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Kong Collapse - The Deepest Super Sinkhole In Vietnam

To reach the Kong Sinkhole of Quang Binh province, visitors must cross more than 20km of forest roads, 6.5km of caves, and 500m of underground rivers with a water temperature of about 18 degrees Celsius.

How Kong Sinkhole Was Found?

The magnificent structure of kong sinkhole, strict standards to explore kong collapse.

Kong sinkhole is located deep in the Tiger Cave system in the Phong Nha - Ke Bang area , Quang Binh Province. The Kong sinkhole was first discovered in 1997 by a British expert during the annual Phong Nha - Ke Bang discovery trip.

At that time, the only way to reach this sinkhole was to swim through Dai A Cave, also known as Tiger Cave. It was temporarily called a closed sinkhole because there was no way out. Therefore, cave experts could not complete the cave map and the whole cave system became a big question mark.

More than 20 years later, Mr. Le Luu Dung, a cave explorer in Quang Binh, discovered an eye orbit of this super sinkhole from a drone. When the drone flew out of range, this super sinkhole appeared with the strange shape of the one and only King Kong of the MonsterVerse. As a matter of fact, Quang Binh was also the place where the blockbuster movie Kong: Skull Island was filmed.

With curiosity, Mr. Dung and his group planned to explore the mysterious rocky cavity. The group had to walk for 6 hours and swim through the Tiger Cave. Afterward, they followed the drone, opened a path in the forest themselves, and crossed the steep slope without human footprints by following the footprints of the mountain goat.

"Members who managed to conquer the Kong sinkhole said the path to the top of it was very difficult because the path was full of sharp cat's ear stones. The slope was vertical, one side was a cliff, and the other side was an abyss. But Kong sinkhole was too beautiful, at that time, I could not believe I was admiring a huge sinkhole," Luu Le Dung recalled.

According to experts, the sinkhole is a great surprise hidden in the overlapping limestone mountain system of Phong Nha-Ke Bang as this cave has a unique structure that could only be created by nature for millions of years. Most of the caves have a vertical height, pretty much like other giant skylights with low slopes.

The process of measuring the depth of the Kong sinkhole yielded an unexpected result of 450m. At the same time, 3 new paths to enter the sinkhole are being discovered: swimming through the Dai A cave, swinging over the crater or walking, although it is a bit difficult. The Kong super sinkhole has been recognized by experts of the American Cave Association as the deepest sinkhole in Vietnam and has become one of the deepest sinkholes on the planet.

Reaching the Kong sinkhole is the most difficult cave adventure tour in Vietnam at present. With many extreme challenges such as walking through the forest, swimming in the dark cave, exploring 3 consecutive caves, particularly swinging from a vertical height of 100m, from the orbit of Kong sinkhole to the bottom.

U.S. cave experts have surveyed, assessed the safety level, and developed their own operational formula for the swing activity to explore the sinkhole. With extremely strict safety standards such as a load-bearing rope anchor system, a 3-wire system including the main swing, a safety team-controlled lifeline, and an emergency lifeline.

All safety equipment must be imported from international standard manufacturers. Safety personnel and guides must meet the standards and be unlocked with full skills to handle rescue and respond to unexpected situations.

Participants must meet the following criteria: 

Mandatory age from 16 to 65.

No symptoms of fear of heights, hypertension, bones and joints, cardiovascular disease, etc.

Currently, the Kong sinkhole has been open for tourism with the support of experts and porters. Tourists have to book a 60-hour tour of 35 million VND per person. However, only those who pass the medical examination and safety test can participate in this adventurous excursion.

Because of everyone's safety, the standards for exploring this cave are also very strict, and not everyone can participate, so IZITour also has some suggestions for other tours in Quang Binh as well as equally, if not more, interesting alternative activities when traveling in Quang Binh .

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Tiger Cave Series Adventure

Including the exploration of the whole cave system of hang Pygmy, hang Over and Tiger cave with Kong Collapse. The tour has a high level of difficulty including trekking 25km (high slopes, rocks..). Guests can participate in interesting activities such as abseiling(10m), camping in the cave at Kong collapse, climbing over the systems of rocks and stalactites…

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• Activities Fire Camp , Hikking , Mountain View , Swimming , Trekking , Walking
• Group Size 20 Pax
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This journey into the depths of the jungle requires porters, safety advisers & guides. You’ll explore the entire length of Hang Over Cave, Tiger Cave, Pygmy Cave and Kong Collapse. Hang Pygmy is considered the fourth largest cave in the world with a tropical jungle inside while Kong Collapse is one of the deepest sinkhole on earth. The caves are masterpieces of what nature can create, with otherworldly landscapes. Make your way through tropical jungle inside Pygmy Cave before setting up camp underground. Marvel at enormous stalagmites & statuesque stalactites rising from the ground & hanging from the ceiling like an alien species.

