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HUAUTLA-PROLOGUETo those unfamiliar with the Huautla region before reading thisarticle, I believe it only fair to present a view from the other side ofthe fence. The Hazatecs have traditionally been one of the most isolationistoriented groups of the post }~yan-Aztec people. The building ofthe road to lluautla by the Mexican Government threatened their isolationcausing severe resentment towards outsiders.However, the communities within a reasonable distance of the roadssoon learned Spanish and their children went to ~~xican schools. Hostilitiesto outsiders eventually diminished in these areas. Unfortunately, newideas spread at a considerably slower pace in areas not in close proximityto the roads and resentment remains high. The Fissure lies some 2kmfrom the main road in just such an area.Traditional Indian religion in the Sierra Mazateca applied great significanceto caves. They were the portals to the underworld. Accordingly, aman would want to enter a cave for one of two reasons: 1) to commune withthe devil or 2) to search for his soul which he had lost in some unfortunatemanner.With this perspective, one might imagine the ~~zatec reaction whenHuaut1a became the mushroom capital of the world. Every true hippie within10,000 miles came to Huautla between 1965-1970 before the federales stoppedthem by roadblocks at Teotitlan del Camino. Visualize an Indian watchinga spaced out hippie eating a live turkey in the town square, as occurredin 1964, and you might understand their further intolerance of gringos.~uch of the problem which still plagues cavers in this area were broughtabout by the Hippie Era. Unfortunately, it was about this ti~e thatRussell, Evans, Fish, and other cavers were discovering Huautla.It· is a growing realization that the region is far from finished andthat we are faced with the monumental task of reconstructing public relations.The question most often asked of our expedition Christmas was lI~!hydo you do it?" In answer, we printed up 150 four page PR sheets in Spanishwith maps and pictures. We explained the purpose of the ~~CS inHuautla. In addition, the March expedition has the proper credentials andthe outward appearance of a serious exploration team. Anything less wouldnegate whatever progress we made last Christmas.7ADAY AT THE FISSUREby Bill StoneIn December of '76, Frank Binney, Jeff Horowitz, P~y Jameson, Patty11othes, Alexia Cochrane, and I left Austin for Huautla to connect withRichard Schreiber's crew in pushing Sotano de San Agustin. Schreiber's~roup had arrived a ~eek before in San Agustin, ?roreptly rented a house,surveyed to the -648m point in the cave, left a ~ajor going lead andwere preparing to split when we arrived. D@n Broussard and Jim Smith ~ecidedto join our ~roup as Schreiber's crew pulled out.We immediately set about w&rming up ani acclimatizinr, in some s~allerarea pits and decided to push Don' s infamous 'La Grieta,' 0 ;:het"'lvi~e kno~mas the 'Fissure.' A description of the cave;s notorious history would beproper for providing the correct settin~ for that which we were about toeJq>erience.
The Fissure t..as located by T.P.• Evans in 1965 on one of his preliminaryscout trips. In 1969 Don Broussard, David Honea, Meri Fish, andothers were exploring down several drops with a limited anount of rope.Don remained topside to watch the rope. Throughout the day, many localsstopped to chat and at no time seemed hostile. The whole scene changedabruptly when one of the locals decided to assert his dominance. After hegave several ~~zatec expletives and pointed to the rope, ~on decided thesituation was getting serious. As he turned to yell into the pit to thegroup below, a machete flashed, the rope was cut, and ten ~~zatecs weresprintin~ down the trail. Meri Fish~ who was climbin~ out on the rope,fell roughly 5 feet to the first ledge below the entrance. Had she beenl~ feet lower on the line, she would have dropped close to 100 feet downthe second pitch. Though shaken, no one was seriously injured. Don returnedafter a 4 mile dash for another rope and they hurriedly exited.ProfundldadenMetro••CUEVA de TORNADO(LAGR lETA)MUNICIPIO de PLAN CARLOTA,OAXACA, MEXICO•••MAPA HECHO Por la A.M.e. S.•..'00•••\:U===::: ?•••ao.Te'rmlno de E"ploraclon••• _0 '.77 ..-:=======::::::::::::::::::::::"?~...'0
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3So the large-entranced sotano whic
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5MINA OTATES, T&~.: DSC. 25, 1974,
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MERIDA, YUC.: OCT. 1974, David McKe
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AMCSMEMBERSHIP ACTIVITIES LETTEREdi
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3Michael Schulte has been working o
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5To the right of the partition in t
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7Diamond Cave RevisitedAndy Grubbs,
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9CHE~-VEN-SIL-MUTSYSTEM\+--1000 ft.
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Cave Map Symbols11On the following
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13I NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL ISOCIETY
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ASSOCIATION FOR MEXIC&~ CAVE STUDIE
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17Discussion of Map Symbolsby Bill
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19in a 90 meter pit could collect d
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AMCSACTIVITIES LETTEREdited by Bill
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3After leaving Valladolid we went t
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CASI UlL 5By Bill Stone as told to
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June 97Dear AMCSRE:Diamond CaveAfte
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The adrenelin still pumping through
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13Sotano Hondo de Pina1itoBy Steven
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CAVE MAP SYMBOLS(continued)15The AM
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mechanical shading -- the dots, con
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morphogenetic feature involving gra
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height variation, say. across the w
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ASSOCIATION FOR MEXICAN CAVEUAP Snm
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AlfCSACTIVITIES LETTEREdited by Bil
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35. I personally had the following
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volunteered to rescue the bag. They
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one large black hole near the top o
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The next day we left camp at dawn a
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11First Exploration of NogalThursda
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'"entire passage has·solutional ro
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Page 119 and 120: RETURN TO HUAUTLA~Jith t~e 1976-77
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Page 155 and 156: 30Medical Report On The April 1977
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above the roaring cascades. At time
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With two leads 'beckoning we began
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Chaining a passage in Cueva de Infi
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the cave. We pulled our rope down b
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increased the cave's depth to -197
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series of parallel ascending (+30 0
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La Sistema Purificacidn: a theory a
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Between the Cold and the" GlorybyTe
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Back tothe Bird PitsbyBill StoneSum
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'Getting Down in Peiiaby Bill Stone
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