Here you can read about the history of cave diving, starting from 1878 Nello Ottonelli’s first attempts at Vaclause, to the latest records of today. By espeleobloc.
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Pozo Azul pictures
January 2, 2010 – 8:32 pm
While installing a new deco bell in Pozo Azul, Burgos, Xavi Labad took a couple of outstanding photos from the cave, you can check them at espelobloc.
Culiembro 2009
December 14, 2009 – 3:49 pm
The team of cavers and divers spent two weeks in the field based at the village of Cain, high in the Picos de Europa mountains. During these two weeks the team worked in the cave to survey the passages, climb waterfalls and dive unexplored underwater sections. All of the various open ends of the cave [...]
Kizil-Koba expedition
December 3, 2009 – 9:29 am
From 2009 october 9 to 2009 november the regular expedition Kizil-Koba was held in Crimea region, with 80 cavers participating. 50 from Ukraine, 20 from Russia, and 9 from Moldavia. The expedition results are 370m of new surveyed passage in Red Cave, at the passage of the four siphons. Diving in Doves cave (siphon 50m/-7m), [...]
Russian expedition to Ilyukhina
December 1, 2009 – 9:44 am
From 03.08.2009 to 25.08.2009, a group of 25 Moscow based cavers worked in Caucasus, Arabika. The main project was diving in Ilyukhina system (total depth -1253m) at the depth of -720m, climbing in a branch at -800m, and -500, working in cave Ice Dragon (-150m and goes on, entrance at 2290m), and the exploration of [...]
Pania 2009 – another attempt
November 18, 2009 – 5:37 am
Cave divers from Moscow and from Crimea attempted to swim trough the siphon at the end of Pania cave (Crimea), which was a target of previvious unsuccesful diving expeditinons. Now divers reached more then -40m depth, and 200m distance from the entrace of the siphon, but did not found a clear continuation. Your can read [...]
MATKA VRELO (Macedonia) – August 2009
October 19, 2009 – 9:21 am
You can read about the dive of Luigi Casati, who reached -190m at 574m from the entrance in Matka Vrelo spring cave, Macedonia. The dive duration was 173 min. With videos and pictures!
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Olhos de Água do Alviela
October 15, 2009 – 9:22 am
Here you can read about the recent cave diving record in Portugal, which extended Olhos de Água do Alviela cave to the depth of -134m (underwater!!!)
BULGARIA – Goluboitza cave diving expedition – 2009
October 13, 2009 – 8:22 am
From 13 to 19 September 2009 in the region of the upper flow of the river
Arda , Rhodope Mt., Central part of South Bulgaria took place the serial
cave diving expedition in this area – ”Goluboitza-2009”. The event was
organized by Bulgarian Federation of Speleology and hosted by Speleo club
“Mursalitza” – Smolyan. 13 September the leader of [...]