The UTD Pit Exploration Project November 2009, Tulum, Mexico Trip Report

[Unified Team Diving]

Guys

In November 2009, the UTD Cave Diving Team explored the cenote known as “The Pit” located in Tulum, Mexico; part of the Yucatan Peninsula.

The Pit is comprised of break-down rooms with 100’ / 30m high ceilings and walls that are 100’+ /30m+ away from the line. These rooms are actually more like massive chambers that are connected by narrow, tight passageways (known as restrictions) which then open up to even more chambers of enormous proportions. The entirety of “the Pit” is a collection of these gargantuan rooms and restrictions linking them together.

The mission of the UTD Cave Diving Team was to (1) survey “the Pit”, (2) collect data for a 3D map, and (3) ultimately document scientific data regarding the water quality and flow systems throughout the area.

In order to meet these objectives, the team worked at depths well over 300 ft / 90m, with bottom times in excess of 2.5 hours, followed by more than seven hours of decompression obligation.

To read more about the project, the team, the equipment go to the website at unifiedteamdiving . com

Safe Diving
Andrew

 

[boomx5]

I just read the PDF and that's a fantastic report Andrew! What blows my mind is that you used 27 cuft of diluent/backgas, and 12 cuft of O2 for a 9 hour dive! That's really some great stuff!

 

[toodles]

Hey Gang,

For those of you who have been following the UTD Cave Exploration Project news, this is just a quick reminder of tonight's presentation on "The Pit" exploration project, hosted by Andrew Georgitsis and Nick Toussaint.

Due to the overwhelming response to the presentation tonight, we have had to change the meeting to a larger account that can now accommodate up to 1000 participants, so please re-register to join us. Here are the details:

Unified Team Diving invites you to attend this online meeting.

Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Time: 7:30 pm, Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00)
Meeting Number: 921 993 118
Meeting Password: welcome


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2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the meeting password: welcome
4. Click "Join Now".

To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link:
https://eval.webex.com/eval/j.php?ED...4NjA3&ORT=MiM0


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2. On the left navigation bar, click "Support".

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