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Some additional pics from above ground exploration on the Bisaro Expedition. The horizontal shots made the vertical shots all wonky on instagram so had to separate them out into two posts.

1. Scrambling the left facing slopes of the peak in the second photo.

2. This is the mountain that largely houses the Bisaro Anima cave system.

3&4. Sunrise and sunset from camp just outside our group tent.

5. A goon.

6. Week 2 crew arriving on the plateau.

𝔹𝕚𝕤𝕒𝕣𝕠 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟞
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Another successful trip exploring the deepest known cave system in Canada.

Teams hauled dive tanks and gear down to the sump at the bottom of the cave, 680 meters underground, where two divers entered the water for a 30+ minute dive. The underwater passageway turned out to be relatively horizontal apart from a tube heading almost straight down that was spotted near the end point of their exploration. Contingency oxygen limits prevented them from exploring further this time around.

The team stationed at Camp 2 found a promising, but character building lead. Windy and wet conditions had them wearing garbage bags while passing under waterfalls in order to access additional passage heading towards the far side of the mountain.

Surface teams discovered two new caves. The first - named “Tenacious Tube” due to its wet, muddy, and crawly passage - connected into the main cave system and left us some promising leads for next year. A second cave was found almost 200m higher, but exploration was blocked by an ice plug. If this cave were to connect to the main system in the future, the added vertical could make Bisaro the deepest cave north of Mexico.

Big thanks goes out to RCGS • SGRC NCRC Social Media Sequoia Supply Fourth Element MINUS 90 Ryan Jenks Fenixlight Official Bisaro Project for the support. Looking forward to continuing exploration next summer.

Some places sure have a way of reminding us just how small we really are 🌎

Midnight under Mount Robson.

Happy 250 🇺🇸🇺🇸

2026 caving season opener featuring Reid and some ice ph**li 👹

#1 - Ian looking out across the Campbell Icefield toward Mount Freshfield.

#2 - Couloir side mission after we got skunked on our main objective for the day. Found some nice turns.

#3,4,5 - Pics from the Waitabit Lake Valley. This was a new to us zone and definitely worth the effort to get to.

#6 - Looking across the valley at our tracks from the previous day in “The Fridge.”

Day 3 at Campbell. We set off early for our seemingly annual attempt at Prior Peak. The weather was mostly unsettled with quite a bit of cloud. This made for a beautiful sunrise on top of Low Col, but ultimately wasn’t conducive for a summit. Our consolation prize was a nice long glacier run with a side adventure up a couloir for some nice powder turns. Third times the charm next year?

We got quite the show during our final night at the lodge last week. Taken around 2:30am on April 17. Even saw the local pine marten out enjoying things from his tree perch.