Here is a trip report by Ramon Godina about a trip we took to El Picorete one weekend after Peter Sprouse presented a talk to the Monterrey cavers. The original was in Spanish but since most of you aren't totally fluent in that language and would miss some of the subtle nuances I have taken the liberty of having Google do a translation. It is pretty much self-explanatory.
--Ediger >>>>----------fwd---------------> The Picorete 23 of January of 1998 We, after an excellent talk Friday at night on the explorations of Peter Sprouse, also madrugamos to be to 7:00 a.m of Saturday in post office, �ramos 11 but three Americans of the AMCS and a crude one that I never create knew since it had arrived there. We left as to 7:30 because the guests remained slept, formed in caravan we went until the farm where is picorete (the sunk one for the villagers), there we left golf of the Erick and we distributed in the vehicles all land, is possible to mention that the vehicle of the Americans this�. as Luigi said: well naco but to all airborne magnetic detection� After classic the lost ones of route we could arrive at the mouth, Ruben and Erick armed the shots, While Peter, Adriana M. and Laura topografiaban the entrance. We lowered to all the group, which as usual after long vacations was maked holes, Adriana M. and Alejandra did not remember like lowering, to Aroldo shook stones to him (stones, nonlegs ok) in that one leaned, etc� But in general we moved with enough rapidity and good technique, that way platican that to the Americans them enough taste our technical level and the organization who saw us. Good Aroldo and Ernesto were thrown that gave extra trips to the light trucks by equipment which they made lack. While the race lowered, I dedicate myself to put spit in I replace already of one damaged, this task I take like 40 min. there was necessity that Ruben raised of new account to bring other to driver because the one that tapeworm just nonSerbian� in the end the stone I crack myself when I put the expansor and neither spit nor exp ansor, nor hung as 40 min nor the 20 min that the place with my or usual brightens up run of desamores and dealers served, so by recommendation of Gill, that shot use to the American, that is to say, they are worth the frictions to you, just you put good quitafriccion to him. For when I lower, those of down already had finished topografiar (if my memory does not deceive to me, the shot has 46,7 mts) was interesting to see as the cave change from completes time that we entered: the sand of the bottom disappeared by medium rocks, the hole of the bottom of made greater and some great stones had backed water. Says to us Peter who that cave is quite new (of about 1000 years), remember the incline that the last time walked killing the Paquillo? then Erick the attempt but profit not to enter the crack, but Peter if I climb and profit to put back by� his I diagnose is that all that incline is going away to colapsar. Those that they had the attention to be near took good chair of the geology of the cave We were inside enough time, some fell asleep, others we ate and platicamos and other because they investigated, of the Americans, nonlow Gill, said that or it has many caves to his backs and that or this great for those trotes. The ascent was slow, Moya suffered in the end with their knapsack who I obstruct myself in the Edge, Adriana M. could not raise �arm pel�n� the embedding equipment, Alejandra throne one of their stirrups (the �plastiquito�), I already realized that with weight, is better to use frog and not walker, and above, to the Erick him step to take off the division, so she had to lower again. Ah� and forgot to say to me, was some who lowered and raised twice just by pure taste, like Carlos. We left the cave with good I animate, we threw everything to the light truck of Aroldo and return to pachanga in house of Ruben! When we put in the relationship towards Escobedo, we realized that lacked a vehicle: the one of Aroldo, so Erick and his a little were given back to try to locate them, telephone calls became and the Aroldo did not appear� Erick gave back itself until the farm and after another series of calls we knew that Aroldo had to make a scale technical and then Gill and Erick passed without realizing it and like nonwise like arriving at house of Ruben. then for them I am frustrated pachanga and for us the cigarettes were frustrated, changes of clothes, keys of cars and houses, wallets, etc. Them story the one of pachanga? briefly: there was beer, tequila, roasted meat, pie with velitas (rather ping�inos with matches) gives of a basket of candies to the Americans to come to give the conference, interchange of ideas, much very pleasant talk, a cold that pierced well to everything to give� ah and they threw me to frozen waters of the pond of Ruben, I I believe that all there got even so many jokes that and done to them� now leave having to me! In short, for many whole I finish like a 12:00 and to the most kept awake like a 2:00 p.m. fini. consumatum est. We see ourselves in the next one Ramon Godina --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
