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participant was capable of leadership. They also treated the cave system within the Dent de
Crolles massif as a single project, and persisted in explorations until most of its vertical range was realized. Both the small-team egalitarianism and single-cave project work are models followed by cavers today.
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Much of this exploration was during the German occupation of France during the Second World War and at a time when both transportation and supplies were difficult to obtain. In addition, much of the exploration was undertaken from the bottom upwards. The exploration of Dent de
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Unwilling to stop explorations in the face of technical obstacles, Chevalier and his associates were responsible for the conception and construction of new tools and methods of exploration. The scaling-pole (1940), nylon ropes (1942), explosives (1947) and mechanical rope-ascenders (Henri Brenot's
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Cave exploration in France had taken the form of a single leader being supported by a team of subordinates. These teams often pushed a cave system until time or some other obstacle intervened, then retreated to tackle another prospect. Chevalier and his associates worked as a small team where each
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and mountaineer from France, with many alpine ascents and cave explorations to his credit. Chevalier is principally known for the exploration of the
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cave system over a twelve-year period (1936 – 1947), which became the deepest cave in the world. Chevalier recorded this exploration in his book
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