Pagina Siete reports: Lake Titicaca The first female divers graduated The first height-female-divers graduated yesterday in the morning, in the Hall of Flags of the General Command of the Bolivian Navy, in which the closing of the First Military Basic Course for Height Ladies Diving was performed. The commanding general of the Navy, Gonzalo Alcon, gave…
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Diving world record in Titicaca accomplished!!
On November 12, I posted a news regarding the Italian initiative to dive at high altitude: https://bolivianthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/diving-in-the-highest-lake-of-the-world/ Today, Pagina Siete (Pablo Peralta) reports: The team dived 101 meters deep at Lake Titicaca. FACT: In one of the dives near the Isla del Sol team rescued three archaeological artifacts (two noggins and a third element), which were handed to the…
Diving in the highest lake of the world!
A team of Italian experts in diving and high altitude medicine are sharing their studies with the Bolivian Naval Force, in the Titicaca Lake. They have four missions: training and equipping the Navy; scientific research; cultural exploration and want to mark a record dive. The last of these points is the one that led to the arrival of the…
