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Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 21:19:27 +1000
From: gregr@st*.cs*.su*.oz*.au* (Greg Ryan)
Subject: Re: Cocklebiddy, down under
To: emdx@ac*.ne*
Cc: techdiver@terra.net, cavers@ge*.co*

Marc Dufour wrote:

> Just got a book about a (presumably; at least the author is - ain't
>read the book yet) French expedition to explore the Cocklebiddy
>caves in Australia.
>
> Anybody has pointers or quick infos on this?

Presumably Francis and Sylvia Le Guen's 1983 expedition.  Using
Aquazepps they beat the Australian 1982 swimming effort in Cocklebiddy
(Hugh Morrison, Ron Allum, Peter Rogers), adding 1790m beyond Toad
Hall.  Not to be outdone, a team of 6 swimming Australian divers
(Morrison, Allum, Rogers, Jones, Prust and Morrison) revisited the site
(October 1983) and this resulted in Hugh Morrison adding to the end of
the French line by abandoning his backmounts for a cylinder under his
arm.  This record stood until Chris Brown's (scooter assisted) 1995
expedition added another 20m (from memory).  Chris' expedition was
well covered on this list by expeditioner David Doolette.

(distances from Martyn Farr's excellent publication - The Darkness Beckons)

				Greg Ryan	gregr@cs*.su*.oz*.au*

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