One of the world's deepest and most dangerous caves lies in Abkhazia, a disputed part of Georgia. It takes days to get to the ...

According to Forbes, the journey to the cave’s deepest reaches has come at a deadly cost. In 2018, a Russian cave diver was found trapped at the bottom, likely caught in a sudden flood.

Larisa Pozdnyakova’s words, in her thick Russian accent, float to me from within the cave’s seemingly endless black void. Apparently, she can read my mind: All I can think about is not getting ...