Tour departs daily at 8:00 am

Day 1: Phong Nha – Road 20 Victory – Tiger Cave – Kong Collapse. Distance: 12km

8:00 – 8:30 Pick up from your hotel in Phong Nha area

9:00 Safety briefing at Jungle Boss Head Quarter

9:30 Set off by van about 45 minutes along the Road 20 Victory to the trek point

10:15 Start hiking though the jungle on a difficult terrain trail with a mixture of soil pathway and rock passage. 

12:30 Lunch will be served during the trek when you get to the top of the wind slope. 

13:00 Start hiking again for about two more hours up and down hill through the tropical jungle of Phong Nha – Ke Bang to reach the lower entrance of Tiger cave.  

15:00 Arrive at the lower entrance of Tiger cave where you will be geared up to swim through the downstream passage of Tiger cave to reach Kong where is your campsite.

* In case of high water level which is not safe to swim, the guide will decide to take the upper passage to trek to Kong Collapse

15:30 Swim 300m through the lower passage of Tiger cave

16:00 Arrive at Kong Collapse by the end of the passage

16:00 – 17:00 Prepare campsite

17:30 Dinner at Kong Collapse and enjoy the rest of the night in one of the deepest sinkhole on earth.

21:30 Bed time for everyone

Day 2: The Tiger Cave Series (5.5 kilometers of cave awesomeness)

A day underground

8:00 Wake up for breakfast at Kong Collapse

9:00 Set off for Tiger cave, hang Over and hang Pygmy

9:00 – 11:00 Explore the upper passage of Tiger cave. This will require a lot of climbs over boulders and pass some river inside the cave

11:30 Arrive at the Swift exit of Tiger cave and trek through the jungle inside the doline between Tiger cave and hang Over cave

12:00 Picnic lunch at the entrance of hang Over cave

12:30 Start exploring 3,2km of hang Over. This will be a long time in the darkness while wandering inside huge cave. 

13:30 Arrive at massive Attack inside hang Over cave. This is a huge chamber which is 125m wide, 80m high. There are a lot of strange formations. Awesome place for good photos

13:30 – 15:00 Explore the Massive Attack and walk to the exit of hang Over cave to hit the second doline between hang Over and hang Pygmy. There is a huge jungle inside the cave where you have to walk for about 20 minutes under a jungle in a cave.

15:20 Arrive at the exit of hang Pygmy and start exploring the fourth largest cave in the world with a transverse line of 80m along the edge of formations. 

15:45 Arrive on top of Dinaseur Spike passage in hang Pygmy. Walk through the spike and then abseil for about 10m to drop down on the floor of hang Pygmy. Daylight from the big entrance can been seen from here. 

16:00 Arrive at the main entrance of hang Pygmy which is 100m high and wide. Set up the basecamp at this huge entrance.

17:00 – 18:00 Photo time around the basecamp and the entrance of hang Pygmy

18:00 Dinner at basecamp

21:30 Bed time 

Day 3: Goodbye to the Tiger Cave Series and the trek home. Distance: 9km

8:00 Breakfast and cleaning up camp you will exit the cave system and begin the half day trek home.

9:00 Start trekking out of hang Pygmy entrance to reach different valleys and mountains

This will be a long trek out of the jungle with difficult terrain

10:30 Arrive a “Doc Co” known as grass slope which is quite slippery and steep hill. This hill will kill a lot of energy.

If it rains, you may have chance to see some water falls on the way

12:00 Some snack lunch will be provided during the trek

14:00 Arrive at the road to enjoy cold drink before the van arrive and transfer you back to Jungle Boss headquarter. 

