MarkS
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The 2016 York University CPC expedition to Durmitor in the north of Montenegro is now nearing it's end. Although the team was small, averaging around 10 people on the mountain, the second deepest cave in the region (Bunda Jama, largely explored on the 2013 and 2014 trips) was rigged down to the sump at -622 m and a rather basic campsite set up close to the bottom.
Dive kit was also carried down, and Tony Seddon had the pleasure of the first ever cave dive on Durmitor. After the 30 m long sump pool (the first 10 or so metres of which you can see in the photo below) he laid around 80 m of line before reaching his depth limit at -35 m. This (possibly - we're not completely sure yet) now makes Bunda Jama the 3rd deepest cave in Montenegro.
Most of the team are still out there and it sounds like the derig is well underway.
Dive kit was also carried down, and Tony Seddon had the pleasure of the first ever cave dive on Durmitor. After the 30 m long sump pool (the first 10 or so metres of which you can see in the photo below) he laid around 80 m of line before reaching his depth limit at -35 m. This (possibly - we're not completely sure yet) now makes Bunda Jama the 3rd deepest cave in Montenegro.
Most of the team are still out there and it sounds like the derig is well underway.