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Camp Chamois
2011
3rd International Exploration Campat the Grotte des Chamois
(Castellet-lès-Sausses,Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France)
From 10 to 21 August 2011
Organization Association CRESPE:Philippe Audra, Jean-Claude Nobécourt & Jean-Yves Bigot
EuroSpeleo Projects FSE
2 – Team 2011
Philippe Audra
Olivier Sausse
Donald Accorsi
Dider Cailhol
Philippe Bertochio
José Leroy
Johan Jouve
Alain Staebler
Bruno Arfib
Cathy Frison
Jean-Yves Bigot
Philippe Mauzet
Laurent Cadilhac
Xavier Cailhol
Jean-Claude Nobécourt
Philippe Bertochio
Peter Zentay
Alexey Kopchinskiy
Agnes Hajnal
Bernhard Köppen
3 – Team 2011
Ernst Fischer
Ana Demšar
Laura Sanna
Zoltan Zentay
Jo De Waele
Gabriella Koltai
Thomas ExelAndrej Drevenšek
Matthew Covington
Alvaro Ramirez
Erik Agrell
Matija Perne
Barbara Wielander
4 – A Real International Aspect Of The Camp
The daily schedule allows to know what
is happened during the camp and
exposes the activity period of everyone.
5 – Planning
Today, it's the longest cave of the Southern Alps
The Chamois Cave is located in the south of
France.
6 – Location
7 – Diving Upstream Sump
11-8-2011
Part of the team in front of the Aurent
refuge.
The diving team ready to go to upstream sump: from left to right and downwards: Alvaro Ramirez, Philippe Bertochio (diver), Matija
Perne. Down, Johan Jouve, Matthew Covington.
Xavier Cailhol in front of the Fantasmes Entrance, in a
confortable seated position above the Pasqueirets Canyon.
11-8-2011
Many people are in the Pasqueirets Canyon where an attempt of communication will be made between the
Fantasmes Team and the Pingouins Team located inside the Chamois Cave.
8 – Pasqueirets Canyon
9 – Pasqueirets Canyon
11-8-2011
With a special phone named Nicola, Donald Accorsi is calling the Pingouins Team in the Chamois Cave. Everything is all right. The waves cross through the rock mass without trouble.
10 – Pasqueirets Canyon
In the Pingouins Gallery, the magnetic emitter antenna (UGPS) is spread (frame). The experiment can begin.
Hello, The Penguins?Here the Earth!Can you hear me?
The aim is to precisely determine the distance separating Fantasmes Entrance
from Pingouins Gallery where footprints of animal have been found.
11-8-2011
11 – Fantasmes Hole
11-8-2011
The calculated distance is 40 m; we know the Fantasmes length (20 m), and we can say there is still about twenty meters to dig...
At the Fantasmes Entrance, Donald Accorsi is ready to measure the distance between him and the frame of
antenna (UGPS) located inside.
Another one morebox of stones!
12 – Pasqueirets Canyon
11-8-2011
Before to be back to the refuge!
12-8-2011
During this time, Donald Accorsi, Didier Cailhol and Jean-Yves Bigot takes some
pictures in the large galleries of Valette Highway.
We decide to climb in the ascending series of Valette Highway: Olivier
Sausse and Xavier Cailhol go to Sulfuric Meander. Another team, Philippe Audra and Matija Perne,
will climb in the réseau 13.
13 – Valette Highway
12-8-2011
Different profiles in the galleries of Valette
Highway.
14 – Valette Highway
12-8-2011
15 – Valette Highway
Valette Highway is the continuation of the large and long Hormones Gallery.
12-8-2011
Speleothems in Valette Highway
Canyon.
16 – Valette Highway
Dripholein silt.
17 – Valette Highway
12-8-2011
Sediments composed of sand and sandstone pebbles.
18 – Valette Highway
12-8-2011
Cross section filled by sediments.
Valette Highway is the continuation of Hormones Gallery, but the difference between
both galleries are the original wall features, better preserved in Valette Highway.
Didier Cailhol is in
a narrow passage
opened at the terminus of
Italian cavers.
12-8-2011
19 – Valette Highway
20 – Downstream Sump
The breathing equipment must be checked because it can be damaged during the
transport.
13-8-2011
Philippe Bertochio is preparing to dive
the downstream sump.
13-8-2011
Philippe upload on his back the breathing equipment.
The preparing is slow: nothing must be forgotten.
21 – Downstream Sump
Writing tablet used to note data during the diving.
On the way back, Philippe gives his precious data to Barbara: the downstream sump is 100 m long for 14 m deep.
13-8-2011
22 – Downstream Sump
23 – Diving Team
The diver is satisfied: the sump
has been crossed while it's rare to
emerge post sump so close to the
spring.
Part of diving team.
Alain Staebler
Barbara Wielander
Thomas Exel
PhilippeBertochio
13-8-2011
23 – Diving Team
Barbara Wielander
Alain Staebler
13-8-2011
Ernst Fischer
Philippe Bertochio and Thomas Exel.