15:00 Arrive at Jungle Boss headquarter, clean up. Finish the journey

• Tour Guide, Safety Assistant & Porter Team
• Entrance Fees ( 1,300,000vnd/pax )
• Transportation in Phong Nha
• Safety Equipment
• Camping gears
• All Food & Drink
• Use of trekking shoes Euro sizes 36 – 45 (We suggest bringing your own shoes if these do not suit you. We do not suggest Goretex/waterproof boots as these take a long time to dry)
• Use of towel
• 03kg of baggage carried by our porters

What To Bring

• Two sets of long trousers & long-sleeved-shirt to avoid poison ivies and mosquitoes
• Two sets of changing clothes for the nights at basecamp
• Two pairs of long socks
• Small backpack
• Sandals or flip-flops & extra clothes
• Dry bag (optional)
• Hiking shoes (optional) or can borrow from Jungle Boss
• Hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, insect repellent, toothpaste, tooth brusher

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July 11, 2023

Welcome to another Travel Tuesday ! I talked previously about what to expect on the Kong Collapse Top Adventure , but what of our actual experience there? Comin’ right up in this post!

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Day 1: Arrival, Welcome Lunch, Technical Training, Welcome Dinner

The morning after our Son Doong Cave Expedition, we had breakfast at Chay Lap Farmstay + packed up our belongings. Our tour guide (Messi) from Jungle Boss came to pick us up/take us over to the Jungle Boss Homestay.

On the way, due to the fact that I’d lost my voice a few days ago and was still coughing (sigh), they did me a solid and stopped at the pharmacy so I could get cough drops. (Bless their souls.)

After we settled into our rooms at the homestay, we enjoyed a welcome lunch and got our vitals done/started our technical training.

Since it was just the 3 of us, training day was much shorter and we finished pretty quickly. We had dinner that evening with Messi and 2 of our safety assistants + had the evening free to pack and rest up.

Day 2: Road 20 Victory to the lower entrance of Tiger Cave (11km)

Breakfast: crepes with lemon/sugar or chocolate/banana, or beef pho

Before heading out!

We boarded what looked like a party/karaoke bus back to Phong Nha National Park (~45 minutes) + hiked ~1.5-ish hours before stopping for a lunch of bread, peanut butter + condensed milk (or jam) + various fruits (bananas, apples, oranges, dragonfruit) + rice crackers, Oreos + Choco pies for snacks. After another ~1.5 hours downhill, we made it to our first campsite!

While dinner was being prepared, we climbed over a bunch of sharp rocks to get to the swimming site. (The provided helmets + sandals were a must!)

Due to recent rain, the water wasn’t its usual blue but we were able to swim through the cave to a doline for photos/to explore a bit before heading back for dinner.

Dinner: fish, steamed rice, jungle vegetables that were harvested along the way, jungle vegetable soup, fried tofu, bok choy with beef, egg dish, beef/veggie soup, steamed carrots with crushed peanuts, cucumber dish

Bathrooms were unfortunately a lot less convenient to get to + also a lot less pleasant than the Oxalis bathrooms , so I resumed my Team-Hold-It-Til-Morning-Status that I usually adopt when camping.

Day 3: Abseiling 100m + 3km trek

Breakfast was beef pho! We trekked for about an hour through the jungle (30 minutes uphill) to get to the Kong eyes. My brother is scared of heights and decided to offer me up for slaughter to go first, citing that I “had the most experience” out of all of us. (He says this because I used to do aerial silks , but this was for a pretty short time. I’m also mildly afraid of heights + took up rock climbing as self-exposure therapy.)

Since I’d lost my voice several days before and didn’t have a voice to protest, off I went. The most terrifying part was honestly just trusting the equipment and convincing myself to step off the cliff. Afterward, I was all good! :D (The training that they provided was excellent in preparing us for this day!)

Helloooo, 100ft drop!

The second section was just 20m (66ft), but more technical. We got to eat our lunches while sitting in a hammock nestled in a crevice in the mountain overlooking the Kong Collapse! At 450m deep, it’s the 3rd largest collapse/doline in the world + was also our campsite for the night!

Lunch: stir fried noodles with hardboiled eggs/bok choy, yams, pumpkin with a crushed peanut dip/soy sauce, fresh fruit (apples, oranges, dragonfruit)

Afterward, we completed the last 50m (164ft / pictured above + below in multiple views) to get to our campsite.

We took a boat over to check out the first entrance of Tiger Cave and were able to wash up in the river. (There was an option to swim but it was pretty cold so we were good with staying in the boat.)

