Diventures Magazine | English Edition May 2020 | Page 29

At the second tunnel, the scene changed
dramatically, underwater the divers
could see intact rail tracks used by the
miners to transport the excavated ore on
wagons.
Passing
through
one
underwater central gallery the divers
reached another large gallery with a
mine’s arcades, at least 500 m from the small passage supported by wooden
main entrance or 40-45 minute walk beams. Since the dive had gone
inside the dry part of the mine, we extremely well and being the first in a
reached the entrance to the flooded series of dives to follow, the divers
section. decided to return. The team was also
When the team reached the sump Erikos cautious of percolation which is caused
geared up and entered the water first, by
looked down through his mask noticing movement making for a zero visibility
three tunnels at the bottom of this return.
flooded followed entrance, Erikos and Stelios excitement
shortly after by following him in the could clearly be seen in their faces as
water where a final buddy check was they described what they had just
made before both descending. The witnessed.
chamber.
Stelios
the
exhaled
Upon
bubbles
reaching
and
the
fin
sump
divers chose one of the tunnels and
went through and after approximately
20 meters reached what appeared to be
a stone made wall and a semi collapsed
arcade. As this was the first dive Erikos
decided they would go back and explore
a different tunnel.
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