C. William Steele. 2009. 23 color, 88 b/w photos. 269 pp. 6 x 9, hardbound. The story of the exploration of a vast and very deep cave system near the town of Huautla de Jimenez, Oaxaca, Mexico, approximately 200 miles southeast of Mexico City. Since the mid-1970s, and continuing to the present day, American speleologists have organized expedition after expedition to explore, map, and study these caves. Along the way it was a grand adventure and many extreme incidents are related in this book, including being trapped underground, the involvement of the Cold War, accidents, attempted murder of cavers by the townspeople, floods in the cave, the eventual death of a project member, and moments of exciting exploration when the wonder of the Huautla caves were discovered for the first time. “. . . a story told by a person who participated in one of the greatest adventures in the world of speleology. Ron Kerbo, NSS News
Discovery At The Rio Camuy; The finding and exploring of one of the largest caves in the Western World By R. & J. Gurnee, A great story, which includes Emily's first expedition! 183pp, 1973, DJ.
A search for evidence of man's antiquity in the caverns of Central America. Being an account of the Corwith expedition of the Department of archaeology and palaeontology of the University of Pennsylvania / by Henry C. Mercer. 1975 SB reprint of the original 1896 edition.
A search for evidence of man's antiquity in the caverns of Central America. Being an account of the Corwith expedition of the Department of archaeology and palaeontology of the University of Pennsylvania / by Henry C. Mercer. 1975 HB reprint of the original 1896 edition.
A large-format book, beautifully illustrated with hundreds of color photographs and diagrams. Lists of long and deep caves of Mexico and the world are very up to date. Spanish text.
This title explores the underground caves, sinkholes and underground rivers of Jamaica. Alan Fincham Press University of the West Indies, 1997 - History - 447 pages. With specialist chapters contributed by: Grenville Draper, Ronald Read, Donald McFarlane, Ross MacPhee, Stuart Peck and Trevor Shaw.
One of the World's foremost women underwater explorers, Stephanie Jutta Schwabe, has teamed up with the NSS to publish her book "Living in Darkness". Read about how the author battled ear problems, fear, frustrations and the tragic loss of her husband, Rob Palmer, during a deep dive in the Red Sea off Egypt. She goes into great detail about her life and her exploration of one of the most dangerous cave diving sites in the world, the "Blue Holes" in the islands of The Bahamas. This publication also weaves a tale of corrupt developers and Bahamian officials that are destroying underwater cave systems and polluting the environment. Stephanie Jutta Schwabe, 2009,184 pages, soft bound.
Images from the subaquatic caves of the Yucatan Peninsula near Tulum, Mexico. Author/Photographer Lalo Fiorelli participated in explorations which began in the 1980s. A lively text accompanies well-printed photos, many full page, which appear on almost every page. 9 1/2 by 11 inch format. 2004, 98pp., sb. $27.50 SALE $16.00
C. William Steele. 1985. 41 b/w photos, 15 drawings, 8 maps. 164 pp. 73/4 x 101/4 This is the gripping account of the history and exploration of Mexico's most dangerous and challenging river cave, Sumidero Yochib, located beneath a re- mote valley in the highlands of Chiapas, southern Mexico. The exploration took place from the spring of 1974 through the spring of 1977, and was possible only during a few dry months each winter and spring. It is the story of the almost unbelievable exploits of Steele and his companions while they explored a cave prone to frequent flooding that contains almost two dozen sheer drops as much as forty-five meters deep. Well-drafted maps in each chapter guide the reader through the action taking place, whether it is the near drowning of team members, the horror of being trapped in a flooded cave, or the thrill of being the first one down a waterfall. "It is a precious slice out of speleological history." --Bill Stone, coauthor of Beyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent into the World's Most Treacherous Cave
