Exploration and mapping of La Jeringa (Dominican Republic)

[Neptuno]

well, finally I'm releasing a nice article written by my buddy DaveP about the exploration of La Jeringa cave in Dominican Republic (my new home ) which started in february 2009

hope you enjoy reading it as much as we did diving it

there are a very few pics included and.... THE MAP!! which took as several dives to produce

http://www.neptunoworld.com/caves/dr...a_article.html

whish you guys like it.

by the way, I want to thank again to Forrest and Dewayne for all their support and the very appreciated donations for the Dominican caves surveying project.

[Neptuno]

NEW!!!

Added the link to the Bayahibe newspaper that Just came out 10 mins ago, look on page 3 of the paper, sorry but is only in spanish.

[atedeschi]

Very Nice Article, wish you all the best in your ventures. Are you still pushing this cave or are you working on others?

[Neptuno]

that cave is done, working in others and looking for new ones as time and money permit.

I just did some upgrades to the article, thanks Dave for the help

[Teppo]

Nice article, i have been trying to get to DR 3 times now! Hope i can get there at some point and fit schelude with Dennis and co

Friend of mine had done some other survey work with Dennis and which of the caves is the longest now?

Teppo

[phillip1]

This is the coolest cave in the DR, one of those dives were you have a big smile on your face the whole time.

[Neptuno]

yes, is very cool besides there are no stalactites, which is very weird as well because the nearests caves are totally full of them.

I forgot to mention just in case, we have done all the dives and survey in backmount, but we really consider it a sidemount cave since is very low and tight in most of it, specially if you are not used to tight places.
funny to say, I have done one or 2 dives in sidemount there (thanks to phil) and I still like better to do it in backmount

[DaveP]

I would not say La Jeringa is completely done....
There are a few small improvements we can make still.
I look forward to trip #5 to the DR soon!
Thanks Cris

[DeepSea]

Cristina and Dave...you guys have done a good job in this cave!

There are some formations on the right had side of the first room (30' to the right of the entrance) ; there is a nice alter over there and a bunch of formations along the edge. As you guys know, most of the caves in the park end in terminal breakdown. If you look at the seismic activity charts for that area it would suggest that these breakdowns might be a result of that. Unfortunately, the entire park is now shut down. We did 5 dives in La Jeringa over the past few days, 1 in Chicho and a few other spots.

As you guys can see this system is/was a nice sinkhole with an animal trap at the bottom. Most of the rock seen around the pumphouse and around the entrance was installed and is not natural.

[DeepSea]

I would not say La Jeringa is completely done....
There are a few small improvements we can make still.
I look forward to trip #5 to the DR soon!
Thanks Cris

Dave...I agree. We added a little bit of line in July and pushed a few no mount leads. Those all pinched off. However, I agree. There is more there.