deepest US cave...?

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Originally Posted by Webmaster

Krubera Cave in the Caucasus Mtns. of Georgia

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Of course, that would be Georgia, the former Soviet republic, not Georgia, the state.

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Originally Posted by HappyHacker

Goodenough Springs is well over 500 FFW

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How deep have divers pushed it?

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Originally Posted by DeepSea

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Originally Posted by HappyHacker

Goodenough Springs is well over 500 FFW

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How deep have divers pushed it?

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The end of the line is currently at 400' and the cave continues down at a 45 degree slope with no end in sight. We estimate based on test wells in the area that the cave continues to at least between 700' and 1000' deep. The cave water is warm (84 degrees) so it is being heated by a deep heat source. If all goes well, we have plans to push it to 500' this year.

My turn-!

If you have not been down it, you won't know-! It takes 16 hours{round trip} plus to do it, & then it ends under the flanks of St. Helens in a shallow underground lake about a qtr of a mile across and about a foot deep, with zillions of anthropods swimming around in it-!
Chew on this guys & goils- 8)

Yak

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Originally Posted by Guy Bryant

The deepest U/W US cave I know of is in Nevada. During the 90's Sheck Exley, Paul Deloach, myself and others were involved with exploring Devil's Hole and Devil's Hole II. In Devil's Hole II Sheck & Paul were diving deep and Sheck was tying off the line at 436ft when he dropped the reel and went plunging after it. He quickly retreived the reel and tied it off at 436ft. He estimated that he could see at least down to 500ft where the cave appeared to go under a duckunder or ledge. Check out this site for more information.

http://hegel.lewiscenter.org/users/m...iggsdeacon.pdf

Guy

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Funny you mention Devil's,

I shot some Devil's hole footage for Discovery channel / Travel channel recently. The site was off limits to anyone other than the scientists and volunteers who monitor the fish population. There's a rumor that a diver from the 70's era, is still down there somewhere. They said the body was never recovered. The show should air on Travel channel in the next few months, as it just finished Post production. I'll post the air times when I get it.

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Funny you mention Devil's,

I shot some Devil's hole footage for Discovery channel / Travel channel recently. The site was off limits to anyone other than the scientists and volunteers who monitor the fish population. There's a rumor that a diver from the 70's era, is still down there somewhere. They said the body was never recovered. The show should air on Travel channel in the next few months, as it just finished Post production. I'll post the air times when I get it.

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Please do post the dates. I would be quite interested in seeing the footage you shot. It is a really pretty WHITE cave. Did you shoot in both Devil's Hole and Devil's Hole II or just Devil's Hole? Devil's Hole II has no pup fish (no sun light) as you have to drop a 70 foot pit then do some dry caving through a restriction and some more rope work to get back to the water level.

Guy Bryant

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Originally Posted by Guy Bryant

Mike Edmonston Wrote:

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Funny you mention Devil's,

I shot some Devil's hole footage for Discovery channel / Travel channel recently. The site was off limits to anyone other than the scientists and volunteers who monitor the fish population. There's a rumor that a diver from the 70's era, is still down there somewhere. They said the body was never recovered. The show should air on Travel channel in the next few months, as it just finished Post production. I'll post the air times when I get it.

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Please do post the dates. I would be quite interested in seeing the footage you shot. It is a really pretty WHITE cave. Did you shoot in both Devil's Hole and Devil's Hole II or just Devil's Hole? Devil's Hole II has no pup fish (no sun light) as you have to drop a 70 foot pit then do some dry caving through a restriction and some more rope work to get back to the water level.

Guy Bryant

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Well, I would like to see that passage too :roll:

Unfortunately, we could only shoot exterior and establishing shots. They wouldn't allow us in the cave. :( Therefore the "interior" footage I had to shoot in other cave systems, including the bahamas. We tried to get permission, but with the dwindling fish population, it was just too risky as we couldn't harm even 1 of the little guys. Those little buggers are on the brink of extinction. Somewhat sad. I'll post details and air dates as I get them.