The team very happy to be back.
23 – Diving Team
At the refuge, Barbara is entering data in the computer and the topographic transfer can start.
14-8-2011
25 – Transfer
Cross-section Downstream sump
14-8-2011
Ana Demšar is frying something and Catherine Frison is getting dinner ready.
26 – Dinner is served guys!
The dinner is ready and served at a table outside.What a wonderful place compared to wet Shadock Gallery, isn't it?
14-8-2011
Alain Staebler and Catherine Frison are cocking rice or pasta.
27 – Dinner is served guys!
28 – Photo & Video
14-8-2011
What is the plan?Photo and video 3D for Hungarian girls.
Agnes Hajnal and Gabriella Koltai are ready to go.
15-8-2011
Alain Staebler, Alexey Kopchinskiy and Jean-Yves Bigot decide to follow climbing on the top of Réseau 13 in Valette Highway.
Alain takes some crabs and a heavy driller.
29 – Climbing in Réseau 13
Alexey Kopchinskiy secures Alain Staebler in a difficult step towards the top of the shaft.
Stuffed with driller, Alain begins climbing.
15-8-2011
30 – Climbing in Réseau 13
Alain Staebler is drilling to put the spits and to install the ropes.
Alexey follows him with the gear.
15-8-2011
31 – Climbing in Réseau 13
15-8-2011
Down below, Alain is installing the rope
in the shaft (P11) after climbing.
Alexey is observing a geological fault allowing the development of shafts series.
32 – Climbing in Réseau 13
Together, they reach the base of new shaft very vertical (about +230 m) : the « puits des Pépites ». But they have to stop here : they need a special gear and equipment to continue the artificial climbing.
15-8-2011
A nugget (pyrite fool's gold) in the shaft called
« puits des Pépites ».
33 – Climbing in Réseau 13
+ 283 m
At the end of the camp, the ultimate point will reach + 283 m
34 – Climbing in Valette Highway
35 – Abuse
While others work hard at Aurent Village, José has a great time in cave entrance...
Jean-Claude Nobécourt is
bringing something to eat.
16-8-2011
16-8-2011
Matthew Covington, Ernst Fischer and Thomas Exel continue the survey in the Thénardier Gallery, Ernst takes very good pictures with his LED light.
36 – Survey in Thénardier Gallery
16-8-2011
37 – Thénardier Gallery
Gypsum speleothems growing on the sandstone pebble.Another mineral can be identified in this very dry gallery: mirabilite.
16-8-2011
On the surface, near the Chamois entrance, an international team (Andrej Drevenšek, Philippe Mauzet, Zoltan Zentay, José Leroy and Alain Staebler) decides to open a new entrance towards the réseau du Champagne.
38 – Rolling Stones Entrance
The big stones are rolling along the rock slide and the work is easy.
Rolling Stones Entrance
Réseau du Champagne
39 – Rolling Stones Entrance
The work begun the day before by Johan Jouve continues, and about 10 cubic meters are removed. But there is no entrance, no gallery... And yet, the réseau du Champagne is so close...
16-8-2011
17-8-2011
40 – Exploration-surveying
An exploration-surveying team (Barbara Wielander, Alain Staebler, Erik Agrell, Andrej Drevenšek and Matija Perne) goes to the Onze Heures Gallery. They have to explore a shaft in réseau du Champagne.
Unfortunatly, the continuation is already known. But all galleries are surveyed and the stations marked.
17-8-2011
Philippe Mauzet, Ernst Fischer Alexey Kopchinskiy and Jean-Yves
Bigot attemp to do a discharge measurement of Coulomp Spring by
a dilution method.
41 – Discharge measurement
... While Jean-Claude Nobécourt, located downstream, is measuring the conductivity of water.
Invisible cave entrance.
On the path leading to Pasqueirets site, Alexey Kopchinskiy find a new cave entrance
(Invisible Cave) located 5 m under the path. It's probably an old conduit connected to
réseau des Griffes of Chamois Cave but the distance is still 50 m, according to Donald
Accorsi measurements.
17-8-2011
42 – Invisible Cave
The confortable refuge of Aurent allows the good mood in the team.
43 – Good Mood And Conviviality
Matthew Covington has
brought his Kentucky
mandolin and sings his own
songs. 17-8-2011
19-8-2011
The team will go until Claude Shaft through the Wet Shadocks Series.
A visit of Chamois Cave is organized for people of Castellet-lès-Sausses.
44 – Doors Open Day
The group in the Divers' Hall.
19-8-2011
Despite the wet series (pumped sumps) everybody enjoyed.
Philippe Mauzet
GuyCoquin
Jacques Loriot
Karine Mayen
Alain Staebler
45 – Doors Open Day
The know-how is put for collaborative tasks (surveying, climbing, digging, transit, etc.).This organization makes the team successful.
46 – Everyone to his trade
19-8-2011
The caving values do not differ from trekking values and respect the nature and environment
47 – The Surroundings Of The Cave
48 – The End
The EndThe Aurent Village about 1911(Aurent museum collection)