Thanks to Intermatica, a new call from Uzbekistan. Yesterday was a day of "rest", which translated from russian means doing sampling in the cave of Tunnelnaja! Today, however...
Two teams entered into Dark Star: the first, which included our friends, explored a side branch and is currently stopped on some pits, while the russian team has dropped the pit of 30 meters, found two days ago after the siphon unexpectedly opened, and found a large meander that ends in a huge hall. It all on a new watercourse that seems to be a real river. Currently this team is stopped on a new pit estimated about 50 meters and reached a depth of -450!
Another group of people entered the cave of Ulugh Begh down from the "Descent of Nadia" and found the meander with the frozen river and a narrow passage completely blocked by ice. The day is spent in the opening of a passage, so tomorrow will enter to explore.
Finally, another Russian team entered the cave Festivalnaja also carrying on explorations and, like the others, stopping on yet another pit.
So the problem now is that the ropes are almost finished and will need to focus on one, maximum two, objectives, the work that will follow. Probably the choice will be Ulugh Begh and Dark Star.
Amazing that these are the problems in an expedition so hard and extreme. The ropes ends, the desire to explore not...









