GPF Fundraising
The charity is embarking on a fundraising effort to enhance the size of the investment fund, with all the money raised going towards supporting British cavers carrying out science and exploration abroad.
Author: Henry Patton
My First Expedition
“My first impression of the CUCC expo (Austria), just from talk, was that it would be hard.”
Alice Shackley recounts the first-hand experiences of her first caving expedition with the Cambridge University Caving Club. Alice was the recipient of an Alex Pitcher Award from the GPF – a grant awarded to enthusiastic young cavers going on their first expedition abroad. Read more …
Golden Age of Caving
To celebrate 50 years of pioneering British cave exploration, renowned explorers of the subterranean world will come together to share their discoveries and experiences during 4 entertaining days at the RGS, London.
A fantastic grand prize draw includes a top prize of an expenses-paid trip to Mulu National Park, Borneo!
More details on this unmissable event, incl. tickets, talks and prizes. …
Tresviso 2017
2017: Tresviso 2017 focused exploration in the Cueva del Nacimiento in the Urdon Gorge (Tresviso, Cantabria). Avens at the back end were climbed, increasing the height to +534 m from the entrance, and with more leads identified. Sump 2 in Cueva del Marniosa was dived, with dry stream passage found beyond.
Read more on this year’s accomplishments …
Huautla Resurgence 2017
2017: Over a three-week period this year’s expedition mounted two camping trips beyond a 1.4 km/65 m deep sump. The exploration teams each spent two nights at the remote camp and mapped a total of 1.5 km of dry passages, including finding many particularly fine calcite formations.
Read a summary of this year’s progress …
Expedition insurance
Cavers travelling abroad on expedition have had many concerns regarding their travel insurance – is cave exploration covered? Will the insurer actually pay out?
The BCA have been working hard on behalf of their members to solve this problem and are pleased to announce the launch of BCA Member Caving Cover.
Find more details and get a quote online at: https://www.bcacavingcover.co.uk …
Ario Caves Project 2016
2016: The Ario Caves Project expedition returned to the 600m deep C4 to work on several promising leads in the main streamway at the bottom of the cave. Upstream, a 30m high waterfall was climbed to gain >300m of new passages while downstream, the sump was dived for a further 80m towards the nearby 2/7.
Read a summary of this year’s progress …
Durmitor 2016
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. …
Neprehojene Poti 2016
2016: Exploration was mainly focused in an area known as Galerija in the Slovenian Julian Alps. Sustained efforts in the cave …
Tresviso 2016
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. …