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Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Green place in Mexico (Skinner Lee via Texascavers)
Gaston Santos father was the Gov. of SLP and owned the ranch across the street
from the hotel in Tamuin. We had his permission to cave
Gaston Santos father was the Gov. of SLP and owned the ranch across the
street from the hotel in Tamuin. We had his permission to cave but had to
extra careful because he raised Toros for the corrida. He also had student
protestors shot in SLP and was fired.
Gaston Jr was a bull fighter and a pal o
Now we are getting somewhere!
Aside from the Zetas, etc, why is the place so unpopulated? Bad dirt?
Wretched vegetation? Thorn scrub never stopped a Mexican or a cow, and neither
does cloud forest.
Are these mountains older than the Sierra Madre Oriental? Different
orogeny? Subsequent up
There is, or was remnant cloud forest there.
On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Lee H. Skinner via Texascavers <
texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:
> On 1/15/2017 10:00 AM, Bill Mixon via Texascavers wrote:
>
> That valley El Picharo is certainly a curious feature. I wonder if it is an
> old cal
Bill Johnson, Dennis Sustare,myself and a few others explored Cuveacillas
near there.
On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 9:54 PM, via Texascavers <
texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:
> Watch out. The Gulf Cartel is still considered a big threat in
> Tamaulipas.
> Mixon Bill via Texascavers wrote:
On 1/15/2017 10:00 AM, Bill Mixon via Texascavers wrote:
That valley El Picharo is certainly a curious feature. I wonder if it is an old
caldera. Whole region looks virtually uninhabited, which might (or might not)
make it a place for people up to no good to hang out. Surroundings seems to
hav
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Evatt
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Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2017 8:54 PM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
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Watch out. The
Since everybody is all excited about Mexico, all of the sudden, I thought
this would be a good time to bring up the tiny-iddy-bitty fued going on
between the Trump administration and the Pen~a administration.
What impact do you think this new tension could have on the safety of
tourist in the bac
amous caves is Poza
Zacaton which has had much written about it.
Jerry Atkinson.
jerryat...@aol.com
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Sent: Sat, Jan 14, 2017 8:44 am
Subject: [Texascavers] Green place in Mexico
While cruising around on Google earth the W
Watch out. The Gulf Cartel is still considered a big threat in Tamaulipas.
Mixon Bill via Texascavers wrote:
> From Association for Mexican Cave Studies Newsletter vol 4, pp. 55-56 report
> on trip by a number of French cavers led by Bill Russell (OCR of scan will
> have errors):
> Le
From Association for Mexican Cave Studies Newsletter vol 4, pp. 55-56 report on
trip by a number of French cavers led by Bill Russell (OCR of scan will have
errors):
> Le 10 au soir, nous etablissons Ie campement
> pres du Rio de Jaumave dans la Sierra de Tamaulipas. Le 11 est notre premiere
>
That valley El Picharo is certainly a curious feature. I wonder if it is an old
caldera. Whole region looks virtually uninhabited, which might (or might not)
make it a place for people up to no good to hang out. Surroundings seems to
have well-developed surface drainage. -- Mixon
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AND NOW HE’S ROLLIN’ DOWN THE MOUNTAIN
GOING FAST, FAST, FAST
AND IF HE BLOWS IT THIS ONE’S GONNA BE HIS LAST
RUN TO ACAPUCO TO TURN THE GOLDEN KEYS
HENRY KEEP THE BRAKES ON FOR THIS CORNER IF YOU PLEASE!
But what is the name of the mountain range? What is the jungle like?
Rainforest or scru
Went there in the sixties. Land Rovered up to some caves near there.
Terrible road, steep and narly. Found some interesting caves in the jungle.
Had a real thrill coming down with the brakes over heating. Made it back to
Tamuin and Valles and mapped Arroyo and a cave across the road form the hot
sp
While cruising around on Google earth the Weazel noticed an interesting
looking mountain range that I think is in Tamaulipas and is east of the main
range. The peak (actually a valley) that piqued my interest is called El
Picacho and is located at 23.397613, -98.563586 about 45 miles SE of Cu
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