Thursday, March 13, 2008

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OMAN
H*E*R*I*T*A*G*E
Cave diving, which has caught the imagination of adventurers in Oman is thrilling, risky and highly exhilarating. It takes one to the dark recesses of earth created by natural phenomena eons ago. Oman has its share of caves, both explored and hidden. Caves which offer myraid opportunities to the adventurous.
Caves in Oman are given a set of grades, which apply to the normal route to reach the deepest point of the cave. The first grade represents easy to traverse caves while moderate caves are denoted as second grade. Caves which has at least some slight hazard are graded as three. Grade four represents caves which pose some hazard or have large underground pitches. The highest grades (five) are taken by those which have difficult sections or large & wet underground pitches.
Some of the interesting caves in Oman are the Jebel Akhdar massif, Kahf Hoti (the longest known cave in Oman that stretches upto five kilometers), several caves in Jebel Bani Jabir, the most impressive being the three deep shafts which enter the chambers of Majlis Al Jinn - one of the largest underground chambers ever discovered.

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