Speleology 4, May 2004

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Ease Gill Caverns Re-Surveying Project Bat Activity in Agen Allwedd Detecting CO2 in Caves Expedition Report: Totes Gebirge, Austria 2003 Hidden Earth 2003 Reports Cuetzalán Rescue: The Mexican Media Scrum Book Reviews: Encyclopedia of Caves & Karst Science New BCRA Books Front Cover Photos: BCRA Photo Salon 2003 (See p. 28), Judith Calford, Black Chasm, California (Chris Howes), 'Wonderment' - Lou Maurice in Selenite Passage, OFD 2 (Andy Harp), Paradise 1, Planinska Jama (Peter Gedei) Back Cover Photos: Paintings from caves in the Matobo Hills, Zimbabwe (See p. 5), Entrance to Inanke Cave; Art from Inanke Cave; Bambata Cave; Pomongwe Cave (Chris Howes)

In Brief

• International Caver 2003 4
• Survex now handles LRUD data! 4
• BCA: Late breaking news (Bob Mehew) 4
• Palaeolithic Cave Art: New world heritage site at the Matobo Hills, Zimbabwe 5
• Archaeology: Cave Mummies of Nepal (Andrew Chamberlain) 5
• Hidden Earth 2004, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, 1 - 3 October 2004 advertisement 5
  see also Hidden Earth web site hidden-earth.org.uk for contact details.
• Speleology 5 planned for September 2004, probably to be published by BCA 6
• Obituary: Toby Stewart 6
• The Arthur Butcher Award (Cave Surveying Award) 14
• China Caves Week 24.09.04 - 03.10.04 (Andy Eavis) 25
  See: www.andyeavis.com
• Changes to the rules for the Photo Salon at Hidden Earth 2004 27
• Speleo Technics Prize at Hidden Earth 2004 27

Overseas News & Reviews

Albania

• New Bulgarian depth record in Albania (Alexey Jalov) 30

Balkans

• Balkan Speleological Union meets with FHS (Kostas Adamopoulos) 30

Brazil

• O Carste 15(1) (Terry Whitaker) 30

France

• Spelunca 81 - 88 (Clive Westlake) 31
• Grottes et Gouffres 155 - 157 (Clive Westlake) 31
• Spéléo Dossiers 31 (Clive Westlake) 31

Iran

• New longest cave of Iran (Michael Laumanns) 30

Italy

• Sivelli, M. 2004, L'Agendo 2004: Caves, museums, parks, bunkhouses and speleological associations in Italy (Tony Oldham) 31

Lebanon

• Speleo Club du Liban 2002, Mgharet Nabaa el Shatawie (David St Pierre) 31

Netherlands

• de Swart, H.W. 1996, Karst in the Netherlands (David St Pierre) 31

New Zealand

• Moira Lipyeat & Les Wright 2003, Delving Deeper: Half a century of cave discoveries in New Zealand (Tony Oldham) 31 - 32

Poland

• Jaskinie 3(32) - 4(33) (Tony Oldham) 32 - 33

Sweden

• Svenska Grottor 10 (Tony Oldham) 33

United Kingdom

• William Pengelly Cave Studies Trust Newsletter Summer/Autumn and Winter 2003 (David St Pierre) 33

Other items received deposited in the National Caving Library

• Australia: Journal of the Sydney Speleological Society 47(10); SUSS Bull 43(2); Speleo Spiel 337 33
• Belize: Jaimie J. Awe (ed.) 1999, The Western Belize Regional Cave Project. A Report of the 1998 Field Season 33
• Croatia: Velebiten 39 33
• Germany: Gut Schluf Mitteilungsblatt der Hölenfreunde des BAV Bamberg 56 33
• Japan: Japanese Speleological Society 2003 33
• Norway: Norsk Grotteblad 41 33
• Sweden: Grottan Sveriges Speleolog Förbund 38(3) - 38(4) 33
• United Kingdom: Commission on Volcanic Caves Newsletter 38 33
• United States: NSS News 61(9) - 61(12); Nittany Grotto News 49(2) 33

Features

• Palaeolithic Art at Creswell Crags (Conference Report by Phil Murphy) 6
• 2004 Cave Science Symposium (Conference Report by Phil Murphy) 7
• Wretched Rabbit: An Exercise in Exploration (Andy Whitney) 8 - 9
• Expedition Report: Totes Gebirge, Austria 2003 (David Loeffler) 10 - 12
• Ease Gill Caverns Re-Surveying Project: An Update (Andy Hall & Ray Duffy) 13 - 15
• Cuetzalán Rescue: The Mexican Media Scrum (A compilation of reports) 16 - 17
• Logging Bat Activity in Agen Allwedd (Stuart France) 18 - 19
• Electronic Detection of Carbon Dioxide in Caves (David Gibson) 20 - 21
• Portfolio by Chris Howes, which won the Premier Trophy at Hidden Earth 2003 22 - 23
• Hidden Earth: Review 2003 & Preview 2004 24 - 25
• Hidden Earth 2003: Competition Results (Reports from the judges of the Photo, Video and Art Salons, and a full list of competition results) 26 - 28
• National Caving Awards for 2003 (Tratman Award, Arthur Butcher Award, Giles Barker Award, Cave Radio Group's Award, Bryan Ellis Award) 29
• Knots I Can't Remember These Days: 2: The Alpine Butterfly 41

Special Interest Groups

Also see Special Interest Groups web page.

• Journal of the Cave Radio & Electronics Group 53 (Toby Stewart) 38
• Journal of the Cave Radio & Electronics Group 54 (Tony Waltham) 38 - 39
• ISSA: International Society for Speleological Art; a report by David Gibson 39
• Volunteers requested to review the Cave Surveying Group newsletters Compass Points 39
• Volunteers requested to review the Speleo History Group Record 39
• Further information on cave surveying, cave radio & electronics, explosive users, speleo history, biology, hydrology, librarians' group, cave photography, speleological art, and cave archaeology 39

Book Reviews

• Easegill Survey. Sheet 2: Lancaster Hole, Stake Pot to Snail Cavern (Juan Corrin) 34 - 35
• Graham Mullan (ed.) 2003, Caves of County Clare and South Galway (Tony Oldham) 35
• Brian Finlayson & Elery Hamilton-Smith (eds) 2003, Beneath the Surface: A Natural History of Australian Caves (Tony Oldham) 35 - 36
• Tony Oldham 2004, The New Caves of Scotland, Caves of Scotland: A Bibliography 36
• John Gunn (ed.) 2003, Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science 36
  with reviews by Bill Mixon and David Gibson 37

@BCRA

• BCRA new books: Phil Murphy 2004, Exploring the Limestone Landscapes of Upper Wharfedale (Andrew Nichols)
  David Irwin 2004, Swildon's 2 and 3 (Tony Oldham) 40
• Cave Studies booklets 9 - 12 40
• Contact Lists for General Enquiries, BCRA Executive Officers, Publications Officers, Funding, Science/Special Interest Groups, Other Functions, Regional Correspondents, and Other Officers 42
• Diary Dates 42
  see also Diary Dates web page

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