Expeditions - Explorers
Aug. 08, 1954 - Italian Team Descends Abyss Of Preta: A team of cave explorers and scientists made its first major descent on Thursday into the Abyss of Preta, said to be the world's deepest, in the Lessinia Mountains, twenty miles north of Verona. Headed by Walter Mucci, of the Society of Natural science of Trieste, the group hopes to beat the 2, 159-foot record descent of a French expedition near the Franco-Spanish frontier which claimed the life of Marcel Loubens. Deepest previous descent into the apparently bottomless abyss of Preta, located high above the Adige River Valley between the towns of Sant Anna d'Alfdo and Corno D'aquilio, was made Sept. 18, 1927, by Luigi expedition stopped at 1, 640 feet. The team is expected to spend 20 days underground. Photo Shows: A member of the team seen as he climbs down into the abyss
