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Report dell'immersione al Pit - PIT dive report Italian version-

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Il 15 Maggio 2011 io, Emanuela Bertoni, e George K. Watson abbiamo realizzato un’ immersione nel Cenote Pit in Quintana Roo, MX. Gli scopi dell'immersione erano: sviluppare nuove possibilita’ di…Continue

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UTD Essential of Cave Sidemount class

February 6, 2012 to February 8, 2012 – Cave Heaven Tulum
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UTD Overhead Protocols (with sidemount configuration)

February 9, 2012 to February 11, 2012 – Cave Heaven Tulum
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UTD Advance cave sidemount class

July 6, 2012 to July 9, 2012 – Valstagna , Italy
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UTD Essential of overhead sidemount class

July 13, 2012 to July 15, 2012 – Lago di Garda (Italy)
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EMANUELA BERTONI (UTD #37)

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What are your levels of training?: Instructor, Trimix Diver, Overhead Diver, Scooter, Rebreather

Favorite Dive Sites (water, not internet): Riviera Maya caves

Your personal website:: http://caveheaven.com

About me:: Co-owner of Cave Heaven Tulum, let me help you to fully experience the wonders of cave diving in Mexico.
Over 7 years of cave diving experience in the USA, Italy and Mexico.
Lately doing deep cave diving projects and exploration.
Other interest: physical training, rock climbing, Muay Thai and Brazilian Jujitsu.
Resume:
Born near Milan, Italy, Emanuela has always been active in sports of one sort or another, mostly outdoors. She began with swimming, skating and competitive skiing, also taking her first scuba diving course in 1990 at the age of 11 with FIPS in Italy. FIPSʼ teaching style was very much like the military, so it was a difficult and exciting introduction to the underwater world. Currently her sporting loves are cave diving, especially exploration and deep technical cave dives, rock climbing, which she has done in several US and Italian locations, and martial arts, which she practices close to her home in Tulum.
Prior to devoting her professional life to cave diving, Emanuela had a highly varied and successful career as a chef and culinary consultant. She graduated from the culinary school in Milan at the age of 18 and worked briefly at her parentʼs restaurant, “Ristorante Bertoni” in Lonate Pozzolo before moving to Florida and working in her uncleʼs restaurant, “Bertoniʼs of St. Petersburg”. After these initial experiences, Emanuela climbed the culinary ladder in multiple prestigious restaurants in locations around the world, including Milan, London, Cannes, Athens and ultimately managing the opening of an Italian restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel in the Maldives.
In 2004 Emanuela began her technical diving career in Italy, diving in Lake Maggiore and the Mediterranean sea. In 2005, she discovered cave diving, becoming instantly hooked and deciding to build a career around it. She moved to Mexico with her husband and business partner Adam Korytko and they began building ʻCave Heavenʼ, a business dedicated to cave diving training, guiding and equipment. They began as open water instructors and cavern guides, building experience and income. They eventually did their NSS-CDS IDC and began an apprenticeship with the cave diving instructors in the Riviera Maya and Florida. After teaching through the NSS-CDS for some time, they became attracted to the high quality training, inclusive philosophy and DIR mentality of UTD, completing their crossover in 2010. Emanuela remains dedicated to UTD and contributes regularly to its courses and training standards particularly in the sidemount area. All the while Emanuela has been actively exploring the local Mexican caves. Emanuela has well over 2000 cave dives at this point in numerous systems in Mexico and Florida.
Recently, Emanuela has made a commitment to expand her horizons completing several dives in the ʻPitʼ cave in Mexico, an extremely deep and difficult system. This culminated in a spectacular 8.5 hour dive in the pit in mid-May. She has also committed to make the transition to CCR, completing her UTD mCCR1 course in late May. She continues to push herself in the diving world with several deep dives projects in the works.
Instructor Ratings
UTD (Unified Team Diving) Cave Diver instructor UTD Scooter Cave instructor UTD Advanced Side Mount cave instructor UTD Cave Gold (Stage) instructor
UTD Overhead Protocols instructor UTD Essentials Instructor (of Rec, Tech and Overhead) UTD Rec 1, 2, 3 instructor UTD Nitrox instructor NSS-CDS Full cave instructo Emergency First Response Instructor
Diver Ratings
UTD Trimix diver UTD mCCR diver NSS-CDS DPV diver NSS-CDS Stage diver NSS-CDS Sidemount diver NSS-CDS Abe Davis Safe Cave Diving Award recipient APSA official cavern and cave guide of Yucatan
DAN Oxygen Provider
Exploration Projects
Team: Emanuela Bertoni, Adam Korytko Cenote Divino (Puerto A. area, 2007, surveyed passages 330 mt/1082 ft, max depth 25.6 mt/84 ft, Cenote 1) Sistema Ixchel (Puerto A. area, 2008,surveyed passages 1887 mt/6192 ft, max depth 20.4 mt/67 ft, Cenotes connected 3) Sistema K'u Pix (Puerto A. area, 2009,459 mt/1506 ft, max depth 5.8 mt/19 ft, Cenotes connected 3)

