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Post by Sharon Faulkner on Oct 24, 2005 16:24:15 GMT -5
Klimchouk has just confirmed the world's new cave-depth record. Krubera - Voronya again breaks its own record at -2,140 meters deep.
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Post by L Roebuck on Oct 24, 2005 17:17:51 GMT -5
I've had read the topic at "SELAS goes to Voronya" selas-voronya.blogspot.com/, dated Oct. 12th 2005, that Cavex team pushed the lead of Krubera Cave to 2,164m. Do you have some more information about it?
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Post by Sharon Faulkner on Oct 25, 2005 9:12:58 GMT -5
Lynn, the information I'm getting is from other list serves and the actual reports (so far) have not been in English, so my information is what has been translated by others. Maybe Yvonne Drums will post on the cavediggers list soon, she usually has the scoop on the foreign language list serves. ;D
I read the report from the selas blog and I thought it said that the -2164 number was unconfirmed at the time. Maybe not. In any case the record will be broken by whichever number is eventually confirmed as the new depth.
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Post by madratdan on Oct 25, 2005 9:18:30 GMT -5
Did you know they are using altimeters instead of tape measures for their depth readings?
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Post by L Roebuck on Oct 25, 2005 9:22:29 GMT -5
With two numbers listed It will be cool to know the actual record. No I didn't know they are using altimeters.
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Post by Sharon Faulkner on Oct 25, 2005 9:31:27 GMT -5
I knew that the altimeter was how Yuri Kasjan knew that he had passed the -2000 meter mark in the October 2004 expedition. I would expect (or hope) someone is coming behind and surveying to get other accurate measurements of the cave.
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Post by Erik VdBroeck on Nov 23, 2005 8:41:28 GMT -5
The discoverers themselves stated in a conference at the last UIS-congress in Kalamos, Greece, that they indeed have used calibrated altimeters as well as those on their wristwatches; but that the depth of the -2000 was countertested by conventional topographic measurements. No doubt they will also confirm the last record depth by topographical means, if they will be lucky enough to descend as deep, because they expected water at this depth as a rule rather than exception.
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Post by Sharon Faulkner on Nov 23, 2005 18:32:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the additional information Erik, and welcome to the forum!
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