Caves & Caving

Contents of Issue 78, Winter 1997

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Editorial

On the need to motivate authors, editors and expedition report coordinators to publish worthwhile caving articles (St Lawrence, H.) 2

News from British caving regions:

• North:

  • Porthole, East Kingsdale (Holroyd, M.) 7
  • Black Keld, Wharfedale 8
  • Hardrawkin Pot, Chapel le Dale 8-9
  • Pippikin Pot extension (Beelzebub's Hairy Ringpiece, near the Cigalere) (Lacey, D.) 8
  • Witches Cave linked to Pippikin Pot 9
  • New Goyden Pot, Nidderdale 9
  • Sell Gill Holes, Penyghent 9

• Peak District:

  • DCA awarded the regional governing body award of £1500 in the English Sports Council Volunteer Investment Programme Awards 3
  • Placenta Pot, Parsley Hay (Brooks, S.) 4
  • Further work at Bradwell Resurgence 5
  • Hale Bopp Hole, Stoney Middleton 5
  • Streaks Pot, Stoney Middleton 5
  • Holly Tree Hole, Ribden 5
  • Access and General News 5-6
  • Oxlow Incident Thursday 17 July 1997 6
  • Peak District Sump Index (Cordingly, J. & R. Carter) 1997 update now available from Steve Jay, Albany House, New Road, Hangerberry, LYDBROOK, Gloucestershire GL17 9PS 6

Overseas:

• France

  • Berger Access (Easton, N.) 3

• Ireland

  • Pollkeeran, Boho 9
  • Pollnadraighean, Belmore Mountain 9
  • An Poll Rundiamhaire, Cullauns 9
  • Radon tests in Poll Dubh and Cullaun 2 10

• Spain

  • Proyecto Llambrión 1996, Central Massif of the Picos de Europa (Gibson, C. & J. Masschelein) 12-15

• Cuba

  • Cuba '97 (Hooper, J.) 16-20

• Romania

  • RUCC Romania Expedition 1996 (Methven, J. & B. West) 21-23

• News from abroad and foreign journals

  (Whitaker, T., ed.) 10-11
  • Speleo Nederland, Netherlands (Dikstra, M.)
  • Grottes er Gouffres, France (Westlake, C.)
  • Echo des Vulcains, France (Westlake, C.)
  • Spéléo, France (Westlake, C.)
  • Spéléo-Dossiers, France (Westlake, C.)
  • Spéléo Aude, France (Westlake, C.)
  • Guide des Terrains Karstiques choisis de la Sibèrie Orientale et de l'Oural, Russia (Westlake, C.)
  • Spelologia, Italy (Oldham, T.)
  • Regards, Belgium (Hodgson, A.)

General Features:

• Lyon Equipment Expedition Award Scheme 3
  Contact: Julia Laverack, Lyon Equipment, DENT, Cumbria LA10 5QL for further details and application form. The deadline for submission is 21 February 1998.
• Underground Photographer wins Tratman Award for 1996. For future awards any British article, journal or book is eligible, so long as it is brought to the attention of the judges, who include Roy Paulson and Nick Williams. This is easily achieved by sending a copy to the BCRA National Library, or to any of the judges, with a note that the publication is being entered for the Tratman Award. 3
• Obituary: George Black (Judson, D.) 3

Reviews:

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• Darkworld: The secrets of Llangattock Mountain (Farr, M.) (St Lawrence, H.)
• Sulawesi 94: Report of the 1994 Bristol Exploration Club Expedition to Sulawesi, Indonesia (Harper, R. & H. Harper) (St Lawrence, H.)
• Slovenia Cave Guide: Caves of the Classical Karst (Bishop, I.) (St Lawrence, H.)
• The Complete Caving Manual (Sparrow, A.) (St Lawrence, H.)
• Accommodation for groups (Dalley, S.) (Whitaker, T.)

Letters:

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• Letter from Jenny Potts, on early links between BCRA and NCA, and on Cave Conservation Plans, the Pwll Du Management Group, the Llangattock, Ogof Ffynnon Du and Dan-yr-Ogof management groups, the NCA Cave Conservation Handbook, and the general need for cavers to be responsible for sustainable access and cave conservation.

