Post by L Roebuck on Jul 8, 2007 7:14:35 GMT -5
TALES FROM THE YUCATÁN
Mexico's Marvels: Cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsulaby Jeanine Kitchel
MEXICO FORUM
CAVE DIVERS
Many cenotes have small surface openings but unfold into intricate cave systems that run for miles. This type of cenote is popular with cave divers, and tackled by professionals like diver Mike Madden, formerly of Akumal. Madden did some of the first cenote explorations near Tulum, Quintana Roo, under the auspices of CEDAM (Club de Exploraciones y Deportes Acuaticos de Mexico) earning a spot in the Guiness Book of World Records in 1988 for documenting the world's longest underwater cave system -- 168,400 feet in all -- called Giant Birdhouse. Madden's explorations proved that an intricate series of meandering underground waterways exist, connecting cenote to cenote.
Not until January 2007 was Madden's record broken. Two foreign divers, Brit Steve Bogaerts and German Robbie Schmitter connected the Giant Birdhouse with another cave system called White Cave, after 500 dives and four years. The world's longest underground cave system measures a grand total of 95 miles.
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Mexico's Marvels: Cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsulaby Jeanine Kitchel
MEXICO FORUM
CAVE DIVERS
Many cenotes have small surface openings but unfold into intricate cave systems that run for miles. This type of cenote is popular with cave divers, and tackled by professionals like diver Mike Madden, formerly of Akumal. Madden did some of the first cenote explorations near Tulum, Quintana Roo, under the auspices of CEDAM (Club de Exploraciones y Deportes Acuaticos de Mexico) earning a spot in the Guiness Book of World Records in 1988 for documenting the world's longest underwater cave system -- 168,400 feet in all -- called Giant Birdhouse. Madden's explorations proved that an intricate series of meandering underground waterways exist, connecting cenote to cenote.
Not until January 2007 was Madden's record broken. Two foreign divers, Brit Steve Bogaerts and German Robbie Schmitter connected the Giant Birdhouse with another cave system called White Cave, after 500 dives and four years. The world's longest underground cave system measures a grand total of 95 miles.
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