If you’re at a loose end from the 4th of April – 15th of April 2018, the Pod Raba Caving Club are organising an expedition to Kolkina Dupka cave, the deepest in Bulgaria, and one of the longest. The camp is located just outside of Zimevista village, some 50km away from Sofia, Bulgaria, and anyone…
The Ario Dream, a new film reflecting on 57 years of cave exploration by Oxford University Caving Club and the Ario Caves Project, premiered at the Kendal Mountain Festival on Saturday night and won “The People’s Choice Award” at the close of the festival. The film, made by Paul Diffley of Hot Aches Productions, follows…
A question we often hear asked; and of course, the answer is the same as to the question of why people climb mountains – because they (the caves) are there! If you are not a caver then going to view the film ‘The Ario Dream’ at the forthcoming Kendal Mountain Festival from the 16th to 19th November would be a great way to see why people do go caving …
The British Shan Plateau Expedition has just returned from their sixth expedition in seven years with the discovery of the new deepest cave in Myanmar. The five person team spent three weeks exploring the potential for caves on the western edge of the Shan Plateau, near the town of Ywangan. Initially based near the base…
Phil Papard has recently published the Matienzo 2015 report on the Matienzo web site. With around fifty cavers involved at various times throughout the year 2015 has seen another 5.4km of cave found, pushed and surveyed as well as another 4.5km of resurveying work carried out and one hundred and twenty eight new caves and…
