Descent (166)
June 2002
The Rescues of 2001
It was a quiet year for the British cave rescue teams, but there’s still plenty to learn by reading what went wrong.
Aven Climbing in Carno
They thought it would be an easy, fast climb. Only one bolt, they thought. How wrong can you be – and not only wrong, but trapped by floodwater to boot!
So How Did You Start Caving?
Alan Jeffreys returns with another in his occasional series, The Bottom Line.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
As cavers, we do our best to protect our underground heritage from the ravages of pollution and overuse, but what of showcaves? Are they education resources that help the public to understand the beauty of caves, or a blight on the environment?
The Descent Caption Competition
A new competition kicks off this month, with a stack of Otter Boxes as a prize.
It’s Sedimentary, My Dear Warren
With ‘polluted’ water entering a farmer’s storage tank, it’s a chance for caving technology and techniques to clean up on Birks Fell.
Being the Very Best of Friends
On 5 April the caving world lost Dave Yeandle in a paragliding accident. Fellow cave diver Geoff Yeadon tells some of the many tales gleaned from the life of the man they call Pooh.
Cover: Claire McElwain in a recently discovered part of Pozu del Xitu, Spain. Photo: Ben Lovett
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