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28/12/2002: Little warm-up session the evening before the big expedition.
Enjoying the Réunion drinks that Didier brought with him. Before
the fiesta we have prepared all the gear for a fast start the next morning....
This is a 10 day trip organized by the Spéléo Club of Chilly-Mazarin,
a town located about 10 miles from Paris, hence the need to escape ;-)
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After a nice meal cooked by Delphine...
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...comes the game time.
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Our professional photographer, Didier.
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Delphine has concocted a very nice
little drink based on pineapple with lots of alcohol in there.... Dangerous
stuff.
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At 22:00 the
children are going to bed after a nice little story.
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We are at Baume des Crêtes,
near Déservillers, Doubs. Didier sets up the first shaft (40 meters).
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Delphine and Agnès are watching
Didier to make sure that he does a proper job ;-)
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It's a shame that we did not have
photography strobes to show just how large and beautiful some passages were.
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View from the top, just before the
first restriction.
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Agnès getting through. I am
laying on the floor, enjoying the view...
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Now, it is Delphine's turn.
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Agnès helps Delphine.
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Agnès with elegance and ease.
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"Mine is longer than yours...". Didier.
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Ah! Delphine! |
Concretions everywhere.
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One of the Stalactites, not the biggest
one.
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The group is waiting for Didier...
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... who as always is working very hard
to make our lives easy.
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Eating time. We assemble our sandwiches
with what we put in our dry kegs: buttered bread, ham, cheese, salami.
Then a little desert: sport bars.
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Bertrand (left),
Delphine, Anne-Sophie, Eric, Nicolas, Didier.
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And we go again.
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We are entering the mud zone. From that
point I cannot take pictures anymore from the sheer amount of mud everywhere
on me. We climb a few passages and then Didier decides that it is not safe
to go any further. Fresh mud on the ceiling means frequent flooding...
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