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CAVE OF THE BUGS - LA CUEVA DE LOS MOSCOS Besides bugs, this cave has bats... but to reach it, you may get jabbed with agave needles, pierced by thorns and nettled by evil Dominguilla plants. This is one story you don't want to miss... and one cave we don't plan to revisit soon! |
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Maestro Anshel Brusilow escapes from the Philharmonic to Rancho Pint for an evening of Oh Hell... and shares some recollections of Stravinsky and Shostakovich. |
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HIGUERITA CAVE: ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM! At last the secrets of Little-Fig Cave are revealed, along with the secrets of better cave photography, long life, etc. etc.
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STUDYING
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A two-million-year-old Success Story. Follow Botanist Miguel Cházaro into an amazing cloud forest in western Mexico |
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The Mine, the Movies and the Stars. An Interview with Paolo Forti and Penelope Boston with Photos you'll Never Forget! Photo credit left: Speleoresearch Archive and Films La Venta |
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INSIDE KRUBERA-VORONJA, THE WORLD'S DEEPEST CAVE What was it like? What's next? An Interview with Gustavo Vela Turcott |
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HUNTING FOR THE BIRTHPLACE OF TEQUILA
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Book Review: LANDMARK PUBLICATION ON TEUCHITLAN TRADITION DEFIES OLD ARCHEOLOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS |
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BAT STUDY LAUNCHED AT CUATA CAVE Something new is happening in the Valley of Santa Rosa, 300 meters above the frothy Santiago River...hold on to your helmet! |
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15,000 Yaqui Indians were removed from Sonora in the early 1900s. Here's what happened to them... |
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THE FIRST ZOTZ SPELEO-RESCUE WORKSHOP Fifteen cavers from all over western Mexico gather to practice rescuing an accident victim hanging from a rope underground. |
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THE DISCOVERY OF LITTLE-FIG CAVE EL DESCUBRIMIENTO DE LA CUEVA HIGUERITA Another promising cave is found near Canutillo - by Mario Guerrero |
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JORGE MONROY: GUADALAJARA'S MURALIST IN THE WOODS Interview with Jorge Monroy - His new mural - A Gallery of Jorge Monroy Watercolors |
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WHERE HAVE ALL THE SONGBIRDS GONE? Leaf Blowers may be Cause of Drastic Decline in Bird Population VERSION EN ESPAÑOL: ¿A DÓNDE SE FUERON LAS AVES DE NUESTRO VECINDARIO?
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JUST ANOTHER
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And the Headless Walker in White Plus: The eternally howling winds of Puerto Del Aire |
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THE
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"Wait till you see this place," he said. "There's a fantastic jungle, a roaring river, archeological ruins, ripe mangoes, a hot waterfall...and it's only half an hour away." |
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An Englishman battles to save Mexico's unique fish. Pez Diminuto del Río Teuchitlán Cuenta con Aficionados en Todo el Mundo |
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He raises 6000 tarantulas per year...what for? The amazing story of Rodrigo Orozco and his project to save Mexico's tarantulas, which just happen to be the gentlest in the world. Proyecto de Rodrigo Orozco para salvar a las tarántulas de México. |
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WHAT TO DO ABOUT MEXICAN KILLER BEES We've run into them one too many times! Check out our list of RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AVOIDING OR SURVIVING A KILLER BEE ATTACK Cartoon courtesy of TRINO |
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(LA ATARJEA TAPADA) A cool hike to a tasty spring in the beautiful Primavera Forest. |
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THE CAVE OF THE DWARFS Why does Chava look so happy? Discover the wonderful delights of this talus cave above the Santiago River VERSION EN ESPAÑOL |
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TOMB RAIDERS ATTACK IN PRIMAVERA FOREST Twenty-one years ago we found a mesa full of stone circles hidden in El Bosque de la Primavera. Until a few days ago, these ancient tombs were safe, but now.... |
