Kudos to Mark.Alman for another very
nice issue of the Texas Caver! Lots of nice
color photos. That's one of the advantages of an
online publication - you can have color for little or no additional cost.
I enjoyed Travis Scott's article about
using Google Earth to find a new cave. I know
many people have used that resource to find caves
as well as routes to get to them. It's always a
treat to find something that was right under your
nose all along. It reminded me of another
discovery that took place in Mexico in the early
'90s, although not by using Google Earth, which
didn't exist then. For years cavers had been
camping on the promontory outside of La
Yerbabuena in Purificación. It is a spectacular
spot, ringed by cliffs that fall off over 150
meters on three sides. One year the locals put
in a new logging road that allowed access to the
area beyond those cliffs. When cavers hiked over
to check it out, they looked back in awe at the
huge entrance in the cliffs below camp. Actually
getting to that entrance was an epic adventure in
itself, and ultimately led to a cave 1.8 km long
(Cueva Paraíso Difícil). A photo of the entrance
is on the cover of AMCS Activities Newsletter no.
19, <http://www.amcs-pubs.org/nl/19.html>. The
story is in Death Coral Caver no. 2 <http://www.purificacion.org/dcc2.htm>.
Mark Minton
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