft and was a simple pit. At the time I believed the team thought this would be the second deepest pit in the western hemisphere.
It was truly an adventure as our VW bus blew an engine near Victoria on the way back. We ended up taking a mexican bus back to the border, then hitched a ride in the empty trailer of an 18-wheeler heading up IH-35, who dropped us off in San Marcos.
I believe Mike Walsh & Logan McNatt were the trip leaders.
http://texascaves.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=32
For more on Mexican caving you should start here for some history: http://www.amcs.org/history.html
Then here for more info: http://www.amcs.org/index.html
Technical Details - Shot on Tri-X with an Argus C-4 and apparently very underexposed. Scanned at 4000dpi by http://www.scancafe.com.
Read MoreSmall contingent from the SWTSU caving club. If my memory has any credibility this was a day long hike into the mountains of Mexico, south of Ciudad Victoria. Two major discoveries. A 700+ft entry requiring two 350' drops into a huge cavern. The leaders named it "El Macho Rey". The second was a straight drop chimney, "El Sotono", requiring a trip back to civilization for more rope after one poor climber got literally to the end of the rope with no bottom in sight or sound. The final depth was around 900ft and was a simple pit. At the time I believed the team thought this would be the second deepest pit in the western hemisphere.
It was truly an adventure as our VW bus blew an engine near Victoria on the way back. We ended up taking a mexican bus back to the border, then hitched a ride in the empty trailer of an 18-wheeler heading up IH-35, who dropped us off in San Marcos.
I believe Mike Walsh & Logan McNatt were the trip leaders.
http://texascaves.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=32
For more on Mexican caving you should start here for some history: http://www.amcs.org/history.html
Then here for more info: http://www.amcs.org/index.html
Technical Details - Shot on Tri-X with an Argus C-4 and apparently very underexposed. Scanned at 4000dpi by http://www.scancafe.com.
