Dennis Bakhuis

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Dive #573 · Tuesday, 13 September 2022 · 16:09–17:51

Fontaine Saint-Georges

Montvalent, Lot The Quercy causses

cave

Profile
Max depth
28.5 m
Avg depth
10.5 m
Bottom time
102 min
Water
12 °C

Kit

Gas
Nitrox 32
Mode
Open circuit
Surface interval
3:19
Safety stop
2 min

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 9 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

Profile

ZHL-16C GF · GF 50/85 · Perdix #577

0 m8 m15 m23 m31 m0′21′43′64′86′107′14 °C12 °C
Avg depth
10.5 m
Deepest at
1:33:40
Descent
15.6 m/min
fastest
Ascent
11 m/min
fastest
Samples
645
every 9.6 s
depth water temperature hover or touch the chart for the computer's readout

From dive computer (record #577); never logged on paper

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