| The “Fundación
Espeleobuceo Hispaniola", was born out of the common interest
of a group of friends and cave diving buddies, to do something for
the preservation of the abundant underwater cave systems that can
be found in the Dominican Republic. The majority were unprotected
and without any control for conservation and rational use until
now.
During the exploration process, our interest in taking action to
protect these pristine, beautiful but so fragile caves has grown
stronger.
The FEH was officially incorporated on the 25 of September 2002,
through the presidential decree # 762-02
The founding members of the FEH are:
Denis Bourret — originally from France,
Denis moved to the Dominican Republic from Bermuda in 1998, attracted
by the profusion of unexplored underwater caves. Denis is a technical
cave instructor with more than 16 years of experience and over
2600 logged dives in numerous countries, Denis specializes in
exploration and survey. He is the owner of the Golden
Arrow Technical Diving Center.
José Alejandro Álvarez —
born in the Dominican Republic José Alejandro started scuba
diving in 1989, and is certified as advanced, nitrox, cave, and
rebreather diver. However, his passion is underwater photography.
He has more than 800 logged dives in all parts of the world.
Santiago Camarena — born in the Dominican
Republic, Santiago is a cave diver since 1999, with previous experience
in spelunking. He counts now over 200 logged dives.
Martin Lopez — born in the Dominican
Republic, Martín was certified in 1995, he is a rescue
diver with nitrox, cave, and rebreather specialty. He is the team
repair technician for all video and photo equipment, as well as
an accomplished underwater photographer. He has logged more than
400 dives.
Apart from the founding members. The following have collaborated
with the fundation:
- Bobby Pritchett
- Julio Morales
- Yann Gessard
- Mark Goldsmith
- Manolo Bautisto
- Bartolome Batista
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The founding members of FEH
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| From left to right:
José Alejandro Alvarez, Martín López,
Santiago Camarena y Denis Bourret; near the entrance of Cueva
Taina in front of some of the equipment they use.
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