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Author: Henry Patton

There and Back Again

Posted onSeptember 20, 2015October 21, 2023 By Henry Patton

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 … Continue Reading >There and Back Again

Migovec : Pushing the Southern Reaches

Posted onOctober 21, 2014December 10, 2023 By Henry Patton

The 2014 Expedition to Slovenia celebrated 40 years of exploration by the Slovene caving club, as well as two decades … Continue ReadingMigovec : Pushing the Southern Reaches

Culiembrio connected

Posted onMay 7, 2012October 21, 2023 By Henry Patton

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. … Continue Reading >Culiembrio connected

Diving under an icefield

Posted onMay 6, 2012October 21, 2023 By Henry Patton

Castleguard Cave is Canada’s longest known cave and is renowned world-wide as the premier example of a cave which extends beneath an active icefield.

Over the course of two grueling expeditions an 845m sump was finally passed, opening up a whole new cave system beyond.

Learn more about the diving success. … Continue Reading >Diving under an icefield

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