Contents of Issue 84, Summer 1999

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Editorial

On the use of drilling, hammering, bolting and chemical persuasion in modern cave exploration (St Lawrence, H.) 4

News from British caving regions:

• North:

  • Lead Mines Moss, Ingleborough: Gusunder Pot, Halo Pot (Holroyd, M.) 8-9
  • Wrestling Alligators in Link Pot (Swire, P.) 10
  • Avens in Penyghent Pot (Swire, P.) 10
  • Quaking Pot (Swirw, P.) 10
  • 1km of new passage found by WRPC on Great Whernside above end of Mossdale Caverns (Swire, P.) 10
  • Pool Bank Resurgence, Whitbarrow extended by 40m diving (Swire, P.) 10
  • Broken Finger Pot, East Kingsdale extended by 25m diving (Swire, P.) 10
  • Turbary Pot, West Kingsdale extended by 250m diving and free passage (Swire, P.) 10
  • The caves and karst of Whitbarrow, Cumbria (Murphy, P.J.) 28-31

• Peak District:

  • Titan Pitch in Peak Cavern tops out at +145m (Arveschoug, D.) 11
  • Grainger Aven discovered in Bagshawe Cavern (Revell, T.) 11-12
  • Digging at Farnsley Lane Swallet (Arveschoug, D.) 12
  • Digging at Henry's Hole, Hartington Moor (DCA Newsletter) 12
  • Dye tracing in the Peak District, anomalous results at Otter Hole and Wye Head (Gunn, J.) 13

Overseas:

• Ireland

  • Dig at Badger Cave, East Cuilcagh (Fogg, P.) 15
  • 3 Turloughs in Fermanagh receive ASSI protection (Fogg, P.) 15
  • Karst Heritage Review in the Republic of Ireland underway handled by Matthew Parkes of the Geological Survey of Ireland, Dublin (Fogg, P.) 15
  • Speleological Union of Ireland news (Fogg, P.) 15

• Sarawak

  • Mulu '98: The El Nino year, The Hidden Valley and Clearwater (O'Neill, P. & P. Hall) 22-27

• Slovenia

  • Migovec '98 (Evans, J. & J. Hooper) 16-21

General Features:

• Ghar Parau Foundation, Map of locations, details of applicants, recommendations for assistance 1999-2000 and comments made by the Awards Committee 7.3.99. 6-7
• III European Speleological Congress, Lisbon, Portugal 1-3.10.99, Call for papers
  
• Applications required for Speleo Art and Photography Exhibition, at the 13th Festival of Speleology, Villejuif, Paris, 20.11.99
  

Reviews:

• Subterranea 8-10 1997/1998 (Nicholl, T.) 14
• Speleologia Iblea, Rivista di Speleologia e Ambiente del CIRS di Ragusa Anno 6 No 6 1996 (Oldham, T.) 14-15
• Grotte Anno 41, No 126 1998 (Oldham, T.) 15
• Höhlen und Karst im Burgenland, Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten aus dem Burgenland WAB 99; Naturschutz in Burgenland Teil III; Wissenschaftliche Beihefte zur Zeitschrift 'Die Höhle' Band 51 1998 (Oldham, T.) 15

Association News:

• Short notice on the death of Bryan Ellis (Obituary will follow in the next issue) 5
• Short notice on the recent awards for Honorary Membership 5
• Citations of new Honorary Members of BCRA: D. Brook, R.G. Picknett, T. Shaw & A.C. Waltham (Ford, T.D. & J.D. Wilcock) 32-33
• Report of BCRA Council Meeting 109 (Wilcock, J.D.) 32
• Citations of new honorary members of BCRA appointed November 1998: Brook, D.B., Picknett, R.G., Shaw, T.R. & Waltham, A.C. (Ford, T.D. & J.D. Wilcock) 32-33
• Annual General Meeting of the BCRA, 11.9.99: Agenda, Motions to be presented (Wilcock, J.D.) 32
• Nominations for Officers and Members of Council for 2000 required in writing no later than 30.9.99 (Wilcock, J.D.) 32
• United Kingdom Cave Conservation Emergency Fund, Annual Report of Hon. Treasurer 1998, Annual Accounts 1998 (Price, G.) 33
• Short obituary: Maurice Chantry (Ford, T.D.) 34
• Short obituary: R.S. (Dick) Howes (Ford, T.D.) 34