The Tratman Award is annually awarded to the best caving-related paper-based publication.
After much discussion amongst the judges, the 2017 prize was awarded to Dave Haigh and John Cordingley for their book Adventures Underground, which documents Yorkshire explorations over the last 60 years.
Read more on the judges’ decision and the rest of the shortlist. …
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.
“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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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: 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 …
