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Descent (123)

April 1995


Descent (123)A Good Rung for your Money

Join Alan Jeffreys for the first in a series of irregular observations on life, the universe, and things down holes.

Over a Score

Ogof Draenen captured everybody's hopes for wonderous extensions. Here is the best of exploration, though not every push leads to a breakthrough.

Into Downstream Doline

The local people call the world's largest doline 'Xio Zhai', the Big Hole in The Sky. But what course does the water take: the best through-trip on earth?

Sleets Gill: A natural paranoia

Les Hewitt, trapped by floods and now by a film crew, learns to deal with fame.

Cover: Dave Checkley and Kev Senior in Upstream Doline Cave, China. Photo: Tony Baker

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