Here, you can read about a traditional yearly cave diving expedition to Mchishta cave in the foot of Caucasus mountains, including underground camping behind the sumps.
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New -1000m deep cave in Abkhazia
March 17, 2010 – 4:43 am
Between 28th of February, and 11th of March, a group of nine Moscow-based cavers worked in Moskovskaya cave, Gagra Range of Araica, Abkhazia. After digging the entrance out of 6m of snow, the group set camp at -600m. After bypassing a narrow fissure at the old bottom of the cave (-980m), the team discovered 400m [...]
Two expeditions in Illyuzia-Mezhonnogo-Snezhnaya
February 20, 2010 – 4:33 am
From december to january, two expeditions visited the worlds second deepest cave, the Illyuzia-Mezhonnogo-Snezhnaya system. They used the lower Snezhnaya entrance, and faced some serious flooding around the bottom, because of melting of snow at the surface. You can read about the expedition proceedings here and here.
Illyuzia-Mezhonnogo-Snezhnaya 2008/2009
December 17, 2009 – 9:15 am
From December of 2008, to January of 2009, an expedition of 16 people visited the second deepest cave on Earth, the Illyuzia-Mezhonnogo-Snezhnaya system. They have choosen the highest entrance to enter, and their plan was to explore the bottom of the cave (-1750m,15km+). Because of high level of water, and the big horizontal distance in [...]
Karst resourgences of Western Caucasus
November 27, 2009 – 4:24 pm
Between 21.08.2009 and 13.09.2009 a cave diving expedition was acting in the Western Caucasus, it was lead by Yuri Evdokimov. The core of the expedition was a team of nine people. The aim of the expedition was to find the karst sprigs mentioned in literature, find the approach to them, and dive into them if [...]
2nd expedition 2009 by CAVEX to Voronia
November 13, 2009 – 6:06 am
Between October 26 and November 11, 15 cavers led by russian CAVEX visited the worlds deepest cave, Krubera-Voronia, to continue enlarging a fissure at around -1950m, which would bypass the Kvitocka sifon (20m,-4m). Now only a few are missing to accomplish this task, and it will make more easier to carry equipement for diving in [...]
The fifth time in Arabika
October 12, 2009 – 8:42 am
Polish caving club, Sekcji Grotołazów Wrocław had their fifth consecutive expedition in Arabika massif, Caucasus. In PL-1 cave, they reached -490m depth. The depth was -330m in previvious year in this cave, and they surpassed this limit with a digging, which was conducted from an underground camp. Now the size of the cave started growing, [...]
Hungarians in Krubera
September 24, 2009 – 5:14 pm
You can read a trip description of four hungarian cavers, who visited Krubera cave with the international expedition organized by Ukra. SA this september. They surpassed the hungarian depth record (1997 Lukina Jama -1392m) with reaching Game Over chamber at -2080m. The cavers used the Scurion lamp during their expedition.
Article here
CAVEX expedition in Krubera-Voronja
August 26, 2009 – 10:50 pm
The CAVEX expedition ended in Western Caucasus, Krubera cave. It was held from 2009 July 12 to Aug 5, and composed of 24 cavers from spain and russia. For the upcoming expeditions, they prepared the ground (rigging,camps,etc..), and worked to enlarge a bypass of Kvitochka siphon (-1980m), which is currently not possible to pass by [...]