After a long break, Hidden Earth will be held again this Autumn. Hidden Earth, the UK’s major caving event has been missing from the calendar since 2019 when it was held at Glyndwr University, in Wrexham. The 2020 event was cancelled owing to the plague then ravishing these shores and since then there have been…
Covid continues to create certainty for events organisers, with some cancelled and others moving online, but there might be light at the end of the tunnel … unless it’s a caver coming the other way. Hidden Earth: the National Caving Conference The following announcement has been made by the Hidden Earth team: “We are sorry…
Darkness Below’s roving reporter Peter Burgess provides a flavour of the busy weekend at the 2018 Hidden Earth conference which boasted a wide range of lectures and a busy trade hall – and he even managed to almost stay within his budget! Opening It is the usual custom for the opening ceremony to conclude with…
Making videos underground is becoming easier with very compact and versatile equipment within many cavers’ budgets, but making GOOD videos is still as much a challenge as it always was. Andy Freem has provided us with a summary of the entries into the video salon competition at Hidden Earth 2018, and most of them are…
The Darkness Below team will be out in force at Hidden Earth 2018 in less than two weeks time, and we’d love to meet as many of you as possible and get your feedback on the site, and of course we may try and persuade you to help us with contributions in the future! Over…
With tough competition from many excellent photos it was pleasing to see Mark Burkey, Jo White and Duncan Hornby win awards across various categories in the Hidden Earth 2017 photo competitions, here they are!
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| Category: winner of colour shot and delegate vote print, © Mark Burkey, 2017 |
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| Category: winner of monochrome print, © Mark Burkey, 2017 |
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| Category: winner of best newcomer print, © Jo White, 2017 |
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| Category: merit digital photo, © Duncan Hornby, 2017
A special mention goes to Mark Burkey who was awarded the prestigious Giles Barker award, which is the 2nd year in a row this has been won by the SWCC!
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Coming Soon – Descent 253 The latest edition of the caving magazine Descent will be coming soon! Have you remembered to renew your subscription? Head over to the subscriptions page of Wild Places Publications excellent website and for less than the price of a couple of pints of beer per issue, you can have Descent…
