The
Gates of Hell – Barrière d’Enfer
Don’t do this!
In October 2016, Alison Teal went down to the forbidden parts
of the catacombs.
The oxygen was thin.
She followed secret passageways.
Crawled on all fours over skeletons,
to be the first person to surf the Paris Crypts.
The catacombs which are dug into the limestone bedrock beneath Paris, are
one of the world’s largest graves. I posted about the history of the the
bone mausoleums last year, you can read the article here.
Alison Teal from Hawaii, is a film-maker and she believes in education
through adventure. She’s been called an Indiana Jane. A lot of planning went
into her crypt trip. She went with expert cavers as guides.
In the middle of the night, she climbed down a drain and over bones to
reach the deepest part of the catacombs at 150 metres. The air was suffocating.
The skulls smelt bad. The water was freezing. Alison unloaded her surfboard, and dressed in her bikini, she paddled around the crypt tunnels.
Here’s a short video of Alison’s surfing adventure.
Have a good
week everyone.
♥ Ashlyn
Pictures used in this post are from http://www.news.com.au/
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More Paris Bone Crypt Posts
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Let's go down to the crypts...
Beneath the streets of Paris there are hundreds of miles of tunnels and chambers carved into the bedrock. In the southern area of Paris, the Romans dug down to quarry limestone blocks to use as building material. Mining of the “Paris Stone” continued over the centuries and built the city in the distinctive colors of the natural stone...
No. 1
Beneath the city of Paris, there are two-kilometer long tunnels which are called the catacombs. The walls are lined with millions of human bones and skulls. For reasons of public health, the human remains were transported from Parisian cemeteries to the catacombs at the end of the 18th century...
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