Name: Irena Balkūnė

Location: Vilnius

Caving club: Aenigma

Contacts: irena[eta]speleo.lt

Main expeditions and caves:

1993 spring - Karabi-Yayla, Crimea, Ukraine, leader V. Gudaitis. Urvai: Kruber, Monastyr'-Tchokrak, Dubljansky, 200 let Simferopoliu, Viola.
1994 spring - Ay-Petri, Crimea, Ukraine, leader V. Gudaitis. Cave: Kaskadnaya (-450 m).
1996 spring - Karabi-Yayla, Crimea, Ukraine, leader A. Gudaitis. Caves: Kruber, Monastyr'-Tchokrak, Dubljansky, 200 let Simferopoliu, Viola, Venta.
1997 summer - Parmelan, the Alp mountains, France, leader J. F. Ray. Caves: Exalibur, La Deu (-650 m).
1998 spring - the Carpatian mountains, Ukraine, leader V. Gudaitis. Cave: Optimisticheskaya (220 km, horizontal).
2001 autumn - the Velebit mountains, Croatia, leader A. Gudaitis. Cave: Lukina Jama (-950 m).
2003 summer - Arabika Massif, west Caucasus, Abkhazia, leader A. Yefremov. Cave: Iljukhinskaya (-970 m).
2005 summer - Arabika Massif, west Caucasus, Abkhazia, leader A. Yefremov. Caves: Iljukhinskaya (-400 m), Belaya Loshad', Nadezhda.
2006 May - Ay-Petri, Crimea, Ukraine, leader of the Lithuanian group (leader of the Russian group - A. Aksionov). Caves: Kaskadnaya, Geophizitcheskaya. / Karabi-Yayla, Crimea, Ukraine. Caves: Bol'shoj Buzluk, Venta.
2006 July - the Tatra Mountains, Poland. Cave: Wielka Sniezhna (-300 m).
2006 August - the Pyrenees, Spain. The Arañonera cave system. Exploration (maiden pass of about 180 m new passages in the cave S7). Crossing (traverse) T1 - Santa Elena.
2006 December/2007 January - Ternopol, west Ukraine. Horizontal caves: Optimistitcheskaya, Mlynki, Ugrinskaya.
2007 August - the Pyrenees, Spain. The Arañonera cave system. International caving camp. Exploration: new cave found, more than 100 m of new galeries found in S7.
2008 March - Nothern Ireland, leader Stephen Macnamara. Caves: Shannon, Marble Arch and others.
2008 August - the Pyrenees, Spain. The Arañonera cave system. International caving camp. Caves: Arañonera, Ula, S-7. Exploration: explored about 400 m of new passages in S-7.
2008 December/2009 January - Aggtelek district, the Carpatian Mountains, Hungary, leader Marton Kucsera. Caves: Beke, Kossuth, Baradla, Meteor, Baglyok Szahadeka, Szabadsag.
2009 August - cave system of Arañonera, the Pyrenees, Spain, leader Jordi Borras. Cave: S7. Cave exploration, passed and accomplished topography of about 900 m of new part in S7 (-540 m).

Additional information:

2005 - took the 1st place in caving technique competition of "Aukštuminės statybų technologijos" cup in Panevėžys, Lithuania (women category).
2006 - took the 2nd place in caving technique competition Speleo Pagonija, Lithuania (women category).
2007 - took the 1st place in caving technique competition Speleo Pagonija, Lithuania (women category).

Deepest descent: Iljukhinskaya (-970 m), Lithuanian record of deepest descent between women.