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| Angelita • Q. Roo |
| Text and photography by Curt Bowen |
| White misty clouds encircle the divers as they descend for the first 50 feet. Like a skydiver dropping through the clouds, the divers descend below this white, misty layer to reveal one of the most unique and mystical views in the Riviera Maya |
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Beyond Toad Hall
Exploration of Cocklebiddy Cave • Australia |
Text and photography by Leigh Bishop
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| This expedition was a full frontal assault on the cave using the very latest technology available to divers and underwater explorers. It was also an extension of the previous years attempts by the same team to find the physical upstream end of this submerged cave. |
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| Beyond the Sump |
| Text and photography by Curt Bowen |
| Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia (TAG) area has long been known for its extensive collection of deep pits and world class dry caving. Some of these classics include Ellison's Cave, which has the deepest vertical pit in North America at 586 feet, Neversink Pit, featured in National Geographic and Camp's Gulf Cave, which contains the largest single room in North America. |
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| Cave Diving • A Brief History |
| Text by Jim Bowden (excerpt from ADM issue 12, 2004) |
| Of great significance to underwater exploration globally was the invention of the aqualung in 1943 by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau. This was the first reliable SCUBA, and for many cave dives it still remains the most appropriate equipment even today. |
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| CDG• Britain's Cave Diving Group |
| Text by Jon Bojar |
| It was in 1946 when the Cave Diving Group, better known as the CDG, was formed at the resurgence of Ogof Ffynnon Ddu in South Wales by the late Graham Balcombe. This makes it the oldest surviving diving club in the world! |
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| The Crystal Caves of Abaco |
Text by Marc Laukien
Photography by Jill Heinerth |
| This is my third cave diving trip to Abaco. I’ve seen the wonderful caves of Florida and Mexico, all of them unique and beautiful in their own ways, but they all pale when compared to the awesome beauty of Dan’s Cave or Ralph’s Cave of Abaco. |
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| Deeper into the Pearse Resurgence - New Zealand |
Text by Richard Harris & John Atkinson
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| The grey-white marble passage finally ends at nearly 160m with another abyssal shaft dropping down into the blackness! Rick and Dave alternately push the deeper section of the cave, laying 6mm line from an improvised reel; the dives leap-frogging to 157m, 160m, then finally Rick’s astonishing, record-breaking dive to 177m…. |
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| Siberia's Frozen Underground • Cave Exploration in the Russian Winter |
Text by Phill Short
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| The fourth day was spent driving, digging, towing, and pushing three 4X4s full of equipment to our base in the Caucus foothills through increasing amounts of snow. Our base was an abandoned government building about 10K/6.2 miles from advanced base camp, which was the cave entrance. |
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| Yucatan 2010 Expedition "Get on Rope" |
Text by Jeff Toorish
Photography by Curt Bowen, Walter Pickel, and Jeff Toorish |
| At the bottom of the debris pile was what looked like an old teapot; but, upon further examination, Bowen realized it was far from a teapot. It was unique, pristine, and a very important find. |
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