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Descent (139)

December 1997

Descent (139)Hidden Earth '97

With 48 lectures and a host of competitions, this year's BCRA Conference was a huge success.

Beyond the Unexplored Extremity

It's not often that an old archaeological site, well known and oft examined, is extended in a major way, but this is exactly what has happened at Kirkdale.

The Man with the Edge

The news that Rob Parker died in August while diving in the blue holes of the Bahamas came as a crushing shock to everyone. Three of his friends pay tribute to this well loved caver.

The Stench of Tsarparang

An investigation of a cave in tibet ... it was short, but with a difference.

Larf? I nearly Drowned

Join Alan Jeffreys in a catalogue of errors.

Cover: Two cavers ascend in tandem in Cueva de Cuchilla in northern Mexico. Photo: Ann and Peter Bosted

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