Exploring Siphon Salamander
January 3, 2010
Crew: Vincent Detraux , Muyle Simon and William (GSESM) , Jean-Claude London . TPST 5:30
Diving carried out in a big exploration organized by the club Continent7/CASA (see: Attack rule Béron Ry )
The Siphon Salamander look as far upstream on the river flowing along the bottom of this cave.
No diving has never been attempted because it is not a major objective in Exploration of the cavity. This is an opportunity for me to raise a further question mark.
Access to siphon Salamander is not very easy. The descent begins with a small jump which landed in a small room with a sloping floor consists of very small pebbles.
A series of 3 jumps more important there is a follow Simon on the team that Jack spits and Bando have installed end of 2009.
This descent Rope leads on a loamy slope and steep, no beach at this place, nothing but mud. It is here that I equip myself despite the discomfort. A few meters down a squeeze between bedrock and boulders stuck in mud and other sediments leads to the trap.
This beautiful bowl of turbid water by 2 meters by 4 does not turn me on too ... Some packages look at bubble surface, the level ranges from a few inches and it makes a noise disturbing ...
Fear of downhole plunger me win, but it also reassures me it will help me too.
Jack London joined us at this time to reassure me about these comments.
These phenomena are due to the arrival of the creek under a small arch cascadelle wetting. Yves Dubois explained this phenomenon one day, my worries disappear.
We end routing kits and getting what it takes.
The descent into the restriction with 4 liters alongside their hands full and we entertain a lot, it is less easy ... Simon get rid arms and suddenly I slip to the bottom of the slope, live in the basin, as it's done.
Once my breadcrumb securely moored to a block, I let myself sink. A quick glance at the upstream immerse myself in an emulsion of bubbles, the origin of the tub, no way to advance further.
At the bottom of the basin, -2, I found a narrow passage between a block and the wall, it does not pass.
Second test on the other side of the block is still narrow, but it continues.
I am quickly on the depth between two walls vertical distance of 40cm. It scrapes across and the cups sharp cling on to my combi.
Towards -4, the ceiling lowers and the gallery expands to become a rolling mill. I searched right and left bottom of it ... but not switch Yet I am well into the current, the particles pass before my mask and water clears. This mill should be 2 meters wide, its bottom is composed of a bed of very small pebbles. The ceiling does not seem to me very high, it pushed through ...
I go back to join my companions, a blow Eye on the computer tells me a water temperature of 5 ° C, which cut heating?
Small debriefing before the camera of Jack ( video), and to the disappointment of my companions, I decided to go back but this time without fins.
refouillés I thoroughly this trap, it is the path that water follows, but even my boots do not go. I just beat a dead horse, it's not here we find the Rubicon. Case closed.
After 24 minutes of diving, trap Salamander lagging development of 8 meters and a depth of 5. Suite humanly impenetrable.
We packed up quickly, we all chilled, I do not even have time to take the first kit that already Vincent grabs and spins to the surface.
We will leave more than 2 hours before the team obstruction.
Just time to warm up and go drinking at local C7.
Thanks to my companions, who once again showed a efficiency.
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