30 / july / 2009
An international expedition extended the past 24th July the line in Pozo Azul (Spain) to 6,410 meters. Barbolight flashlights go with the divers in their explorations.
The exploration work was focused on the 2nd sump, where in May last year the end of the line was left at 4.020m /-41m from 2nd sump base by the German divers Reinhard Buchaly and Markus Schieritz.
Exploration pushes:
July 17: John Volanthen (Cave Diving Group) and René Houben (Dutch Cave Diving Group) added 375m of line to the 2008 german limit and reached a depth of -31m.
July 20: Jason Mallinson (Cave Diving Group) also added 625m to the end of the line of Volanthen and Houben and reached a depth of only -6m.
July 24. Finally, the third push was carried by cave diver Rick Stanton (Cave Diving Group) and after adding 140m of line to the Jason limit surfaced on a short dry gallery (air filled gallery) named "Tipperary" of 90m length, followed by a new sump, where he left the end of the line at 160m /-8m. So a total of 1.390m of new cave was explored behind the limit of 2008.
The total length of the cave now reaches 6,410 m, divided into:
The team:
Cave Diving Group (Geat Britain), Dutch Cave Diving Group (D.C.D.G.) (Holland), Grupu d'Espeleloxía Gorfoli (Spain), Terra Sub (Spain), Urtabi y Olatu (Spain), G. E. Niphargus (Spain), GES de la SEM (Spain), ERE del C.E.Catalunya, G.I.E.Granollers (Spain), S.Espeleológica Lenar (Spain) and G.E.A.S Civil Guard (Spain).
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