The expedition will be in the field from 25^th July to 9^th August. We’ll be based at the village of Cain, approximately a 1 hour hike along the Cares gorge to the cave and will need to carry all our exploration and diving equipment along this route each day.

Cave objectives

1)     Jade Sump – we are hopeful for a connection with Xitu via the undived sump at the end of the Round Window.

2)     Bolt Climbing upstream in Round Window – there is 500m vertically and over 1km horizontally until we reach the end of 2/7!

3)     Dye trace from end of RW streamway with detectors in gorge, and head of sump 2 in active route in order to establish whether the Round Window and Square Window are connected.

4)     Arched Window – survey passage found in 2009 and carry on pushing.

5)     Downstream in Round Window S4 – where does the water leaving the stream at the end of RW go? 

6) Continue downstream in RW sump 3 after Simon’s dive in 2009