December 2012
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Sistema Huautla, the second deepest cave in the Western Hemisphere, is located in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is among the 12 deepest caves in the world, and one of the longest of the world’s deep caves. The exploration of the Huautla caves is still ongoing, nearly 40 years since cavers first discovered them. The stories connected to the exploration are well documented in magazines, books, caving publications, photography, maps, and film. Sistema Huautla was the first cave outside of Europe to be explored deeper than 1000 m.