The Pit Project

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Location: Mexico
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Latest Activity: Dec 8, 2011

2009 Project Report

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In November 2009, the UTD Cave Diving Team explored the cenote known as “The Pit” located in Tulum, Mexico; part of the Yucatan Peninsula.

The Pit is comprised of break-down rooms with 100’ / 30m high ceilings and walls that are 100’+ /30m+ away from the line. These rooms are actually more like massive chambers that are connected by narrow, tight passageways (known as restrictions) which then open up to even more chambers of enormous proportions. The entirety of “the Pit” is a collection of these gargantuan rooms and restrictions linking them together.

The mission of the UTD Cave Diving Team was to (1) survey “the Pit”, (2) collect data for a 3D map, and (3) ultimately document scientific data regarding the water quality and flow systems throughout the area.

In order to meet these objectives, the team worked at depths well over 300 ft / 90m, with bottom times in excess of 2.5 hours, followed by more than seven hours of decompression obligation.

To read more about the project, the team, the equipment and their finding download

The Pit Report in PDF

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Comment by juan manuel ortiz on December 1, 2009 at 6:38am: Hello every body. I am new here. please, where can I find the videos of your last work in the Pit. Thanks in advance and pardon my english

Comment by Andrea Cappa on November 30, 2009 at 1:46am: Very well Nick.... I send all my complyments.... Andrea K

Comment by Toine Peeters on May 31, 2009 at 12:28pm: I send you a few minutes ago a private mail with the drawning to info@nick-toussaint.com

Comment by Toine Peeters on May 31, 2009 at 11:59am: Pet's cementary
Information by Jim Coke
Cavernline
Jump to I hope
Jump to Princesaline
a few small restrictions
This line was surveyed by Skilissen and Morris last arrow 2002 Nick Toussaint we did a 200 meters new line

Comment by Toine Peeters on May 27, 2009 at 12:36pm: What about the Pit Project?
Last february i was at pet Cementary at the line where Nick was there for the last time in 2002.
We lay a new line about 200 meters and registrated and serveyed , we called the line the Smurfe Line, explorers where Maarten van Baal from The Tuimelaar Groningen The Netherlands and Toine Peeters from Scuba-Tech-Diving-The Netherlands