Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Blind Descent: The quest to discover the deepest place on earth by James M. Tabor

Exploring caves and finding the deepest cave on earth has been an ongoing search by many explorers but 2 caves and their explorers stand out: Bill Stone, exploring the Cheve Cave in southern Mexico and Alexander Klimchouk, exploring the Krubera Cave in the Republic of Georgia. Supercaves are caves that are miles deep, have thousand foot drops, deadly flooded tunnels, raging rivers, monstrous waterfalls, strong winds and rooms large enough to house the Washington monument.   Caving hazards include: fatal falls, drowning, hypothermia, poison gases, hurricane winds, collapses, radon, rabid bats, snakes, asphyxiation and eternal darkness. Despite all the hazards the idea of being the first to discover the deepest place on Earth can be irresistible. For more information on caving, see The National Speleological Society: http://www.caves.org/

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