Guide Note

Bill Stone is a renowned expeditionary caver, exploring deep caves, sometimes with remotely operated vehicles. He is considered one of the worlds foremost experts on exploring deep caves. He's also an inventor and contributor to the 2007 TED Conference.

Fast Facts

1. Born: 1953
2. Participated in over 44 international expeditions
3. His company Stone Aerospace built DepthX, an autonomous robot, which dived in to Mexico’s deepest watery sinkhole
4. Stone's dream is to use his one day explore interplanetary space and to be involved in the first privately funded lunar colony
5. 2002: Authored Beyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent Into the World's Most Treacherous Cave

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"Let's first dispense with the adventure label. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, one of the last great polar explorers, is credited with the definitive statement on this subject. To paraphrase him, adventure is what befalls explorers who fail to properly plan. Like Stefansson, I am not an "adventurer."

Modern, high-tech exploration, which is what I do, is quite different. The objective is to advance our knowledge of the frontiers by bringing back new data in the safest possible manner." Bill Stone

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