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Underground Flood: Climbing Through Caves

2025/3/27
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British caver Dick Willis and his friends descend into the Gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Martin, facing an unexpected storm that floods the cave. They must navigate the dangerous conditions to find their way out.
  • The Gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Martin is the deepest known cave in the world.
  • Dick Willis is a 24-year-old caver facing rising waters due to an electrical storm.
  • Communication becomes impossible due to the roar of underground waterfalls.
  • The trio must navigate through a labyrinth of jagged limestone walls.

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An expedition to the deepest known cave in the world goes suddenly wrong. In 1977, British caver Dick Willis and his companions descend into the dark heart of the French Pyrenees. But with the three friends thousands of feet underground, an electrical storm breaks out on the surface - sending torrents of rain cascading into the caves. As the water level rises around their feet, the race to escape is on…

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