It's been a while since I last posted and quite a bit has happened, but I'll try to keep it fairly short. We dropped Cepillo, Huahuas, and Golondrinas. Most of the group did Cepillo and Huahuas, but only six of us did Golondrinas. The rest were either too inexperienced (myself included) or too tired to complete three big climbs in three days. It was either rainy or foggy from the 1st until the 7th, so being underground, or at least at the bottom of a pit, was a welcome change. We were also planning on dropping Borbollon, but several members of the group got sick and the rest of us didn't feel like dragging a 900ft rope through the tight pinches before the pit. We entertained ourselves at the ranch by exploring the horizontal caves in the area. For those of you who haven't seen the caves I've referenced, I'll give a brief description of each one:
Cepillo -- Cepillo is a 400ft drop with some really fantastic formations at the bottom. The entrance is fairly small, but the cave bells out and the floor of the pit is wide. The rig point is a tree close to the lip, so it was really just a matter of gently swinging over the edge to get vertical. The bottom consists of a pool, some really cool popcorn-like formations, and massive pieces of sparkly flowstone.
Huahuas -- Huahuas is a 700ft drop on one side of the pit, and about a 500ft drop on the other side. The high side has a difficult, undercut lip, but once you are vertical the view is fantastic. The bottom is covered in moss and plants, and erosion creates a marbled pattern in the soil when seen on rope. We rigged the drop on both sides so we were able to repel the high side and climb the short side. Before anyone comments, no, there weren't any injuries and yes, I repelled from the high side. Just quite a bit slower this time.
Golondrinas -- Golondrinas is a 1200ft pit. I didn't do it, but the pictures looked cool.
I'm still waiting on pictures. Rob and I are planning on doing that tomorrow.
