Mr Raikov, what will you remember of this unique dive to the cave Jean Bernar?
H. Raikov: The dive was principally the same as climbing a mount you take food, devices and instruments with the one exception that it is a descent. We prepared the necessary equipment for three days and at the end of the week, we were on the bottom. I personally dived three times to the cave. My French buddies, who are professional divers, wanted to make a live broadcast from the bottom of the world but the plan fell through. We took a hundred professional lanternslides, showing the way to the cave, which later were included in a huge color catalogue. The Team: Were there any extreme and risky situations while entering the cave? H. Raikov: The transport of diving equipment was very dangerous. The cave has such a fragile structure that every shaking might cause the bottles to explode. The cave was very narrow and difficult it was a real ordeal of psychological and mental resistance. It gradually constricts and at the end there is a small pool. In this pool, half-lying and half-bent, I
