> Russians just took another cave over 2,000m depth: below is the notice I > received this > morning (after translation). > > Stone [copied by Mixon] > > ===================== > > > "The cave named after Verevkin is 2151 m deep! > In the period from July 30 to August 14 (the deadline for underground work), > another expedition of the speleoclub Perovo took place in the cave named > after Verevkin. As a result of the expedition, the depth of the cave > increased to 2151 m. Thus, the cave became the second super deep (over 2000 > m) in the world. " > > > Congratulations to the speleoclub Perovo! Krosavchegi!)) After years of hard > work they did it! Foreign speleologists bite their elbows - already the 4 > deepest caves in the world are on the territory of Abkhazia, and only > Russians and Ukrainians have set records in recent years. Hooray!) > P.S. To the world record (-2196 m) is very little. And if you consider that > now the second group of Perovians is starting to work in Verevkin, there are > chances to do it in the coming days! To understand what hellish work it was > achieved - here are the cool films made by speleologists about the cave of > Verevkin in the expeditions of 2004 and February 2017: > Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz1_mEZ299Y > Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjgY536DxCo > > > "... The lower point is currently in the system of subhorizontal spacious > courses in the zone from -2100 m to-2150 m, this is a mirror of one of the > siphons .The absolute elevation is 129 m above sea level .According to the > main watercourse, it is possible to reach unflooded areas deeper than this > For this expedition, there was a shortage of working time, stopped at -2129 m > before the next ledge (8 m). > To the previously known three siphons in the cave was added 4 more. One of > them is located on the main watercourse (-1963 m), its bypass was found. > Three more - in the subhorizontal system below -2100 m: mirrors at 2115 m, > 2140 m and 2151 m. All of them are spacious, the dimensions of the course are > more than 4 m, standing water. > In addition, during the expedition the telephone communication was organized > from -600 m to -1350 m, work was carried out on the passage of the upper > entrances to Vimevkin. In addition to the existing ones, PBL 1900 was > installed ... "Nowadays there has begun to work Perovo-speleo, maybe they > will dive. ---------------------------------------- God created the word in six days. On the seventh day, while God rested, the Devil created religion. ---------------------------------------- You may "reply" to the address this message (unless it's a TexasCavers list post) came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: a...@mexicancaves.org or edi...@mexicancaves.org
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