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NEW DEEP CAVE DIVING RECORD SET IN CHINA
DIVER Canada
|Summer 2023
Renowned Chinese cave diver Han Ting surfaced after a 12-and-a-half-hour dive to 910.1 feet (77.4m) in Jiudun Cave, a new Asia deep cave diving record. The dive was a part of the Duan’s Juidun Cave Features (DJCF) project.
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Located in South China’s Guangxi autonomous region, which borders Vietnam, Jiudun Cave has two main entrances – North and South. The previous record, also set by Han, was to 767.7 ft (234m) in Jiudun, with entry and descent through the southern entrance and his ascent via the northern arm.
For his latest record, the entry and exit both took place via the cave’s northern arm.
“The north part of Jiudun Cave is quite complex, which makes the descent and ascent more complicated and challenges the support team. At depth, some areas are easy to silt out, which lowers the safety margin and increases problem solving time stress,” Han tells DIVER.
This story is from the Summer 2023 edition of DIVER Canada.
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