Issue 136 - June/July 1997

Cover: A caver kneels between large rimstone dams and a huge stalagmite name Goliath (main picture). (Upper inset: Dave Jones stands at the Temple of the Fiery Cave God. Lower inset: Jeff Rutherford in the Volcano Room). The cave names, in the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico, USA, are not given for conservation reasons. Photographs by Peter Jones.

Features:

BCRC Incident Report 1996.

The rescue statistics for 1996 - your chance to learn from what happened to other cavers.

Over Three Caves in Six Months? Defocusing!

With attention switching from Ogof Draenen to ogof Carreg Lem for the next major Welsh discovery, the entrance choke is passed.

What's Bugging You?

When you're out therecaving in Britain or further afield, which bugs are trying to get you - and what can you do about it?

Planning Brings Prizes.

Cave conservation in Derbyshire is benefiting from an agreement between cavers, quarry companies and local authorities. Here are ideas and a model to follow for other areas of the UK.

Caving Nepalese Style.

Rumours of a cave under kathmandu.

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

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