Contents of Issue 79, Spring 1998

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News from British caving regions:

• North:
  • Damage to trees at Alum Pot 3
  • Starting Handle Hole, Leck Fell (Cartledge, L.) 5-6
• Peak District:
  • Dig on the surface in an attempt to bypass the terminal boulder choke at Poole's Cavern, Buxton (Arveschoug, D.) 11
  • Henry's Hole, Hartington Moor (Dearman, B.) 11
  • Peak Cavern, Farm Sump Extension, Castleton (Arveschoug, D.) 11
  • Plunge Hole/Axe Hole, Stanley Moor (Arveschoug, D.) 11-12
  • Perseverance Pot (Horne, T.) 12
  • Recent Orpheus Activity (Placenta Pot, The Pithole, Democratic Dig) (Brooks, S.) 12
• South Wales:
  • Black Mountain activity (Ogof Dan y Glan, Ogof Carreg Lem, Twyn Tal Draenen, Pwll Cwm Sych Sink, Ogof Carreg yr Ogof, Dan yr Ogof) (Carter, J.) 7
  • Ystradfellte area (Pwll y Coeden Gnau, Pwll Derwen, Bridge Cave) (Carter, J.) 8
  • Ogof Draenen (Carter, J.) 8
  • Llangattock (Carter, J.) 8
  • Crescent Cave (Jayne, P.) 8-9

Overseas:

• Ireland:
  • Report of the 13th SUICRO Annual Symposium, 24-26 October 1997 (Fogg, P.) 10
• Spain:
  • Cave Diving Mallorca Style (Corrigan, J.) 24-25
  • Matienzo 1997 (Corrin, J.) 26-30
• Pakistan:
  • 1997 Expedition Report (Brooks, S.) 13
  • Prehistoric caves found in Baluchistan (Article from Daily Dawn, Karachi) 13
• France:
  • Some news from Isère and Savoie (Loiseleur, B.) 14
• Austria:
  • Kaninchenhöhle - 10 years on (CUCC) 16-20
• Norway:
  • Caves of Marble 1997 (Newton, G.) 21-23

General Features:

• Editorial: On the proliferation of artificial caves for "caving experiences" (St Lawrence, H.) 2
• UK Caving Virtual Foyer at URL http://www.caves.org.uk (Gibson, D.) 3
• New Caving and Climbing Complex at the Hertfordshire Young Mariners Base, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire (see Editorial) 3
• Inglesport extends caver training facility (see Editorial) 3
• Gear Review: Petzl uprate their handled ascenders (Fogg, T.) 36

Association News:

• Advertisement for the remunerated post of General Administrator of BCRA, consequent on the retirement of Bryan Ellis on 31.5.98.
• Advertisement for News Editor for Caves & Caving, 35
• Centre-spread Information on Membership, Publications, Insurance, National Caving Library, Reduced admission fees to meetings, Discounts on purchases, Special Interest Groups, etc.
• Hidden Earth Conference 1997 - Facts and Figures (Cousins, P.) 32-33
• 1997 BCRA Conference Reviews - Continued from issue 78: A tribute to Rob Palmer and Rob Parker; Video Film Competition; Audio Visuals Report

Reviews:

• Journal of the Speleological Society of Japan 20, 1995, 21, 1996 13
• Pierk 48 (4), December 1997, Speleo Nederland (Dikstra, M.) 14
• A review of some recent editions of Spelunca Volumes 62-66 (Westlake, C.) 14
• Boletin Cantabro de Espeleologia 12, 1996 (Nichols, T.R.) 15
• Karaitza 5, 1996, Journal of the Union of Basque Cavers (Nichols, T.R.) 15
• Espeleotemas 5, October 1995, Espeleo-Club Almeria (Nichols, T.R.) 15
• The Caves of Fermanagh & Cavan (Jones, G.L., G. Burns, T. Fogg & J. Kelly) (Boothroyd, C.) 31
• Report of the 1996 Expedition to the island of Borneo (Jones, S. et al.) (St Lawrence, H.) 31
• Classic Caves of the Peak District (Barker, I.) (St Lawrence, H.) 31
• The Handbook of Knots (Pawson, D.) 31