2013-10 - JarvistMooreFrost - 10 years under the earth

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1. Ten years under the Earth: What Jarv did on his holidays
3. Cave Exploration vs. Research You'd imagine they're quite different beasts... Vs
4. The moments you remember...
5. The reality that got you there
6. & far too much of this…
7. Discoveries rely on luck…
8. But, you make your own...
9. Slovenia 2007-2012 Big project… many people, many years. → Longest cave in Slovenia ← ~27km of passage in a cubic kilometre of limestone
10. CDG Exped 2013 - Sistema Huautla
12. 1994 - Bill Stone Expedition
14. United States Deep Caving Team Big brash Texan Amazing at getting grants 1994 expo (and subsequent) were extremely well funded Turned to Caving after being rejected by NASA.
15. Ian Rolland
16. Beware the technocrat Ian's Death: all cavers in Mexico rallied to recover the body. Stone continued exploration, with a much reduced team. Passed two sumps; found 3.3km of passage...
27. The Space Drop (77m)
28. ~2/3rd up
40. Beyond the sump
41. Sump 9 - "The mother of all sumps"
42. Dry cave discoveries...
43. Dry cave discoveries...
44. Homeward Bound...
46. Our hosts...