British Explorers discover world's largest cave

Meursault · 05-01-2009, 06:53 AM

British explorers discover world's largest cave deep in Vietnamese jungle | Mail Online

A British caving team believe they have discovered the world's largest cave passage in the heart of the Vietnamese jungle.

The rocky passage is 150metres long and measures a towering 200metres in height - seven times as high as the vaulted ceiling of York Cathedral.
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Possibly the world's largest cave passage, Hang Son Doong was discovered in the heart of the Vietnamese jungle by a British caving team. At 150m long and 200m high, it is seven times as high as York Cathedral

Called Hang Son Doong (Mountain River Cave) it is believed to be almost twice the size of the current record holder.

'It is a truly amazing sized cave and one of the most significant discoveries by a British caving team,' said Adam Spillane, a member of the 13-man expedition team.

Using a laser measuring device known as the LaserRace 300, which measures height and width, the team are now back in the UK analysing their readings.
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Originally discovered in 1991, the cave had not been entered since, due to the terrifying wind and noise from the large underground river

The cave was originally discovered in 1991 by a Vietnamese Jungle man called Ho Khanh. However Mr Spillane said no-one had entered if before because 'it emitted a frightful wind and noise which was due to a large underground river'.

But assisted by representatives of Hanoi University of Science, the joint British-Vietnamese Caving Expedition 2009 spent five days exploring the cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in mid-April.

The team spent six hours trekking through the jungle to reached the cave. Climbing down into a large chamber, they had to negotiate two underground rivers before reaching the main passage of the Hang Son Doong.
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The team spent five days exploring the cave after trekking six hours through the jungle to find it. They had to negotiate two underground rivers before reaching the main passage

The team will return to Vietnam later in the year to complete the expedition of the cave and conduct a full survey.

'The cave is 6.5km long at present but the end of the main passage still continues with a calcite wall of over 45m high halting our progress,' Mr Spillane said.

'More work on the next expedition is required to make a complete exploration of Hang Son Doong and obtain a complete photographic record of the cave.

'It is a great achievement in this day and age to discover and explore such a fantastic cave.'

Ygdonmir · 05-01-2009, 07:55 AM

Simply beautiful.

This may interest you guys as well. Giant Crystal Cave | National Geographic Channel

MattyBlunts117 · 05-01-2009, 05:58 PM

holy crap this cave is huge...crazy to think that they only just discovered it.

Meursault · 05-01-2009, 08:10 PM

Well it had been discovered before, but the explorer was too scared to go into it because of the massive sounds the river made, heh.

Buzzby · 05-01-2009, 09:29 PM

Weirdly written article. It keeps repeating itself.

**goodgirl** · 05-01-2009, 10:32 PM

I noticed that too Buzby.....I am wondering who proofread that thing.

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Meursault Sr. Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 566 Grams: 7,737.55 Thanks: 155 Thanked 298 Times in 132 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	British Explorers discover world's largest cave British explorers discover world's largest cave deep in Vietnamese jungle \| Mail Online A British caving team believe they have discovered the world's largest cave passage in the heart of the Vietnamese jungle. The rocky passage is 150metres long and measures a towering 200metres in height - seven times as high as the vaulted ceiling of York Cathedral. cave Possibly the world's largest cave passage, Hang Son Doong was discovered in the heart of the Vietnamese jungle by a British caving team. At 150m long and 200m high, it is seven times as high as York Cathedral Called Hang Son Doong (Mountain River Cave) it is believed to be almost twice the size of the current record holder. 'It is a truly amazing sized cave and one of the most significant discoveries by a British caving team,' said Adam Spillane, a member of the 13-man expedition team. Using a laser measuring device known as the LaserRace 300, which measures height and width, the team are now back in the UK analysing their readings. cave Originally discovered in 1991, the cave had not been entered since, due to the terrifying wind and noise from the large underground river The cave was originally discovered in 1991 by a Vietnamese Jungle man called Ho Khanh. However Mr Spillane said no-one had entered if before because 'it emitted a frightful wind and noise which was due to a large underground river'. But assisted by representatives of Hanoi University of Science, the joint British-Vietnamese Caving Expedition 2009 spent five days exploring the cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in mid-April. The team spent six hours trekking through the jungle to reached the cave. Climbing down into a large chamber, they had to negotiate two underground rivers before reaching the main passage of the Hang Son Doong. cave The team spent five days exploring the cave after trekking six hours through the jungle to find it. They had to negotiate two underground rivers before reaching the main passage The team will return to Vietnam later in the year to complete the expedition of the cave and conduct a full survey. 'The cave is 6.5km long at present but the end of the main passage still continues with a calcite wall of over 45m high halting our progress,' Mr Spillane said. 'More work on the next expedition is required to make a complete exploration of Hang Son Doong and obtain a complete photographic record of the cave. 'It is a great achievement in this day and age to discover and explore such a fantastic cave.' __________________ *my MUSIC*

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Ygdonmir Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 359 Grams: 5,463.85 Thanks: 239 Thanked 218 Times in 107 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	Simply beautiful. This may interest you guys as well. Giant Crystal Cave \| National Geographic Channel __________________ "Three things cannot long be hidden. The sun, the moon and the truth." -Buddha

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Buzzby Buddhist Curmudgeon Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 16,810 Grams: 91,225.87 Thanks: 997 Thanked 6,796 Times in 3,139 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	Weirdly written article. It keeps repeating itself. __________________ 60% of the people of America now say we are heading toward a depression. Not a recession, a depression. We are in desperate need of profitable industries that we can tax. Um... Now can we legalize pot? ~ Bill Maher Theocracy Watch

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