Los Tayos cavers

[Joe Duxbury]

In 'Los Tayos Gold', Stan Hall relates that in October 1999 he 'returned to Ecuador with two British cavers.' This was after the famous 1976 Los Tayos Expedition. Although Hall is usually scrupulous in naming the people who accompanied him on his exploits in Ecuador, the two cavers are not named. Is this because they wanted to remain anonymous? Whatever the reason, after so much time has passed, are they now prepared to reveal themselves?

 

[mikem]

Seems that the cave was officially closed at that time, but his daughter has been there more recently:

A Journey Inside the World's Most Mysterious Cave

For nearly half a century, legends of a giant cave in the Andes—holding artifacts that could rewrite human history—have beckoned adventurers and tantalized fans of the occult. Now the daughter of a legendary explorer is on a new kind of quest: to tell the truth about the cave in order to save it.

www.outsideonline.com

Report on original expedition:

The Los Tayos Expedition – The Yorkshire Ramblers' Club

www.yrc.org.uk

Seems to be some confusion about Neil Armstrong too:

Facts or Fiction: The mythology behind Cueva de los Tayos in Ecuador – Ecuador Eco Adventure

The Cueva de los Tayos, also known as the Cave of the Oilbirds, is a limestone cave located in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador. It gained worldwide attention

ecuadorecoadventure.com

 

[langcliffe]

The Neil Armstrong story is true. Dave Checkley was on the same expedition, and he had a tale that when skimming the treetops in a decrepit military helicopter to the cave, he asked Armstrong about the various red warning lights on the dashboard. "Don't worry about those", replied Armstrong, "but if that green one goes out, jump!".

 

[mikem]

Yes, most modern blogs (etc) do agree on that (YRC give him an extended mention), just this one seems somewhat garbled.

 

[Lankyman]

Seems that the cave was officially closed at that time, but his daughter has been there more recently:

A Journey Inside the World's Most Mysterious Cave

For nearly half a century, legends of a giant cave in the Andes—holding artifacts that could rewrite human history—have beckoned adventurers and tantalized fans of the occult. Now the daughter of a legendary explorer is on a new kind of quest: to tell the truth about the cave in order to save it.

www.outsideonline.com

Report on original expedition:

The Los Tayos Expedition – The Yorkshire Ramblers' Club

www.yrc.org.uk

Seems to be some confusion about Neil Armstrong too:

Facts or Fiction: The mythology behind Cueva de los Tayos in Ecuador – Ecuador Eco Adventure

The Cueva de los Tayos, also known as the Cave of the Oilbirds, is a limestone cave located in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador. It gained worldwide attention

ecuadorecoadventure.com

Any account using Erich von Daniken can be automatically classified under 'twaddle'.

 

[mikem]

It's probably the only reason Stan went there, so can't be totally discounted