November, 2012: It's been more than three years from the latest
explorations carried out in the Dream Gate section (Sac Actun system).
On some occasions, I have been to the end of the guideline placed by
Chris Stanton during his exploration in 2003, 440 meters away from the
entrance, where I had noticed the presence of a fissure on one side of a
break down.
I finally had the opportunity to take a better look on the opposite
side of the break down; over a narrow slope, I saw ripples on the bottom
caused by water movement.
I had to overcome some restrictions, to arrive in a passage, not too
high, but rather large and richly decorated. The cave is towards the
North-East, where the Hidden World system is.
Within
four dives I explored, with some unsuccessful attempts and other more
fortunate, 2378ft/724m of new caves which alternate bedding planes, big
passages and restrictions.
The flow was almost constant all along the connection, but at
halfway, the cave got smaller, and were many branches leading to small
rooms eliminating the possibility to continue. Forcing one of the
restrictions, I understood that the connection could be achieved: the
cave gradually becomes larger, opening several branches on both sides.
Hidden World system is to the North-East, and it is along this direction
that I could find the guide line laid by Bil Phillips in 1994.