HUAUTLA EXPEDITION

www.CDG-Exped.org

Photo by Martyn Farr

Introduction
In 2011 a team of British Cave divers will begin a two
year project to explore further than anyone before in Photo by Martyn Farr
the Huautla Cave System in Mexico.

Cavers and Cave Divers take part in expeditions all over

the world, each time with the goal of exploring new
cave. These expeditions always attract great interest
and support. They require a dedicated and experienced
team supported by sponsors. The Huautla project
promises to be one of the most ambitious and exciting
expeditions recently attempted, with a team of top
class cavers and cave divers.

Using state of the art technology the team will spend

many weeks underground, diving through flooded cave
passages, camping in the dry passage beyond and
exploring the unknown cave. An expedition like this is
a fantastic example of ingenuity, perseverance,
determination, team work and triumph over physical
elements.

Photo by Bill Stone

“Sump 9, a point that may be
considered the most remote yet
reached inside the Earth”
Dr William Stone

Photo by Hilary Greaves

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Photo by Chris Jewell

“Exploration is really the
essence of the human spirit”
Frank Borman (commander of Apollo 8)

Photo by Jeff Wade

March 2011
The team will head into the field and establish a camp in the
remote Santo Domingo Canyon near the Peña Colorada entrance.
Over 5 weeks they will pass the 6 sumps, cover more than 4.2km of
cave passage and establish two camps between the entrance and
the final sump.
Based from the second underground camp the team will put divers
in to the final sump. However the water is at the bottom of a 70m
shaft, where there is no dry land, making this particularly difficult.
The sump is known to be at least 50m deep and so rebreathers
with trimix to avoid nitrogen narcosis will need to be used. This
expedition represents an incredibly tough logistical challenge with
mixed gas decompression diving in a remote location several days
from the surface.
March 2012
The passages of the San Agustin entrance descend for over 800m
until the San Agustin sump is encountered. Requiring more than
1.7km of rope, numerous camps and many days just to establish a
route down the cave, getting a team of divers here will require a huge
amount of manpower and effort.
Camping equipment and sufficient supplies for diving and climbing
will then need to be dived through the sump. As the underwater
section is over 400m long and 28m deep the entire team will use
specially constructed lightweight rebreathers to pass the sump. The
team will then spend up to two weeks beyond the sump, diving sump
9 and scaling the waterfall found in 1994.

Engagement and
Support:
Large caving and cave diving
expeditions like this do not take place
without the generous support of
sponsors. Our aim is to provide our
sponsors with high quality pictures,
video footage, quotes and media
coverage.
Expedition members have featured in
articles in the national press as well as
diving and caving magazines. Members
have also given presentations at
national conferences and events.
Sponsorship
Past cave diving expeditions by this
team have been generously supported
by companies like Bauer Compressors,
Petzl and DiveLife.
For a full list of previous media coverage
please visit the expedition website:
www.CDG-Exped.org
You can also watch videos about the
exploits of the cavers involved the in
Huautla project by visiting
www.casj.co.uk/culiembro
Photo by Bill Stone
 For more information visit

www.CDG-Exped.org
Or contact Chris Jewell

07970 923 959

Photo by Diane Arthurs