Jordtulla was first dived in 1985 by a Norwegian-British team consisting of Ronny, Dag and Stein, among others. The cave has been untouched since then until a day trip with reconnaissance in 2016 in which six people carried equipment to two divers. They then dived about 200m into the cave and laid a foundation for an expedition the following year. The expedition was cancelled due to heavy water flow.
John, Christian and I had planned a “norwegian cave tour” and packed the cars with everything from side mount to rebreathers to heal us. We arrived in Litjåga and got us a surprise with high water flow that made the possibility of diving almost impossible. Then it carried up pretty quickly up to Glomdalen to look at Jordtulla. After carrying over a hundred kilos each with equipment for 2.5 km to the outlet of the cave we were finally ready to dive. There was heavy power for the first two days that carried various challenges, but it calmed down a little down to day three which caused us to arrive at the “middle cave” and with only a few hundred meters left for the inlet that we came through on day 4. The section from the inlet to the “middle cave” has glossy marble and stunning formations that are the finest part of a cave I’ve seen so far in my time as a cave diver.
The combination of a lot of power, line laying and surveying of the cave meant that film and images were not given priority, but we got to produce enough material to cut together a small video of our small project.
Great film! Brings back many happy memories for me as I was with the small group that first explored this cave in 1985 with Ronny, Dag and Stein! Thanks for posting it!
Knallfilm! Klipp inn litt mer fra før og etter, og den blir fuuuking amaising 👍👍👍