Dark side of the moon
After the collapse of our current one, a new entrance to Mig was found this year! Despite heavy rain causing …
Author: Henry Patton
Izvor Licanke 2019
The objective was to explore virgin cave passages both underwater and above, using advanced cave diving and caving techniques. The …
Mulu 19
The expedition has proven that Clearwater Cave is connected to the Racer/Easter system through a sump, although it was not …
Overlooked Armenia
The 3rd largest cave in Armenia has been found! Furthermore, three regions were assessed for their speleological significance for a …
£1,580 rasised at HE
The Scurion Raffle at Hidden Earth, won by Phil Hawcroft, raised a total of £1,229 in aid of the GPF! Thanks go to Maxine Bateman and Meg Gorry for their relentless selling tactics. A further £351 was raised by the silent auctioning of the silver Caver’s Cup, crafted and generously donated by Sam Drake.
A big thanks from the GPF to Sam, Rolf, Ceris, and everyone who bought tickets. …
Scurion raffle at HE
Scurion has generously donated another lamp to raffle at Hidden Earth in aid of The Ghar Parau Foundation. It is a Scurion basic 1500 set with one battery-module worth £625.
Raffle tickets will be on sale at Hidden Earth 2019 at the same price as last year: one for £3, two for £5.
More details here.
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Silent Auction at HE
Samantha Drake has spent a long time making a Silver Cavers Cup, which she has generously donated to the GPF. It is a fantastic, hallmarked one-off piece. The cup will displayed at Hidden Earth 2019 in the Art Salon and be sold by Silent Auction, subject to a reserve price. We hope people will like the cup and support GPF by bidding for this fantastic, one-off piece of caving artwork. Tickets and more pics.
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Winter 2019 funding
A total of 9 caving expeditions spread across 3 continents applied for GPF grant aid during the latest round of funding. The GPF Committee allocated them £5,750, plus 4 Alex Pitcher awards for young cavers going on their first expedition abroad.
Browse the archive map to find out more about the funded expeditions’ objectives.
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Junee-Florentine 2018
The Junee-Florentine is home to many of Australia’s deepest caves, which drain into the Junee Master Cave. The Master Cave …
£1,050 raised at HE
2018: The Scurion Raffle at Hidden Earth in aid of the GPF raised a total of £826, mainly thanks to the hard work of Ruth Allen, Meg Gorry and Emma Battensby. The Scurion lamp was won by Paul Gladman.
A further £224 was raised by Sam Drake who sold a number of knitted bats as part of her exhibition in the Art Salon. A big thanks extends to them and everyone for supporting the GPF.
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