Slightly Different Spelunking - Descent into the Lava of Marum
Ambrym, the most voluminous active volcano in Vanuatu in the South Pacific with 48 eruptions since 1774 is a massive, 1900-year-old, 96 square meters caldera and home of two active volcanic cones, Benbow and Marum. The last eruption inside the later cone was in 1953. They have done it before (2010) but this time the adventurer photographers Geoff Mackley and Bradley Ambrose were joined by the GoPro production crew to show potential of their new, incredible 4K high-resolution technology. Watch as they set their foot at the very edge of Marum Volcano's famed lava lake.
Getting to Marum could be compared to a reverse climbing of Everest. If the weather is bad, the whole trip into the raging, most active and most dangerous volcano on Earth can be quite challenging - tremendous heat from the lava, descending and ascending 400 meters of near vertical, loose rock face, acid rain so strong that it could have come from a car battery, and a variety of other craziness. Plus, one slip and you are history.
Grotto Mountain located in the Bow River valley, across from Canmore, Alberta, Canada, is a popular hiking spot among locals but what it's more famed for is the Rat's Nest Cave, over 4 kilometers long and one of the most important caves in Alberta. The reason why lies inside the rock beneath - all…
After abseiling down into the crater of Marum volcano, the crew encountered an amazing sight of Marum's boiling lava lake. Coming within 30 meters of the lava lake down a watercourse, one can stand the heat for only 6 seconds but with Fire Brigade breathing apparatus and heat proof proximity suit it was possible to stand on the very edge and view the incredible show for over 40 minutes. Check it out.
The injured German caver Johann Westhauser was recovered from the depths of the Bavarian Riesending-Schachthöhle cave after 12 days. Rescuers extricated him on Thursday shortly before noon. Westhauser stuck in the depth of almost one kilometer during the exploration of the Schachthöhle cave system.…
January 2014: New Zealand’s spelunkers have found two interwoven caves in southern part of the island in Mount Arthur area. The deepest cave in New Zealand was discovered. Let´s have a closer look how such discovery was made and how Mother Nature sometimes forms rock into something we all know.