Dinner: fish, pork/eggs, pork/chicken dish, seaweed soup, green mango dish, okra, egg plant, spring rolls, steamed rice

After dinner, we lay on the tarp to look up at the sky + saw a flying squirrel soaring across + also got to do some stargazing.

Day 4: Explore Tiger Cave + Hang Over Cave to get to Hang Pygmy Cave

Tiger Cave is so named because when they first discovered the cave, they found tiger paw prints at the entrance and a collection of animal bones inside. (Luckily for us, there are no longer tigers there or this trip absolutely could not have happened.)

Breakfast: ramen with fried egg, crepes, fresh fruit

After breakfast, we did a little abseiling off Turtle Rock! The little white things in the photo = butterflies! :]

We trekked back into Tiger Cave and swam to the 4th + final opening of the cave! The water was cold but super refreshing and after swimming for a short bit, we warmed up pretty quick.

We scrambled up a bunch of rocks to get to the very last Tiger Cave entrance, then trekked about 10 minutes in the jungle to get to Hang Over Cave.

I love how those light rays hit! <3

Dinner: eggplant, pork spare ribs, sour veggie soup, egg dish, cabbage, chicken, baked sweet potato fries, steamed rice, and hot tea with fresh ginger/honey made by one of our safety assistants (bless him!)

Messi entertained our exceedingly mature shadow wars.

We called a truce!

Day 5: Hang Pygmy back to Road 20 Victory (9km)

Breakfast: banh canh with fish (a Phong Nha traditional breakfast) with more hot ginger tea!

We trekked back through the jungle for ~8k to get back to civilization — there were some steep sections but nothing too-too difficult, especially since we took plenty of breaks! The lack of rain definitely helped in terms of preventing slipperiness, but the heat sapped a lot of energy out of us.

We had a lunch of spring rolls + fresh fruit + a gala dinner with Messi before we parted ways.

Shoutout + major props to Messi (our tour guide), who is the MVP and acted not only as as our tour guide but also as our very dedicated photographer (legit took ~297 photos of us on the second day alone). He also picked a bug out of my eye and helped me to park the moped I borrowed after my lil accident. In conclusion, he’s awesome. If you book a tour with Jungle Boss , make sure you ask for him!

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• Linda on July 11, 2023 at 8:16 am

GREAT article! Thanks so very much. Really enjoyed it!

• Farrah on July 18, 2023 at 8:57 pm

Yay! :D This one was a fun one too! <3

• Josy A on July 11, 2023 at 5:59 pm

Woooah Farrah I didn’t know you were afraid of heights. All these photos of you hanging backwards upside down made me think you love it!? Did everyone do the beautiful ballet-like poses upside down, or was that just you? I love all the photos of you like that in any case!

p.s. I know it’s not the point of this post, but the food look incredible! I wish all camping was that tasty looking!

• Farrah on July 25, 2023 at 1:33 pm

Aww, thank you! :] I’ve been doing exposure therapy of sorts over the years with rock climbing + aerial silks/lyra so that’s helped for sure! :P My brother went for more macho/manly poses! :P

I wish that too! I got so spoiled with food on these trips!

• Claire | The Detour Effect on July 11, 2023 at 9:02 pm

What! This is so cool! I need to go back and read the other posts in your series about Vietnam.

It sounds like you guys were really out in the wilderness for a lot of the trip, especially after that hour long hike on day 3. Your campsite was a hammock on the side of the cliff? I’ve seen that on climbing documentaries before but didn’t realize you could sign up for adventure tours that include it as part of the itinerary, that’s awesome. Were you scared?

Man they really fed you well, I would have been just as excited about some of those meals as I would be for the climbing lol.

• Sharyn on July 12, 2023 at 5:05 pm

What a great jungle experience. The photos are brilliant! And the food looks good to.

• Farrah on July 25, 2023 at 1:35 pm

• Maryanne on July 12, 2023 at 7:05 pm

What a stunning photo at the start of your post! OMG that food looks so good. You certainly are very adventurous and what a wonderful experience for you. Thank you for sharing this exciting activity.

• Farrah on August 20, 2023 at 11:04 pm

• Trisha Velarmino on July 12, 2023 at 8:24 pm

Hi Farah, thanks for this extensive guide! Is there a specific physical level to do this? Is there also age limit to do the activity?