If you are an Active Status UTD Instructor, what classes do you teach?: Scooter cave diver
Cave diver gold (stage)
Advance sidemount cave diver
Cave diver
Overhead protocol (OHP)
Essential of overhead protocol
Double mini
Dry suit mini
Dive master
Rescue
Nitrox
Rec 1,2,3
Essentials
Zero buoyancy

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Emanuela Bertoni's Videos

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Pit dive video 2011

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Cave diving Mexico - Caveheaven sidemount at Kalimba

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UTD Riviera Maya

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Mo Hammoud, Jean Langlois and Cave Heaven joined Emanuela Bertoni's group 11 hours ago

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Emanuela Bertoni replied to Cave Heaven's discussion 'Pet Cemetery is open!' in the group UTD Riviera Maya

....Also as extra info....the Cenote is generally close on Sunday but if you call them they will open it up for you.....(998) 7349728.....well this is "service"..... Enjoy!!!! :-)

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Emanuela Bertoni shared Cave Heaven's discussion on Facebook

Pet Cemetery is open!

yesterday

Back from Sistema Ixchel, me and Adam explored this 3 years ago but still great to go back with Brad today :-)

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Tulum cave divers accomodation @ Cave Heaven http://caveheaven.blogspot.com/2012/01/caveheaven-tulum-accommodation-and.html

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David Pozzi and Emanuela Bertoni are now friends Friday

Just back from one of my all time favorites ...THE PIT..... "Z diving" downstream.......just amazing !!!! :-)

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Emanuela Bertoni commented on Unified Team Diving's blog post 'Congratulations to Simone Nicolini on his Rebreather Instructor upgrade'

Simo, Carlo, Ste e Pia......gia' ci mancate in MX !!!! Dai che quest'estate mi insegni un po di pSCR !!!

Thursday

Had great dives @ Pet Cemetery today with Brad and our Z system passed through some pretty restriction ;-)

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Emanuela Bertoni commented on Unified Team Diving's blog post 'Congratulations to Simone Nicolini on his Rebreather Instructor upgrade'

GRANDE SIMONE !!!! :-)

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UTD Scooter cave
August 17, 2012 to August 19, 2012
UTD cave gold (stage)
August 13, 2012 to August 15, 2012
UTD cave diver
August 6, 2012 to August 11, 2012

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Events posted by Emanuela Bertoni Jan 30

Emanuela Bertoni left a comment for stefano brozzi

Ciao Stefano, piacere mio, questa estate saro' in Italia per corsi vari e ovviamente immersioni , luglio e agosto dai che ci vediamo!

Jan 30

stefano brozzi left a comment for Emanuela Bertoni

Ciao Emanuela, è un piacere fare conoscenza con te, speriamo in bei tuffi x tutti, magari assieme.

Jan 30

Emanuela Bertoni and Roland are now friends Jan 29

Emanuela Bertoni commented on Cave Heaven's event 'UTD Essential of Cave Sidemount class'

Looking forward to dive with you Marie!!!

Jan 27

UTD Overhead Protocols (with sidemount configuration) at Cave Heaven Tulum

February 9, 2012 to February 11, 2012

The UTD Overhead Protocols course is a mandatory prerequisite to UTD’s Wreck 1 and Cave 1 classes, and acts as Part 1 of any overhead environment course. As there are so many skills and techniques common to both wreck and cave diving, the Overhead Protocols class presents the student with the foundational skills that are necessary to be a safe, thinking diver in any overhead environment.This three-day class takes place in non overhead environment (open or confined water), generally at depths of…See More

Emanuela Bertoni is attending Cave Heaven's event Jan 26

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At 12:12am on January 30, 2012, stefano brozzi said…: Ciao Emanuela, è un piacere fare conoscenza con te, speriamo in bei tuffi x tutti, magari assieme.

At 3:31am on December 11, 2011, Claudio Selmo said…: Ciao Emanula, è un piacere fare la tua conoscenza.

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At 9:38pm on November 30, 2011, Fernando González Martínez said…: Qué tal, Ela!!!... Qué bueno saber que hay un equipo UTD en Quintana Roo!!!... Yo viví un año en Mérida y conozco bien la zona (no para bucear pues en ese entonces todavía no sabía). Tengo buenas amistades en Playa y viajo continuamente por allá... Hace unos meses realicé mi examen de 1 estrella (FMAS) en Mahahual... Seguro los buscaré cuando viaje por allá y, ciertamente, intentaré tomar algún curso con ustedes (cuevas es lo que más me interesa y veo que lo hacen muy bien ustedes!!!)... supongo que entonces podré adquirir el Z arnés con ustedes??? Saludos desde el DF!!!

At 9:19am on July 4, 2011, Joe Desimone said…: Thanks Ela for the great instruction at Rock Lake. Had a blast working with you and George. See you in Mexico ! :-)

At 7:53am on March 30, 2011, Paul A. Okishev said…: Thank you.

At 2:30am on December 24, 2010, Leonardo Zillo Monte Xillo said…: "Just tried the CUDA in Dos ojos today,felt like riding my Ducati...man that was good.."

Bello, eh!.? :-)