In 1973, a group of young divers entered a flooded sinkhole known as The Shaft, pushing beyond recreational limits without proper cave training or safety lines. As nitrogen narcosis, low air, and ...

Late at night on Jan. 18, 37-year-old Lorena Garcia Martin set out on a cave diving trip with her diving partner. The pair planned to explore the Cueva del Agua area, an underwater cave system in ...

We follow the adventurous, and tragic, story of a recovery effort in the world's largest freshwater cave. At LAist, we believe in journalism without censorship and the right of a free press to speak ...