Issue 130 - June/July 1996

Cover: Pauline Rigby in Ogof Draenen. Photograph by Tim Guilford.

Features:

Charging for Rescues.

The latest from Scotland: charging for mountain rescue. Alan Jeffreys reports whether the politicians are going to drop the idea, or take on caving next.

Turkish Delight.

Faced with not knowing where to go on holiday, Jim Eyre left for Turkey for a bout of social interaction with the local population and some exploration thrown in for good measure.

Potholing with a Pencil.

Shane Lucas heads for the Berger with a parcel of tips for caving abroad.

Up at the Sharp End.

Head into Big Country with the Draenen Diggers - but not every trip gets you new passage!

BCRC Incident Report 1995.

The complete report for 1995, a chance to learn details of every incident and learn by others' mistakes.

To Find Charlie a Cave.

Deep in Thailand, a search for a new showcave.

Rubbed up the Wrong Way.

'Very slowly I placed my footloop jammer above the fray, but this placed my chest jammer directly on the strands'. What's it like to prusik past a severed sheath?

Cave Therapy.

When young adults have learning difficulties in society what do the police do? Get involved, and thentake them underground.

For Hades' Sake.

Hades: a caving club name, a link to mythologyor a friendly, misunderstood chap? Who was this Hades person, anyway?

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

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