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Are the monoliths above Cuautla, Jalisco, really a "Mexican Stonehenge?" Join us--and "Michael Jackson"-- on a visit to this fascinating site for hiking and camping. |
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ROCK SOUP AND MESQUITE MUSHROOMS At last we get to enjoy a prehispanic meal at El Jardín Mestizo. The soup was cooked with the help of a red-hot rock and the mushrooms were encased in clay and baked under embers...and that's not half the story! |
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THE DEMYTHIFICATION OF EL PICACHO CAVE Poisonous plants, thorny acacias, roads that look more like rivers, slashing cane leaves, pounding thunderstorms: how much are cavers willing to put up with just to crawl into a hole in the ground? |
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Baby chicks the size of turkeys, the disgusting lava discharge...Zotz creeps deep into La Madriguera de los Lobos to survey the second lava tube found in Jalisco. |
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CUCARACHA CAVE AND THE DISAPPEARING LAKE OF ALTILTE A lake vanishes and so do a few of the amazing petroglyphs...but we find a fabulous hot spring and a new cave that has a "charm all its own." |
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What did native people eat before the Spaniards arrived? To find out, we visited a unique, outdoor cooking school, dedicated to rescuing the ancient gastronomy of Western Mexico. |
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SOMETHING'S HIDDEN IN THE HILLS OF JALISCO What is Geocaching? Check out this page and see what we discovered at El Tepalo Falls above Lake Chapala. |
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This curious cave in Nayarit has it all: vampires, tailless whip scorpions, leaf-cutters, snakes... ... and it might just be the world's only cave with an obsidian ceiling. |
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Forty fabulous sites for hiking, camping and picnicking within three hours of Guadalajara ¡ Ahora en español ! AL AIRE LIBRE EN LAS CERCANIAS
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Naturalist Jesús Moreno Navarro treats us to twelve of his best photos. |
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DOS AGUAS 2006: Zotz heads for the hills of Michoacán Cave pearls, sparkling columns, tons of mud and the "Four" Passage which requires you to twist your body into a pretzel shaped like a 4. |
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LA CAMPANA: THE "PSYCHEDELIC BELL" Strange shapes, weird waves of volcanic rock, orchids and wild deer: La Campana is one of the best sites for hiking and camping in Mexico and still as pristine as ever. |
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Excruciating relocation of Chiquihuitón Cave: only the skinny need apply. Waiting for the world to end at Tequilizinta Bluff. Discovery of Carro Cave. Splashing through Chapuzón. |
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Chocolate dribbles, lava balls, multi-colored gour pools: Mexico's lava caves are first class! |
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This little mountain town lies nestled in the heart of the Sierra del Tigre, in western Mexico, 2,240 meters above sea level and 28 kilometers due south of Lake Chapala |
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“I’m going to take you to the obsidian workshop of Navajas so you can see with your own eyes what these humble people are doing,” declared our friend Pedro...
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A 1.5 mb Powerpoint Slide Show of photos taken just before Katrina hit New Orleans.
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Crystal-clear, bathtub-hot water bubbles up through clean sand into a small pool surrounded by exotic plants... all this and CAVES as well ! |
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Outstanding photos by naturalist Jesús Moreno Navarro. Fotografías excelentes por el naturalista Jesús Moreno Navarro
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THE CREEPY-CRAWLY, CREAMY-GREEN OBSIDIAN MINE What is this caver complaining about? Join us (if you can take it!) for a visit to a (possibly) 2000-year-old obsidian mine in Western Mexico VERSION EN ESPAÑOL |
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Spanish-English bulletin of Grupo Espeleológico ZOTZ Dedicated to proving that Caving can be Fun... and Funny NUEVAS AVENTURAS DE ZOTZ: EN ESPAÑOL
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A black cloud shrouds the Bosque de la Primavera. A howling wind tears at the tejas on the rooftops. And Rancho Pint is plunged into darkness. This is the moment when strange tales are told...
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