The REAL Underdark!

[WizarDru]

I think we've already established my lack of geographic knowledge, johnsemlak. Thanks for the clarification, though.

Henry, I think the issue of depth is one of difficulty. Apparently, the 1820 descent is the new world record.

You can see the pictures of the descent and here right on the website of one of the team.

You can read the English-language blog entries of their descent right here. Even the distance is a little over a mile in depth, the descent takes a LONG time. On the first day, they descended to 1200m to make a base-camp and then hoped to make second camp at 1400m! Apparently it becomes much more treacherous, especially with the rains and thunderstorms that hit, the intense cold and hanging from hammocks overnight in a giant vertical cave. They made is as far as the 1820 area, but it sounds like the rain really prevented them from going deeper.

 

[johnsemlak]

I think we've already established my lack of geographic knowledge, johnsemlak. Thanks for the clarification, though.

No problem, I meant no offence

 

[WizarDru]

No worries, none taken. I was just being sloppy, there. I wasn't sure what Georgia's actual status was, and I really could have found out very easily. I knew, though, if I didn't say something, someone might think it the US State, and not the Asian country.

 

[diaglo]

I live in Georgia. Is this cave system some place near ol' Stone Mountain? Maybe it is a secret weapons lab for Ted Turner.

looks at location under avatar


[schultz] i know nothink [/schultz]

giving away all my secret playing places. next you'll tell him about the steam tunnels beneath...

 

[Prince of Happiness]

I'm waiting for the reports from an expedition that's gone deeper than ever before and they find those missing kids from the nearby university dressed like wizards and warriors. :b

 

[Iron Sheep]

Bizarrely enough, my high school science teacher (Alan Warild) was on the expedition. I did a double-take when I saw his name on the front page of slashdot.

http://science.slashdot.org/science/04/09/27/1210229.shtml?tid=134&tid=14

And yes, it is the same Alan Warild. I did some caving myself (although nothing quite so hard-core) when I was at university in Australia, and he was semi-legendary amongst the caving community even 15 years ago.

And yes, I've made dungeons based on real-life caves that I've been in. None of those roughly 10 ft wide with "crinkley" walls and completely flat floors in this sort of cave!

Corran