• Farrah on August 20, 2023 at 11:06 pm

Hi! They said ~16 to 65. It’s rated as “extremely strenuous” but if you’ve done long hikes/treks before, you should be good to go! The longest trekking day was 11km (~6.8 miles) and aside from the abseiling, there is some scrambling/swimming (optional) involved too.

• Steph on July 15, 2023 at 1:17 pm

This sounds like an incredible adventure. Adding it straight to my list of things to do during my next Vietnam trip – Phong Nha was already on the list, but up to now I was not sure how to explore it, so this is perfect. Recently did abseiling for the first time ever and loved it, so it sounds like the perfect adventure for me!

• Farrah on August 20, 2023 at 11:08 pm

• Susan on July 17, 2023 at 6:01 pm

This looks so incredible!! I love that you couldn’t even protest when they offered you to go first ha ha Adding this to my bucket list!

• Farrah on July 25, 2023 at 5:51 pm

• Karen on July 18, 2023 at 11:49 am
• Farrah on July 25, 2023 at 6:07 pm

For sure!! They definitely prepared us well and we felt safe the whole way, or this could’ve gone veryyy wrong, haha.

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On Wednesday, roughly 150 people attended the cruise. Messick said typically, they have under 80 people each year.

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Universal also released Abigail in 62 overseas markets this session. That included majors UK, Mexico, Spain, Australia and Brazil. Offshore scared up $5M for $15.2M global. Many markets to come on this one.

Crunchyroll/Sony’s Spy X Family Code: White launched in seven overseas markets with $6.1M lifting the Sony cume to $11M worldwide.  

Warner Bros opened MGM’s Zendaya-starrer Challengers in Australia and New Zealand this frame with a combined take of $769K . In Oz $672K from 278 screens served up a No. 3 debut. The start was roughly on par with Lady Bird and over Battle of the Sexes (+11%), Poor Things (+22%), King Richard (+39%), Past Lives (+168%), Call Me By Your Name (+230%) and Licorice Pizza (+1,397%).

Next week adds 51 markets including France, Italy, Korea, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Spain and the UK.

From Focus, Studiocanal and Monumental Pictures, Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black continued its rollout this weekend with Universal adding Italy, Central America and Colombia. The full Uni weekend was $1.4M for an offshore cume of $2.8M to date, in line with Priscilla , and well above Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody and Judy in the same hubs. Notably, Italy was a No. 1 start with $800K on 443 screens.

Studiocanal markets on the Sam Taylor-Johnson-directed pic include the UK with a running total of £5.9M ($7.3M) through Saturday (we are waiting on full weekend reporting). Projected to retain the No. 1 spot for the sophomore frame, the film saw terrific uptake on Saturday (35% over Friday) and only down -24% from opening. So far, it’s tracking 49% ahead of Whitney Houston and 50% above Judy at the same point.

Other Studiocanal markets include Germany ($2.45M), Netherlands ($540K) and Australia ($964K). Totaled (and excluding Sunday in the above markets as well as Poland for which we do not yet have full numbers), that brings the estimated international cume for Uni and Studiocanal to $14.1M . 

We also do not yet have full overseas estimates on A24’s Civil War , however the film is expected to hit $50M global in the next week. Based on early reporting, the drama has opened within the Top 5 in most of its international markets. On Friday this weekend, Brazil launched the pic to No. 1 via Sun, the biggest opening day for an A24 movie. Civil War was No. 1 on Friday in each of France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Norway and Finland. The UK cume is an estimated $4.8M.

Next weekend will be a busy one with Universal’s The Fall Guy starting international rollout while Challengers expands, The Roundup: Punishment debuts in home market Korea and GxK travels to Japan.

MISC UPDATED CUMES/NOTABLE Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (SNY): $6.7M intl weekend (59 markets); $73.2M intl cume/$176.1M global The First Omen (DIS): $4M intl weekend (51 markets); $27.3M intl cume/$45.1M global Monkey Man (UNI): $1M intl weekend (28 markets); $6.6M intl cume/$28.3M global Oppenheimer (UNI): $588K intl weekend (majority Japan); $641.5M intl cume/$971.3M global

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Ken Carson Announces 'Chaos World Tour'

Taking ‘a great chaos’ “overseas.”.

Like the title of his latest release, Ken Carson is heading “overseas.” In support of his acclaimed A Great Chaos album, the Opium rapper will embark on an extensive world tour kicking off this summer.