Association News:

• Volunteer required for Speleo Abstracts to replace Ray Mansfield, who is retiring after 25 years in the post. Would anyone who is interested please contact Pete Cousins, 8 Giffords Croft, LICHFIELD WS13 7HG or any member of BCRA Council. 6

• Hidden Earth '97 Conference Summary

  (Mann, P., ed.) 24-29

  Title, author(s), reporter:

  • Derbyshire Round-Up (Arveschoug, D.) (Bolt, P.)
  • Bows, Arrows, Slings and Krabs: Irian Jaya 1996 (Fogg, T.) (Densham, C.)
  • Turkey 1996 (Farr, M.) (Densham, C.)
  • Caving in the Savoie Regions of France (Campion, G.) (Densham, C.)
  • Quang Binh and Cao Bang Provinces, Vietnam (Holroyd, M., P. MacNab & P. Ibberson) (Mann, P.)
  • Cuba '97: Westminster Speleological Group (Hooper, J.) (Mann, P.)
  • Training - why bother? (Butcher, A.) (Pringle, A.)
  • Mendip Round-Up (Jingles) (Pringle, A., assisted by notes from Tony Jarratt, Tusker and others)
  • Cave Ethiopia '96 (Brown, L.) (Lacey, D.)
  • Caving in the Abode of the Clouds: Meghalaya, NE India (Brooks, S.) (Lacey, D.)
  • Katavartha Sink, Greece (Wookey) (Lacey, D.)
  • Cave development in Mulu (Smart, P.) (Mann, P.)
  • Caves of the Hidden Valley: Mulu Caves '96 (Wright, M.) (Mann, P.)
  • Oman 97 (Robinson, L.) (Mann, P.)
  • West Malaysia (Rhys, M.) (Rigby, P.)
  • Albania 95 (Gullidge, R.) (Rigby, P.)
  • Caving above the water table: The Nullarbor and South Australia (Milner, S.) (Atkinson, A.)
  • Easegill resurvey project (Grant, P. & R. Duffy) (Atkinson, A.)
  • The Ogof Draenen survey (Millet, A. & J. Stevens) (Atkinson, A.)
  • Wales Round-Up (Carter, J.) (Wilcock, J.)
  • Ogof Draenen - Dollimore Series (Cooper, J.) (Wilcock, J.)
  • Ogof Draenen - Surveyors' Discoveries (Stevens, J.) (Wilcock, J.)
  • Sun, shafts and schnitzel: CUCC Austria 1997 (Haines, J. & S. Lieberman) (Hooper, J.)
  • Migovec, ICCC in Slovenia '97 (Mann, O.) (Hooper, J.)
  • OUCC El Regalon 1997 (Whistler, J. & J. Cooper) (Hooper, J.)
  • Biospeleology and the cave spider: Meta menardii in South West England (Rogers, C.) (Dobson, J.)
  • Diving in Mallorca (Corrigan, J.) (Cooper, J.)
  • Matienzo 97: Northern Spain (Quinn, A.) (Cooper, J.)
  • Romania 96 (West, B.) (Cooper, J.)
  • Le Vercors: An audio-visual presentation (Jones, G.) (Francis, T.)
  • Dowsing for caves: Mendip Meanderings (Wilcock, J.) (Hesketh, J.)
  • National Cave Register, GIS, Cave Conservation (Price, G.) (Hesketh, J.)
  • Taurus Mountains, Turkey (del Prat, B.) (Hesketh, J.)
  • Lombardia: Italy (Waters, E.) (Francis, T.)
  • Caves of Skye (Ryder, P.) (Jeffreys, A.L.)
  • Calling All Surveyors & CSG AGM (Wookey) (Jeffreys, A.L.)
  • The caves of the Ardèche (Davey, A.) (Bennett, P.)
  • Pakistan (Brooks, S.) (Bennett, P.)
  • GPS for cavers (Wookey) (Roberts, J.)
  • Caves and cave features exposed by quarrying (Smart, P.) (Roberts, J. from notes by Alison, C.)
  • Getting your Speleo-History accurate (Irwin, D.) (Roberts, J.)
  • Survival in caves (Ramsden, P.) (Wilcock, J.)
  • Forest of Dean Round-Up (Taylor, P.) (Wilcock, J.)
  • Rope testing (Clarke, O.) (Wilcock, J.)
  • SRT Race
  • List of Conference Staff
  • Competitions and Sponsorship (with results of competitions)
  • Field Trips (Purvis, B.)
  • Plans for future conferences (Gibson, D.)

• Notice for BCRA AGM for the 97/98 Financial Year, University of Keele, 7 March 1998, 1700, immediately following the close of the BCRA Cave Science Symposium (Wilcock, J.) 30
• Minutes of the General Meeting of BCRA held 13 September 1997 (Wilcock, J.) 30
• Report of Council Meeting 105, 20th July 1997 (Wilcock, J.) 30-31