Contents of Issue 83, Spring 1999

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Editorial

On the disquieting interest of adventure challenge companies in caving (St Lawrence, H.) 2

News from British caving regions:

• North:

  • Chanterelle Pot, Falls Foot Valley, Ingleborough (Thorp, J.) 6-7
  • Badger Cave, Broad Flats, Malham (Thorp, J.) 6
  • Magician's Hole, Goat Scar, Stainforth (Thorp, J.) 6-7
  • Broken Finger Pot, East Kingsdale (Allen, T.) 8-10

• Peak District:

  • Britain's biggest underground pitch discovered? (Titan Shaft, Peak Cavern) (Arveschoug, D.) 11-12
  • Full Moon Series, Bagshawe Cavern (Revell, T.) 13-14
  • The 'A+' passage name (Arveschoug, D., from research by Cordingly, J.) 14
  • Galena Rift, Peak Cavern (Sullivan, D.) 14

• Forest of Dean:

  • Plans are underway for Forest 2000, June 2000 being the likely time
  • Progress with pollution at West Sink (Taylor, P.) 17
  • Big Sink goes, and heads for Slaughter Resurgence (Taylor, P.) 17-19
  • Wet Sink, Slaughter Stream Cave (Taylor, P.) 20
  • Otter Hole closed by pollution (Taylor, P.) 20
  • Clinker Bottom (Taylor, P.) 20

• Mendip:

  • The speleological history of the Cheddar and Wookey Hole catchments (Report of the BCRA Winter Regional Meeting at Priddy, 21 November 1998) (Wilcock, J.) 33

Overseas:

• Ireland

  • Antler Pot, East Cuilcagh, Co. Fermanagh (Fogg, P.) 16
  • Prod's Pot, Co. Fermanagh (Fogg, P.) 16
  • Cloghermore Cave, near BallyMcGelligot, Co. Kerry (Fogg, P.) 16
  • New editors for SUI Newsletter, Rosemary Eager & Audrey Lawrence, Wilson Hospital School, MULTYFARNHAM, Co. Westmeath, Telephone +35 344 71324

• Spain

  • Looking into Egbert (Pozo Jultayu 1998, Picos de Europa) (Mumford, N. & J. Cooper) 24-29
  • In at the deep end. A personal account of a first expedition (OUCC Jultayu 1998) by the Alex Pitcher Award Recipient 1998 (Bishop, L.) 30
  • Matienzo 1998 (Corrin, J.) 31-32

• Germany

  • First European Cave Rescue Symposium, Goppingen, Germany, 1-4 November 1999,
    Contacts: Jens Hornung, Zeppelinstrasse 31-1, D-72119 AMMERBUCH, Germany, Email: jens.hornung@uni-tuebingen.de
    Marcel LeCorre, Grasweg 12, D-73666 BALTMANNSWEILER, Germany, Email: lecoore.aol.com 3

News from abroad and foreign journals (Whitaker, T., ed.)

• Hades No. 1, Croatia (Oldham, T.) 21
• Jaskinie 3(10),4(11),5(12),10,11 & 12, Poland (Whitaker, T.) 21
• Spelunca 67,68,69,70, France (Westlake, C.) 21
• Grottes et Gouffres 143,144,145,146, France (Westlake, C.) 21

General Features:

• The thirst to be first (Orrock, C.) 5

Reviews:

• Coal Mining in Lunesdale (Hudson, P.J.) (Oldham, T.) 22
• Schau & Besucher Bergwerke in Europa (Wild, H.W. 1998) (Oldham, T.) 22
• The archaeology & anthropology of mining (Knapp, A.B., V.C. Pigott & E.W. Herbert (eds) 1998) (Oldham, T.) 22-23
• Durch Höhlen der Sächsischen Schweiz (Winkelhöfer, R.H. 1998) (Oldham, T.) 23
• Höhlenmalerei im Ural (Scelinskij, V.E. & V.N. Sirokov 1999) (Oldham, T.) 23
• WSG Bulletin Vol. 9 No. 8 (Richardson, A.) 34
• Imperial College Caving Club Journal 21, 1998 (St Lawrence, H.) 35
• TSG16: The Journal of the Technical Speleological Group (St Lawrence, H.) 35
• Anytime...Anywhere: The first 50 years of the Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (Warren, S.) 36

Association News:

• Hugh Penney joins the editorial team of Caves & Caving as News Editor. Contact: Hugh Penney, 40 Clyde Street, PRESTON PR2 1BA, Telephone 01772 760872, 3
• Obituary: P.B. Smith (Deakin, P.) 4
• Information and Membership Details for 1999 (Centre-spread)
• Report of Council Meeting 108, 12 July 1998 (Wilcock, J.) 33-34
• Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of BCRA, 19 September 1998 (Wilcock, J.) 34