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2004: Would you travel to the bottom of the world?
Blind Descent
What you need to know before your trail
The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for centuries, long after every other ultimate discovery had been made. This is the story of the men and women who risked everything to find it, earning their place in history beside the likes of Peary, Amundsen, Hillary, and Armstrong.
In 2004, two great scientist-explorers attempted to find the bottom of the world. Bold, American Bill Stone was committed to the vast Cheve Cave, located in southern Mexico and deadly even by supercave standards. On the other side of the globe, legendary Ukrainian explorer Alexander Klimchouk – Stone’s opposite in temperament and style – had targeted Krubera, a freezing nightmare of a supercave in the Republic of Georgia.
Travel Guide
Mexico
Sistema Cheve is a deep cave located in the Sierra Juárez mountain range in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca. As of June 2023, its deepest point has been measured at 1,529 metres (5,016 ft) deep, It is the second deepest known cavern in Mexico and the Americas and the world’s 11th deepest cave.
Georgia
Krubera is the deepest known cave on Earth. It became the deepest known cave in the world in 2003 when the Ukrainian Speleological Association reached a depth of 1,910 m (6,270 ft)
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Blind Descent
Destination/location: Cheve Cave (Mexico) and Krubera (Georgia) Author/guide: James M. Tabor Departure Time: 2004
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