Henry Patton – Page 10 – The Ghar Parau Foundation

Culiembrio connected

In 1981, Xitu in northern Spain became the first cave to be extended below 1000 metres by British cavers before it finally ended at a sump.

Nearly 20 years later, a GPF-supported expedition returned to the area to try and find a connection by diving the resurgence, Cueva Culiembro.

Castleguard Cave is Canada’s longest known cave and is renowned world-wide as the premier example of a cave which extends beneath an active icefield.

Over the course of two grueling expeditions an 845m sump was finally passed, opening up a whole new cave system beyond.