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07-08 Orlando, FL – Warehouse at CCF 07-09 Miami Beach, FL – The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater 07-10 St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live 07-12 Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall 07-13 Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater 07-14 Dallas, TX – The Factory in Deep Ellum 07-16 Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren 07-19 San Diego, CA – SOMA San Diego 07-20 Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall 07-23 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield 07-26 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater 07-27 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo 07-29 Vancouver, British Columbia – PNE Forum 07-31 Salt Lake City, UT – The Union 08-01 Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom 08-03 Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore Minneapolis 08-04 Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater 08-07 Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre 08-08 Columbus, OH – Kemba Live! 08-10 Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre & Ballroom 08-12 Toronto, Ontario – History 08-14 Montreal, Quebec – M Telus 08-16 Boston, MA – Roadrunner 08-18 Washington, D.C. – The Anthem 08-20 New York, NY – Terminal 5 08-24 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia 08-26 Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Rozy 08-29 Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore 08-30 Raleigh, NC – The Ritz 09-15 Manchester, England – O2 Victoria Warehouse 09-16 Birmingham, England – O2 Academy 09-17 London, England – OVO Arena Wembley 09-20 Berlin, Germany – Columbiahalle 09-22 Paris, France – Élysée Montmartre 09-24 Frankfurt, Germany – Zoom 09-25 Tilburg, Netherlands – 013 Poppodium 09-27 Brussels, Belgium – La Madeleine 09-29 Milan, Italy – Fabrique 09-30 Zurich, Switzerland – Komplex 457 10-01 Munich, Germany – Theaterfabrik 10-03 Cologne, Germany – Palladium 10-05 Prague, Czech Republic – Garbe

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AG Brown tours site of the Key Bridge collapse

Attorney General Anthony Brown toured the site of the Key Bridge collapse to view the damage and recovery efforts.

“This is all part of the Office of the Attorney General doing our part, which is going to be to protect the interests of the state of Maryland, which will involve legal actions Anyone from the ship owner; the management company; it may include others who designed, manufactured, and maintained various systems on the ship,” Brown said. “So, at this point, we’re not completely clear on who the responsible and liable parties are. But that’s our responsibility in the Office of the Attorney General, to work with experts, assistant counsel, outside counsel to make the claims to recover for Maryland.”

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A team of maritime experts boarded the Dali, acting on behalf of the Attorney General, and toured the ship for approximately 10 hours as they got their first up-close look at the contents of the ship and the damage.

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Army Corps gives tour of 'very dangerous, very complex' Key Bridge salvage site

By Paul Gessler

Updated on: April 19, 2024 / 2:09 PM EDT / CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE – Key Bridge crews worked Thursday to rig a large portion of steel from the collapsed bridge in preparation to move it to the nearby salvage yard at Sparrows Point. 

Known as Section 0, the massive debris piece is from the center of the span. Crews hope to remove it from the collapse site in the next couple of days.

Dangerous, unforgiving salvage work

A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers debris vessel gave WJZ a tour of the complex salvage operation on Thursday. 

"They were having to stop because of the lightning we saw yesterday," Colonel Estee Pinchasin of the US Army Corps of Engineers said. "The work that's taking place is very dangerous, very complex in an unforgiving environment."

More than 1,110 tons of steel have been removed from the site and taken to nearby Tradepoint Atlantic.

Cranes have removed more than 100 containers from the Dali ship, which remains pinned down in the riverbed with a portion of bridge truss and concrete from the road resting on top. Dozens more containers must be removed before removal of the ship can be attempted.

"There's no breach of the hull. There's no breach of the tanks," Captain Dave O'Connell of the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Ship severed by bridge debris

The bridge truss severed a piece of the front of the Dali about eight feet above the water line, according to Capt. O'Connell.

"The span that's laying across the vessel itself is 5,000 tons," Col. Pinchasin said.

Commanders praised divers and salvage crews for safe and steady progress in challenging conditions.

"With every lift that's taking place, there are lessons to be learned," Col. Pinchasin said. "(Crane operators) make it look graceful, but it's extremely challenging."

2 workers remain missing

Among the tangled steel, concrete and rebar there are two missing construction workers in the water. If anything resembling a vehicle or human remains is spotted, work stops immediately. A team of ten divers is on standy to enter the water if that happens.

Paul Gessler is a general assignment reporter at WJZ with a decade of experience reporting in Baltimore.

