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VERACRUZVarios espeleologos I bajo la gufa del Ing. Guillermo Mora, exploraronalgunas cuevas en los municipios de Tepatlaxco e Ixhuatlan del Cafe, en Veracruz,en abril de 1984. Se exp10raron un total de 36 cuevas, variando entrelos 20 y 150 metros de profundidad, de las cuales se trazaron 27. El autordiscute cinco de estas cuevas, de las cua1es se inc1uyen mapas.MORE MEXICO NEWSChihuahuaThe mountain ranges to the southeast ofOjinaga were explored via mountain bike byJurgen Heise and Terry Bolger over theweekend of 17 to 19 April 1987. The SierraEl Mulato and the Sierra Rica are primarilyof igneous origin and no caves or karstfeatures were found in these ranges. Acanyon through the Sierra Azul containedmany holes in the limestone walls. Withoutclimbing equipment we were able to get toonly two of these caves. Both of these onlywent about 15 meters. There are at leastfive other holes in the canyon wall thatneed to be checked. A return trip, viamountain bike, is planned for the summer of1987.source: Terry BolgerWest Texas cavers, Terry Bolger andBill Greenlee, spent the weekend of 3 to 6July 1986 ridgewalking in the Sierra LaQuemada, northeast of OJ inaga. They weretold by a local rancher that they were theonly norteamericanos he recalled havingseen in this isolated region. From anotherrancher they learned of a large bat flightoriginating high in the mountains. Theapproximate location of the bat flight wasascertained, but no bat flight wasobserved, (possibly due to stormy weather),nor were any caves found. This was thefirst reconnaisance trip into this largelyunexplored region.source: Terry BolgerSan Uris PotosfS6tano de Apetzco, was explored byTerry Bolger, Mike Goar, and Bill Greenleeon 26 December 1986. The pit was exploredto a depth of about 140 meters, butcontinues beyond that point. They weretold by a local that the pit had beendropped three years previously, but the pitappeared to be virgin beyond the firstdrop.Several other sotanos, believed to bevirgin, were found but not explored duringhikes into backcountry areas near Xilit1a.source: Terry Bolger42