A pair of extreme dives, Rhiannan Iffland and Constantin Popovici, performed a remarkable feat. They jumped at a depth of 120 meters into the underground lake of the Romanian salt mine Salina Turda, which is one of the oldest in the world. No one else has tried such a piece yet.
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A pair of extreme jumpers jumped into an underground lake Video: Reuters
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The mine in Transylvania has offered conditions that they do not encounter at world events when jumping from a high platform. Air and water temperatures of only 12 degrees Celsius were the least of the problems. The extraordinary salinity of the water, which was eight times higher than in the Adriatic, meant a greater problem.
When they jumped off the wall of the mine, they picked up a speed of 85 kilometers per hour, but the water only let them go to a depth of 2.5 meters, half the usual.
In addition, they did not have natural light in the mine. “It was very dark down in the lake. The water is seventeen percent denser than seawater, so the impact is different. It’s a unique experience to fall into water that is so salty. which won the World Cup in 2017 and 2019.
The first reports of a salt mine, which they chose for their extreme piece, come from the thirteenth century. It was used until 1932. Now it has a museum and an underground theme park, which is visited by about 700,000 people in the current year.
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