2016: The expedition achieved its main objective of facilitating the first successful cave dive in Durmitor. Beyond the Blue Lagoon sump pool, Tony Seddon laid 85 m of line before reaching his depth limit of -35 m with the sump ongoing. A small team also visited the Tara Canyon, recording locations of several resurgences and entrances.
Read more on YUCPC’s deepest find in Durmitor. …
2016: Exploration was mainly focused in an area known as Galerija in the Slovenian Julian Alps. Sustained efforts in the cave …
2016: Challenging and remote exploration in the Cueva del Nacimiento cave in the Urdon Gorge (Tresviso, Cantabria) requires 4-5 nights underground camping to adequately push leads.
Read more on this year’s attempts to connect with the deeper systems in Andara. …
2015: Ongoing exploration in the Gunung Mulu National Park, Malaysia resulted in further extensions to the world’s 8th largest cave system, Clearwater, along with a new entrance in the Hidden Valley – Conviction Cave.
Read more on the 2015 Mulu Caves expedition, and the use of 3D laser scanners to map some of the world’s largest cave chambers. …
2015: The expedition explored 7 new caves in Kaokoland north Namibia, the longest being over 350m long. We received logistical support from Namibian NGO IRDNC who also provided local liaison and guides. Enough encouragement was obtained to consider a return in 2016 to explore more new cave sites.
Read more on these African caves …
2015: In 2015, the Ario Caves Project focused their efforts on Torca del Regallon (also known as C4) last visited in 1997. Major leads explored included a sump at around 600m depth thought to connect with upstream 2/7, and a 15m waterfall marking the upstream limit of the master streamway and heading into blank space.
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2015: During a busy 2015, 50 cavers helped survey 10 km of passage in Matienzo caves, 5.5 km of which were new, and with open leads left for 2016. Water tracing at Cueva Valline showed a potential link between Valline and Reñada, with work started on connecting the two (700m new cave).
Read more on the expanding cave systems …
2015: Eight members of the Imperial College Caving Club went to the Takaka Hills in New Zealand. The expedition found new passage deep in an already discovered cave (Ed’s Cellar) as well as finding several new caves (Weta than Ever, Black Helix and Red Dog/Dead Rogue) in the Canaan Downs region.
Read more on their discoveries …
The 2014 Expedition to Slovenia celebrated 40 years of exploration by the Slovene caving club, as well as two decades …
In 1981, Xitu in northern Spain became the first cave to be extended below 1000 metres by British cavers before it finally ended at a sump.
Nearly 20 years later, a GPF-supported expedition returned to the area to try and find a connection by diving the resurgence, Cueva Culiembro.
Read more on what happened. …
