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Italy
Sardinia
May 2008
Roland & Robin
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Due to the currently unfavorable weather
conditions in France, the proposed project
moved Gourneyras and instead simply a
smaller Sardinientrip clarification
regarding the planned future projects in the
late summer or autumn, and the necessary
logistics organized.
Our starting point was the basis of
Protec Sardinia Toddy and Patrick
protecsardinia Cala Gonone in the eastern
part of the island. Just south of Cala
Gonone found approximately 50 km stretch of
coast massive limestone deposits and
numerous over the sea and reach inland cave
systems are only partially understood.
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can not swim :-)
After a relaxing night on the ferry, we
finally 6:30 to Olbia and then go on to Cala
Gonone Protecbasis where we warmly by Toddy
expected.

First Look at Sardinia

Sunrise over the islandl

The ferry terminal in Olbia

Geiler outlook on Cala Gonone

The Pro Tec Base...

... with an adjacent hotel

Toddy, as always, good mood :-)
We decide it is comfortable and
acceptable to take the morning of our
arrival the first of the Grotta del Fico a
visit. We were each armed with a D12 with
EAN 32 and each of the 80 cf Stage 32nd EAN
This is a rather restrictive initial part
with a beautiful cave about 100 m long x 15
m wide Cavernbereich in the remainder of the
heavily branched and it is up to the end of
the line 8 jumps, various restrictions and
approximately 1200 m are penetration period.
The decorations with stalagmite and
stalactite cornices compartments in the rear
part are simply insane. Sometimes it must
also be something for the eye. Since it was
relatively close, we are well-behaved
geflösselt. Here we had crystal clear water,
visibility was only slightly affected by
Halocline. While we in the morning to the
front part of the cave and 3 jumps behind us
had, and about 500 m penetration achieved,
we are again in the afternoon with D12 and
80 cf EAN 32 after 6 jumps at about 900 m
penetration arrived.

Bruno at the helm, directed his Toddy
Equipment

Robin, with a good pair of sunglasses
gerüsstet

beautiful island

nice walls

Fill in the evening was on the
program. Rear you can still see Bruno
In the evening we enjoyed a delicious
multi-course dinner in a typical Italian
restaurant, and left the port the first day
with an exquisite wine bar and talked with
Toddy and Bruno on the planning for the dive
in the Utopia and the Bel Torente. Since
Roland is not yet in Sardinia and it was the
Bel Torente yet knew Toddy and necessarily
before our planned attack on the end of the
line felt he needed the 5000 Roland-year-old
monk seal skeletons in a restrictive way
side show (and was really close )

Is not that wonderful?

Bel Torente

again
On the way back to the base figure of
Cala Luna, we have a little visit from
here and put even a few hundred meters
back stretch and appeared on 2 T. just
ignore this and continue the many
Jumpmöglichkeiten right and left of the
Main Line and orient ourselves to the
Main Line.
Since we are the first two days Toddy
than absolute Top Full Caveinstructor it had,
we have it we can not take in some dives in
exercises and tasks leash with. Where you
have the option (except in Mexico) such a
complex cave system with countless passages
to betauchen and navigating to practice!

Dry cave system for tourists :-)
For the next day, we had a Pushdive in
the Bel Torente planned. The previous end of
the line is located at approximately 1200 m
and Toddy deeming the continuation of their
long, even hall-like corridor Profiles (15 x
30 m) after 2 T at around 1200 m.
Here we wanted to start and the rest of
this corridor and explore new leash
embarrassed and cave in their further
course push.

At the loading port

2x RB80 ready geriggt, 4x Magnum
Scooter

The two RB's are already in the boat.
The guys from Protec have huge support here.
The TG, we introduced each of the RB 80
and D20 Bailouttanks, 4 Magnumscootern, each
a 80 cf 50/25 for the flatter top section as
well as a 80 cf EAN 32 m for the 25-30 area.
We agreed for the case that the other
profile of the cave, well below the 30 m
mark falls, we are more than 10 min the
Trimix (15/65) of the package back into the
switch block of the plug Rebreathers would
otherwise would have been after a new TG
additional Trimixstage provided to this
depth range.

