The Vanilla Sky Project was born in 2013 from an idea Thorsten “Toddy“ Wälde had for many years. Working closely with his friend Robbie Schmittner, dreams became reality. The plan was simple. Teach enthusiastic, new cave divers the arts of exploration and explore. They trained divers in survey & cartography, taught them how to explore new cenotes, and what equipment to use during exploration. It was a success. The Vanilla Sky Team has already explored more than 40km of caves and unearthed hidden treasures.

Shot 100% on the HERO4® and HERO5® cameras Lighting by BigBlue dive lights.

Thank you to the Instituto Nacional de Anthropología e Historia (INAH) for the kind support in the creation and presentation of this project. INAH Researcher – Guillermo de Anda, Ph.D, Dante Garcia, The Quintana Roo Speleological Survey, Dive Rite, Big Blue Dive Lights, Xibalba Dive Center, TS-Sidemount System, Protec Sardinia, Frog Kick Diving

Special thanks to the Vanilla Sky Project team: Robbie Schmittner, Thorsten “Toddy” Wälde, Claudia Decandia, Florian Weber, Maarten van Baal, Maarten van Oyk, Stefan Gut, Manfred Reise, Slawek Packo, Anna Rapp, Bernhard Pleimer, Jean Klingenhagen, Thomas Lohs, Stefan Bucher, Beate Dycstra, Axel Mahler and Swen Bormann