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First tour to New Athos Cave was 40 years ago
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04.07.2015 10:00
On July 4, 1975 was the grand opening of the cave to tourists.
Sukhum. July 4. Apsnypress. Entrance to the cave was discovered on July 14, 1961 by a young resident of New Athos Givi Smyr, who without special equipment with a conventional rope came down on its bottom.
"I was very young, only 16 years old, I often left in for the forest, the mountains, and it turned out that I was one of the participants of the opening of the New Athos cave. I was very insistent and was one of the assault team. At the time, it was a big problem to be down to a depth of two hundred meters. Today it allows technical equipment, descenders", - told "Apsnipress" pioneer and director of the New Athos cave Givi Smyr.
At the present time there are 6 of 11 rooms in the cave for excursions, route length of 1400 meters.
"We should not forget that the cave is a closed underground cavity, which can take a limited number of tourists. There can no more than 500 people at the same time ", - said Gartskiya. A number of trippers per day may not exceed - 3500.
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