Ian Timney Award
Ian Timney was a keen caver and member of the Wessex Cave Club. Following his untimely early demise his caving …
Author: Henry Patton
Spring ’22 funded expeds
With covid restrictions continuing to relax, eight applications received GPF grant aid during the latest round of funding. The GPF …
Mulu Caves 2021
Due to covid, the 2021 expedition was delayed. It therefore took place in November 2022. During this expedition 10.8 km …
Tresviso 2021
This year’s expedition continued cave exploration in the Urdon Gorge (Tresviso, Cantabria). With the coronavirus enforcing a reduction in participants, …
New protocol for MEF funding
On occasion a caving expedition can meet the criteria needed to apply to the Mount Everest Foundation, which include exploration and education and research of mountainous areas of the world. As of autumn 2021, there is now a new protocol in place for a caving expedition to apply to the MEF. …
Nagaland Caving Expedition
This represents the first attempt to systematically map Nagaland caves. A total of 33 caves were documented and mapped. None …
Spring ’21 funded expeds
Despite covid restrictions continuing to affect the uncertainty of foreign expeditions, five applications received GPF grant aid during the latest …
Ghar Parau Foundation gains charitable status
Since its creation in 1973 GPF has had charitable status as a sub-charity of the British Caving Research Association (BCRA) even though its funds and committee and management were completely separate …
Corona update for 2021 applications
In recognition of the uncertain times we live in and their impact on grant applications for caving expeditions to take place in 2021 Ghar Parau Foundation committee have agreed to relax some of the criteria for 2021 applications and take a more lenient view than normal. …
Izvor Licanke 2020
A smaller-than-usual team of cavers and divers revisited Izvor Licanke in Croatia to push its current terminus. In its sixth …