International Expedition
Font de Lussac Part I: 4-8 August 2004
Project Manager and Deep Diver: Frank Walter Open circuit (France)
Deep Divers: Jérome Meynié CCR Mk15.5 (UK) Michael Walz, Stephane Girardin SCR EDO04 (Switzerland)
Jean-Pierre Stefanato SCR EDO04, David Bianzani, Laurent Bron, Jean-Christophe Dubois (France)
Safety divers: Thierry Benoist, Fabrice Maillet, Yves-Maurice Allongé, Eric Delnatte, Jean Luc Maroyer, Michel Leonard (France)
and Josée Bron surface support
Many thanks for the big financial support to the Crédit Agricole, the Conseil General de la Charente, the section RABA and CIAS from the CNPS of the FFESSM; and also to the GESMA for his logistic help.
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The first part (4th to the 8th) of the August expeditions have been very successful into cleaning the old lines and installing a rope from -75m down to the bottom of the big shaft at -130m, also giving the opportunity to the two deep divers (Frank Walter and Jerome Meynie) to find the direction of the next possible exploration.
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Photos (c) 2004 Josée Bron, David Bianzani, Jerome Meynié
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Because of the very often stone falls all along the shafts it is firmly advised to wear a helmet underwater
A lot of people looking the divers
Frank on his way to the deep Abyss ... and taking back later on the old 2002 lost reel !
Frank going into the monoplace decompression chamber for a suspected type I DCI ... hot soup after 4h45min (US Navy 6)
Handling the deco chamber ? even kids can do it ; ))
Decompression -12m bell under desinfection ...
Jerome on his way in
The Bron family
two happy divers after two dives at -130m to repair the old lines (426 ft)
Those fabulous mad cave divers and their fantastic rebreathing machines