Roland is already finished with the
attract

...
and in the water
We scooterten with the eingestöpselten
50/25 expeditiously to our previous day left
and jump scooterten a loop to bypass the
restriction and jumpten again to the Main
Line and scooterten in the vast, hall-like
corridor profile magnificently decorated
rooms on the 2 T and, finally, reached
shortly before SUMP a depth of around 6m in
the end of the line, we left the scooters
back here on a leash back cleanten the
passage of old wire and rope remnants and
finally the Explorationsreel connected to
the end line and began to lay new line.
The course profile was deeper and was
always in dimensions more widely, in part,
we were able to the other wall or ceiling
and does not illuminate when the visibility
of> 30-40 m!. Here it simply had to go! At
20 m depth stöpselten we EAN 32 in the
switch block and followed the course in the
course of increasing depth. At 33 m depth
and sloping profile Roland and I
communicated briefly and stöpselten the
Trimix 15/65 from the 20 double back in the
packet switch block and finally reached a
maximum depth of 46 m in Minute105 of the
dive.
After this short bend at 46 m increased
the profile of the cave steeply again,
resulted in a long passage with a wall-wall
distance of about 50-60 m. We moved the line
right on the wall and lit so well it went
the whole area and held in the columns in
the wall on the lookout for other side
aisles. In between stöpselten we are only
returning to the EAN 32 and then at
increasingly lower depths the 50/25 back in
the Rebreather. Finally, we reached a new
SUMP and the course was unfortunately too
late, without a continuation betauchbare
view. That was hard to believe!
Up to this point, we moved quite exactly
250 m new leash. We dived into a huge
stalactites of wonderfully decorated
hall and briefly discussed how to
proceed. We could not really grasp that
the big gear so "banal" ends. We
fastened the rope end to a rock in the
water and turned around, that was about
170 min in the dive.
On the way back we are distributed in the
hallway, Roland left on the wall, right, and
I searched the aisle systematically from
continuations. About 50 meters before
reaching the Sumps where the cave profile
again to a level of 15 m increases, there
was still a large parallel course of
approximately 100 m and over ausgeleint was
a newly created T with the newly installed
line has been connected, it goes here , this
is the continuation? We will see. The
Auftauchstelle was ausgeleint T and another
at the Main Line and we were placed
comfortably on the back and scooterten back.
On the way back we are distributed in the
hallway, Roland left on the wall, right, and
I searched the aisle systematically from
continuations. About 50 meters before
reaching the Sumps where the cave profile
again to a level of 15 m increases, there
was still a large parallel course of
approximately 100 m and over ausgeleint was
a newly created T with the newly installed
line verbundeAm 2 T (from now 4 T's), we
still threw a glance in the so-called "Boneroom"
and still looked a quick look at a
well-preserved even around 5000 years old
skull of a monk seal scooterten and finally
out of the cave. There is already so
comfortable without Deco slowly in the sea
auszutauchen. We were about 4.5 hours on
Rebreather unterwegs.n was, it is here, this
is the continuation? We will see. The
Auftauchstelle was ausgeleint T and another
at the Main Line and we were placed
comfortably on the back and scooterten back.
Nice is here: dive time = time base
Here we will surely start again, and 2
further options of the cave continued closer
look take.

