Bulmer Cavern

Bulmer Cave entrance room and the first pit, New Zealand. A caver stands near the right edge of the photo.

A caver descends the first pitch inside Bulmer Cavern's main entrance.

Bulmer Cavern is New Zealand's longest cave system,^[1] running for 66 km through Mount Owen in the Tasman region of the northwest South Island.^[2] John Patterson discovered the cave on New Year's Day 1984, by dropping a rock down and counting the seconds until it reached the bottom.^[1]

Bulmer Cavern was the location of a major cave rescue effort in 1998, when it took 80 cavers several days to extract another caver who had fallen and broken his jaw deep in the cavern.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Board, Andrew (12 January 2010). "New Zealand's longest cave getting bigger". The Nelson Mail. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
^ Caving in New Zealand (from Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand)
^ Caving equipment and culture from Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand)

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Caving areas in New Zealand

Coordinates: 41°33′30″S 172°31′08″E / 41.5583°S 172.5188°E / -41.5583; 172.5188

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[stuff3223446-1] Board, Andrew (12 January 2010). "New Zealand's longest cave getting bigger". The Nelson Mail. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

[2] Caving in New Zealand (from Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand)

[EQUIP-3] Caving equipment and culture from Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand)

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