If you enjoy watching caving programs in HD, I would have to recommend getting the HDTV package from Dish Network. I mentioned a program earlier this summer about base jumping in Golondrinas, but the programs are getting much better.
Last night's program was called "Mountainous Sky Caves" and follows several Chinese explorers to a region in southwest China called Guangxi. They have found over 30 big caves in the area and believe that they may all be connected by a river system estimated to be 700km in extent. The thing that impressed me about the caves is just how large they were. The main cave was at the bottom of a shear walled sinkhole over 600m deep. If I understood the narrator, the cave goes another 400m deep from there and isn't fully explored yet. In one shot, the team is over 700m down and you can still see daylight coming down the entrance, I'm not aware of any other cave in the world where that happens. Good stuff- Aaron --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
