Dennis Bakhuis

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Dive #424 · Monday, 19 August 2019

Fontaine Saint-Georges

Montvalent, Lot The Quercy causses

cavetraining

Max depth
28.3 m
Bottom time
63 min

Kit

Gas
Nitrox 32
Mode
Open circuit
Course / purpose
C18

Where

Fontaine Saint-Georges

cave part of Système de Padirac site max 29.4 m

Where the underground river of the Gouffre de Padirac comes back to the surface — proved by a dye trace in 1947 that took 114 days to arrive.

Dive 3 of 9 here · first 2018 · last Sept 2022

The Quercy causses →

On the map

Saint-Georges sumps 1-2

No route marked

Fontaine Saint-Georges↓10 m↓28 m↓21 mp.100 m↓20 m↓19 m↓15 mp.200 m↓9 mJumpT p.256 m↓11 mp.300 m↓14 m↓14 m↓15 mT p.373 m↓14 m↓4 m↓3 mRestriction p.413 m↓7 m↓5 m↓11 mp.500 m↓10 m↓8 m↓5 mT p.552 m↓11 mp.600 m↓15 m↓11 m↓9 m↓8 m↓6 mp.700 m↓6 m↓6 mT p.749 m↓7 mp.800 m↓3 m↓4 m↓3 m↓3 mJump p.895 mp.900 m↓5 m↓6 m↓10 m↓12 m↓13 m↓24 mp.1000 m↓34 m↓48 m↓53 mp.1100 m↓72 m↓75 m↓74 m↓68 mp.1200 m↓68 m↓53 m↓50 m↓46 mp.1300 m↓46 m↓42 mp.1400 m↓39 m↓30 m↓24 mp.1500 m↓9 m↓3 mEnd of sump 2, p.1535 mLine up to the avenBuoy, Salle de LavaurSilt screw, exit on silt onlyLine to rock above surfaceLake, line tied below surfaceN20 m
  • Entrance
  • T
  • Jump
  • Restriction
  • End of line
  • Air
  • Shoreline
  • Jump (no line)
  • Depth
  • Along the line

The cave that separates the wheat from the chaff is really just a great cave. Restless for the first few minutes but then made a relaxed dive of it. At the first T (270 m) went up to look at the air bell.

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