Filling Equipment and preparation for
the next day.
For the next day, we had an approximately
4,000 m in the TG with the Utopia Rebreather
planned. This is a very large part of early
cave (40 x 50 m!) Whose shaft-like entrance
at a depth of 15m, and thereafter in the
form of a huge hall in its dimensions and
comes up on the first kilometers for about
an average depth of about 40 m has before
the profile is increasing again and
eventually in larger - important to Trimix -
Deep continues.
We have prepared in the early evening in our Rebreather Protecbasis for the next day before and checked again everything necessary equipment and packed it for the next day very carefully, as all equipment on the boat so to be stowed.
We then discussed extensively about the
upcoming dive in terms of logistics,
Dekorigg for decoration in the sea as well
as the timing, planning for the estimated TG,
a Dekostrategie and many other things you
must remember is, like what are we doing
with the rig when the weather turns, etc.
(Free Floating deco) and then after a good
Italian dinner (Roland: Pasta, Robin: steak)
time in bed.
Toddy and Bruno (employees of Toddy)
prepared the next morning in the port
Dekorigg for the 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Deko m in
the sea that will later by Bruno at a depth
of 15 m on a rock before the cave entrance
was tied.

RB's and the 6 scooter is ready. The
two buoys you see here are from Dekorigg

we took almost the entire harbor in
:-)

The heaviest equipment is already on the boat, 2x RB80, 6x Magnum Scooter
We drove off while in port. Cala Gonone
is about 45 min to Utopia.
The 80 Stages cf O2 and some bags were
drinking at the rig by Bruno removed, the
remaining gases in 80 CFT stages (35/35,
50/25, 15/65) we had with us and placed a 21
m gas on a leash within the cave. We also
led every 3 Magnum Gavin (Aluheck) or 2
Magum Gavin and 1 Suex ADV 42 for the dives
with us and planning for the Scooter
periodically during the dive durchzutauschen
and approximately 30% of the nominal per
Burntime Scooter for the penetration to be
used so that at the end of the dive in about
30% of everybody Burntime Scooter reserve.

The Dekorigg is already installed
2 Scooter outages are so on point with
Maximalpentration of our board Scooter
logistics problem. After the warm breath
of the scrubber and the obligatory RB
and Equipment Check scooterten us in the
sea to the cave entrance, and finally
plunged into the giant system. We
scooterten than with the 35/35 "Travelgas"
for the first kilometer and agreed then,
if necessary, the interim change to the
board Trimixstage. The line runs in the
first 600-700 m in the main at about
38-45 m deep, barely ausleuchtbare,
visible soil is partly to 60-65 m! We
had excellent conditions with good
visibility 40-50 m in clear water and
ever-changing sections Halocline what
the buoyancy of the scooter a bit tricky
design
We quickly scooterten km around the first
5-10 m above the line at an average depth of
30 m and moved 3 times briefly on the
Trimixstage because the profile several
times in the 50 m region and drops, finally
reached the flatter part of the first
kilometer in the called Seehalle.
Suddenly Roland gives me a
Attentionsignal with his 18 W HID closes
quickly and the right valve, since it is
fairly heavily on Inflator abbläst.
It was hard to believe that the admission
of the button Edelstahlinflators was Inflate
at the Wings from the housing of Inflators
herausgeflogen. Since the thread of the
Inflators, where the inlet knob is screwed,
was ripped out.
I do not know how often and violently, we
in the Cooper Hoses of RB to the company
with the blue H geschimpft, but there was no
sense in the Wing of Roland was irrevocably
failed.
Meanwhile, Torsten Case is easily
adopted and further regulates the
manufacturing company.
After Roland Inflatorschlauch of the Inflatoranschluss had the right valve
and re-open shot, we had (super super disappointed) to. With the advance of
the scooters and plenty of argon in Trocki could manage but the buoyancy.
Dumm was only through the Tarrierung in the argon Trocki relatively quickly
was empty
We were also grateful for something that is not the Inflator 1-1.5 hours
later at 80-90 m depth but at reinscootern adopted!
So went a promising TG with a little
effort but much too quickly to an end.
To be continued! We will come back ;-)
It would be the perfect organization on
the ground and support of Toddy and his
entire team.

One last glance out the window (at home) in the direction of Cala Gonone

well OK, one time even watching :-)

Our ferry is waiting
Robin & Roland
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