Caves and Caving

Contents of Issue 71, Spring 1996

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News from British caving regions:

• North:
  • Exploration article and survey for Bye George Pot (Hall)
  • White Scar Cave - area towards Crina Bottom has potential
  • Valley Entrance, Kingsdale - Carrot Passage digs
  • Illusion Pot / Dale Barn Cave / Dry Gill Cave, Chapel-le-Dale
  • Sell Gill Holes - passage discovered in 1937 reentered
  • Red Rose adds 2Km to Ease Gill / Pippikin Pot in last 18 months
• Peak District:
  • James Hall's Over Engine Mine
  • Block Hall, Speedwell Cavern
  • Clares Cave, Netherwater, Bradwell
  • Nicker Grove Mine, Stoney Middleton Dale
• South Wales:
  • Major scientific article on Ogof Draenen, now over 38Km long (Simms, Farrant & Hunt)
  • Steel Drum dig at Penwyllt now 30m deep
  • Ogof Gwynt yr Eira (Herberts Quarry) breakthrough - with great potential
  • Dan yr Ogof Cave Advisory Committee mounts leader permit scheme
• Ireland:
  • Longest and deepest Irish caves

Overseas:

• USA:
  • Caving Conference USA style (Taylor)
• Mongolia:
  • Mongolia '95 Reconnaissance Expedition Report (Birchall & Richardson)
• Spain:
  • SIE (Barcelona) Expedition 1995 discovers Asopladeru la Texa with potential for connection with Pozo Cabeza Muxa, 2/7 and Culiembro, Picos de Europa Western Massif (Guarro)
  • Proyecto Llambrion 95 explores Pozo del Madejuno, Pozo de los Tres Ojos, and Pozo Bajo del Sedo, Picos de Europa Central Massif (Cuyvers, Lowe, Brown, Mayo & Ferrer)

Cave Science Column (Hunt (ed.))

• The waters of Cova dets Estudiants, Soller, Majorca (Gascoine)

Miscellaneous:

• Leader - Sports Council slashes expedition funding
• Advertisement for the 7th International Symposium on Water Tracing, Postojna, Slovenia, 26-31 May 1997 (Contact ZRC SAZU, Titov trg 2, SI-66230 Postojna, Slovenia. E-mail: izrk@zrc-sazu.si)
• Cave Heritage Centres update
• Fund-raising for caving clubs and CROs (Negus)

Letters:

• Publishing problems of the Special Interest Groups (Gibson)

Association News:

• Advertisement for "Underground Photographer" Issue 1 (Contact David Gibson at 12 Well House Drive, LEEDS LS8 4BX.
• Advertisement for Compass Points Forum on Passage Data Recording Techniques at CREG Field Meeting, Pindale, Peak District 17-19 May 1996 (Contact Wookey at 734 Newmarket Road, CAMBRIDGE CB5 8RS. E-mail: wookey@aleph1.co.uk)
• Advertisement for the BCRA Open Regional Symposium on Ogof Draenen, its discovery and exploration, its geology, hydrology and biology, and its relationship with the Clydach Gorge and the Afon Llwyd Valley. Saturday 4 May 1996, 1000-1630, The Workmans Hall, Blaenavon, Gwent (Contact Bill Gascoine telephone (+44) 1495 764489)
• BCRA National Caving Conference 1995, last of the series of reports, covering the Finding & Extending Caves Workshop (Plumb)
• Report of Council Meeting 99 (Wilcock)
• Officers and Council of the Association for 1996
• Ghar Parau accounts for the year ended 31 December 1994
• New Members