Cover: Judith Calford at the start of Gilwern Passage, Ogof Draennen. Photograph by Chris Howes.

Features:

Sleepless Nights.

he grapevine is buzzing with newsm of a major South Wales discovery, with over 15km already surveyed. This issue of Descent carries extra pages to bring you the discovery and exploration of Ogof Draennen. What's it like to drop down a pitch into a huge chamber, to surge down open streamway passage, to gaze in awe at crystal-covered walls, or be chased down a slope by a runaway boulder? Read on....

The Slit Pot Explosion!

A caver, stuck in the Slit of Slit Pot, then... 'A bright flash permeated the spray-soaked air, instantly followed by a loud boom! Christ, he's disintegrated!'

BCRA Conference '94.

What happened at this year's conference? Five full pages of reports keep you informed.

In the Eye of the Beholder.

Cave art is gaining acceptance, so much so that a new group has been established: the International Society of Speleological Arts.

The Dissident Mammoth

Rumin's Horses are stylised cave paintings, so what's so special about them? Their location, deep in a Russian cave rather than the traditional sites of Europe.

Plus the regular Newsdesk, reports from Wales, Derbyshire, Ireland, Mendip, North, Forest of Dean, International and Mining.

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