Field update

Preparing to return to Sistema Calera

A short note on the next phase of work in Mexico.

Michael Girard and a fellow explorer in the field during the earlier Mexico expedition
From the earlier daily video dispatches in Mexico.

In January 2027, I plan to return to Sistema Calera in Mexico with Mike Sandone and Luis Espinasa for another phase of fieldwork. The questions raised by our earlier visits are still growing, and so is the list of places we hope to examine.

Many of the cave's flooded sumps remain unexplored by our team. We hope to use Robo-Teddy, our underwater drone, to look beyond the water's surface and follow some of those passages. I'm excited to see what we may find there.

If field conditions and connectivity allow, I hope to share short daily video dispatches from the field, as we did before, while the expedition unfolds. They may capture the preparation, surprises, setbacks, and discoveries along the way. You can find our first dispatch series on my YouTube channel.

For a look at the earlier work, visit the Sistema Calera expedition and the films and channels connected to it.

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