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7KM DISCOVERY PARADISE CAVE

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Paradise cave or knows as (Hang Thien Duong) was found by a local man named “Ho Khanh in 2005”. The cave was researched by British Cave Research Association with total length of 31,4km and was considered as the dried-longest cave in Asia. The cave has been form over 300 million of years based on scientist’s prediction with wonderful formations. It looks like a secret city hidden underground and is attractive to visitors. You can go further 4,5km to enjoy the secrets inside the cave.

After relaxing, breathing and enjoying the fresh wind from the cave, you will change clothes, take special equipments and keep moving along the wooden staircase to see the first killometer of Paradise Cave. Relaxing mat and light system are installed well, you can sastify to admire fantastic of stalactites and stalagmites.

Finishing the First KM along the wooden staircase with tour guide’s help, you will keep moving inside the cave to discover the mysteries with your own headlight.

Passing a lot of obstacles and challenges, you yourself will see colorful and shapely system of stalactites and stalacmites.

Additional information

8.00 am – 8.15 am: pickup & transportation.

• Car and guide will get to your stay (hotel, train station, airport…)
• 70km from Dong Hoi to Paradise cave
• Move on Ho Chi Minh Trail and Understand about Vietnam History

10.00 AM – 10.45 AM: Walk and Enjoy Paradise cave for first 1km

Before getting inside the cave, visitors have to :

• Use buggy car to finish 1,6 km
• Walk up 570 metres
• 1km on wooden bridge
• Relax on resting site
• Carefully prepare caving equipment (Head-light, caving sandals…)

11h00 AM - 1h10 PM : Discover 6km inside

• Get inside more 6km
• Amazing views
• Narrow spaces and Big spaces
• Hole connecting outside

Beside, livings in the cave will also surprise you a lot.It is unbelievable that the creatures here can lives and grow variously despite being short of light.

You can see many kinds of green mosses and the seeds growing inside the cave. Especially, you can observe fish, bats in the depth…

After passing 4 km from the cave’s entry, experienced guys will take you to move 3 km more inside Paradise Cave.

On the next way, you will have a good chance to try your bravery by passing dangerous and precarious paths along shallow stream.Experiencing feeling nervous when passing underground River or climbing vertical cliffs with rope.

Enjoying the victory after conquering the impressive nature! Standing in front of Paradise Crack Vertical (Paradise Well) – where Paradise Cave see the outside world through a hole on the cave’s ceiling – you will recognize a friendly nature always contains interesting and secret things.

You can also have a bath into the clean and cool water or having a look at playing fish in the underground river flow through the Paradise Well. Then, you have a rest and having lunch, take a nice photographys with your friends and family and preparing to return for ending the tour!.

1.20 PM - 2.00 PM: Time for Lunch

• Have lunch inside the cave
• Take a rest
• Get prepared to return

2h00 PM - 4h00 PM : Return

• 6km back following the path and 1km on wooden bridge to the entrance
• 70km to Dong Hoi
• Good luck and see you again !

Tour Reviews

“You must do this !!!!!” This is something you must do. We did the Dong Thien duong 7 km walking tour, one of the highlight of this year’s trip. You need to book in advance if you want to do the 7 KM (each way) as it requires a guide, it is pitch black and huge. You can do the first 1 KM that is all light up but you will miss the main attraction if you don’t do the 7KM. http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/5950490/ Visited April 2015

“Sightseeing Caves” – Paradise cave 7000m The cave was awesome to see the guide was helpful and alwats keeping us up to date, only draw back R/T with van was long ‘ it’s half the trip but worth it……. Visited April 2015

“Mạo hiểm Động Thiên đường 7000m” Sau khi vượt 1 km đầu tiên của Động Thiên Đường như mọi du khách khác, chúng tôi bắt gặp những khối thạch nhũ cao lớn lấp lánh như kim cương; những cột nhũ có màu trắng tinh khiết tựa đá cẩm thạch. Càng đi sâu vào bên trong cảnh sắc càng lộng lẫy, tráng lệ, các khối thạch nhũ càng đa dạng và độc đáo, những măng đá, vú đá đa dạng màu sắc: màu trắng, màu đen, màu đồng, màu nâu …chỉ có thể nhận xét một cách ngắn gọn là trên cả tuyệt vời. Và thật kỳ lạ là trong hang động này tồn tại một loài cá không có mắt (mà cần gì mắt giữa bóng tối có lẽ hàng triệu năm này ?)

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