Ombligo del Mundo Selva Ocote Chiapas From Forests to Deserts: A

AMCS ACTIVITIES NEwSLETTER NUMBER 34
ombligo del mundo
Surveyed by T. Bernabei, A. Davila, M. Mecchia,
M. Nafate, L. Ruiz Perez, C. Sanchez, F. Sauro,
G. Strapazzon, G. Todini, M. Zocca (2008)
La Venta Esplorazioni Geografiche
Entrance
PROFILE
PLAN
Entrance
From Forests to Deserts, page 88.
following the now-open trail, joined somebody will come, with new ideas
us at the edge of the legendary abyss. and greater resolve, and will succeed
And then, reluctantly, we all left that in adding more stories to the legend
magical place, somewhat dejected, of the Ombligo del Mundo.
Ombligo del Mundo
for we had not been able to enter el
Ocote’s belly.
Participants in the expeditions
Selva
Along our way back, a few hun- Ombligo 2007
and Ocote
Ombligo 2008
dred meters from the Ombligo, were Gianni todini, luca Sgamelwe noticed some peculiar rocky lotti, StefanoChiapas
Soru, lucas ruiz,
structures
at theForests
side of the
valley.
From
to
Deserts:
A
Journey
in the Caves
On closer inspection, we were left
gasping upon realizingAMCS
that we Activities Newsletter 34, p.
Francesco Sauro, Marco Mecchia,
tullio Bernabei, Giacomo Strapazzon, Marco Zocca, Mauricio náfate,
Carlos Sánchez, Alicia Dávila, and
lucas and Abram ruiz. Special
thanks go to the families of Don
lorenzo ruiz, Don Antonio Ciprianes, and Don reymundo Flores
Corzo.
of Mexico, p. 88, 2009
154, 2011