Dennis Bakhuis

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Dive #418 · Friday, 16 August 2019

Émergence du Ressel

Marcilhac-sur-Célé, Lot The Quercy causses

cavetraining

Max depth
24.6 m
Bottom time
56 min

Kit

Gas
Nitrox 32
Mode
Open circuit
Weights
400 kg
Course / purpose
C12

Where

Émergence du Ressel

cave part of Réseau Gramat-Sud site max 32.6 m

The most-dived cave in the log outside Mexico, and one of the great exploration caves of Europe — a window into a flooded network draining 330 km² of the Causse de Gramat.

Dive 14 of 25 here · first 2018 · last Sept 2024

The Quercy causses →

On the map

Ressel survey

No route marked

CéléRessel↓8 mGalerie des blocs↓6 m↓11 m180 m↓7 mFaillePassage supérieur↓10 m↓10 mPassage inférieur↓16 mCloche 255 m↓18 mPuits 1Puits 2 358 m↓23 mPuits 3↓31 mPuits 4↓46 m↓50 m↓53 m712 m↓54 m830 mPuits 5Puits 6 930 mGalerie profonde1000 m↓67 mGalerie supérieure↓60 m1160 m↓68 mSalle NordGalerie Nord↓62 mPuits 7 1542 m↓83 m↓60 m1595 m↓47 mLac TPuits Hasenmayer↓13 mLac Isler 1850 m, end of sump 1CO2-PromenadeGalerie RJPuits 9Lac des BlocsSiphon 2Siphon 2aMetroSchikaneSiphon 3Salle BivouacSiphon 4Lac longSiphon 5ResseldomSiphon 6↓13 m↓10 m↓13 m↓18 m↓25 mKreidhalle↓17 mN100 m
  • Entrance
  • T
  • End of line
  • Air
  • Shoreline
  • Depth
  • Along the line

To sort out the fine debacle Hanna put a jump in. To me it looked exactly like a normal T and so that is the one we took. At the 2nd T we went a bit further. In the deep section Saskia had trouble equalising, and after discussion that was a good moment for me to call the dive.

All dives at Émergence du Ressel →