Speleology 3, September 2003

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King Pot: "Dark, Gloomy and Unfriendly"
Carbon Dioxide in Limestone Caves and its Effect on Cavers
LED lighting: the Lumiled 'Luxeon'
Expedition Report: Matienzo, Spain 2002
Hidden River Expedition: China 2002
Book Reviews: Online Publishing

Front Cover Photos: Matienzo 2002: Cubija Valley (Terry Whitaker), Skyhook Passage, Cueva Vallina (Phil Papard), Bill Nix at site 1740 (Juan Corrin), Jenny Corrin & drip formation, site 1743 (Juan Corrin)
Back Cover Photos: Hidden River Expedition 2002: Green pools in far reaches of Dashiwei Cave (Andy Eavis), The way into Bai Dong (Pete Hall), Jon Riley on rope in Fong Yen Dong (Stewart Muir), Chen Lixin in the tree-rimmed shaft of Lao Ying (Simon Brooks)

In Brief

British Caving Association developments (Bob Mehew) 4
Cave Science Symposium 2004, Department of Earth Sciences, Manchester University, 06.03.04:
Call for Papers, deadline for submission of abstracts 31.12.03 4
Tratman Award for 2002 posthumously awarded to David Yeandle for The Adventures of Another Pooh (ISBN 0 595 22466 0) 4
BCA Handbook 2004 deadline mid November 2003 (Judson, D.) 5
English Nature National Conservation Award to Derbyshire Caving Association for its work on the SSSI monitoring scheme 5
Yorkshire Dales National Park elects caver Jon Beavon to chair the Access Forum (Judson, D.) 5
DEFRA seeks opinion on the aspect of the CRoW legislation that allows landowners/agencies to dedicate land as Access Land (Judson, D.) 5
Archaeology: An axe has been found in the 'Pit of the Bones' (Sima de los Huesos, Cueva Mayor, Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain). If the placement of a quartzite hand axe amongst the remains of Homo heidelbergensis does represent a funerary ritual, then this constitutes the earliest archaeological evidence for symbolic action anywhere in the world. (Chamberlain, A.) 5
Cave Biology: Digitisation of 'Biological Records' (Proudlove, G.) 5
Cave Biology: Phylogeography of Subterranean Crustacea (Proudlove, G.) 5
Speleo Technics Prize 27
Hidden Earth Update (Gibson, D.) 36

Product Reviews

SealSkinz Waterproof Socks (Shone, R.) 13
All-Weather Notebooks (Gibson, D.) 13
The Luxeon White LED, and its use in the Speleo Technics Nova (Gibson, D.) 23

Overseas News

Spain

Expedition Report: Matienzo, Spain 2002 (Corrin, J.) 14 - 17

China

Hidden River Expedition: China 2002 (Alker, J.) 18 - 22, 27

Features

King Pot: "Dark, Gloomy and Unfriendly (Jones, G.) 6 - 7
Mendip Caving 2003: News Report (Mann, P.) 8 - 9
Carbon dioxide in limestone caves and its effect on cavers (Smith, G.) 10 - 12
Data logging: Electronic detection of CO2 (Gibson, D.) 11
Self-Publishing a literary work using home computers and the Internet (Gibson, D.) 31 - 32
On-line Publishing (Gibson, D.) 32, 34
A History of Dan yr Ogof, Summarised from Symons, S. 2003, The Wonders of Dan yr Ogof, see Book Reviews (Wilcock, J.D.) 28
Haiku poetry (The Rigging Dolly) 38

Special Interest Groups

Also see Special Interest Groups web page.

Cave Radio & Electronics Group: CREG Journal 51 (Stewart, T.) 34
Cave Radio & Electronics Group: CREG Journal 52 (Gibson, D.) 34 - 35
Cave Surveying Group: Compass 31 (Gibson, D.) 35
Cave Photography Group (Gibson, D.) 35
International Society for Speleological Art (Gibson, D.) 35

Book Reviews

Gunn, J. (ed.) 2003, Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science, London: Fitzroy Dearborn, ISBN 1 57958 399 7 13
Norway: Norsk Grotteblad 39 & 40 (Newton, G.) 24
Poland: Jaskinie 1(30) & 2(31) (Oldham, T.) 24 - 25
Saudi Arabia: Pint, J. 2003, The Desert Caves of Saudi Arabia, London: Stacey International, ISBN 1 900988 48 8 (Oldham, T.) 25 - 26
Slovakia: Slovenský Kras (Acta Carsologia Slovaka) XL (Laverty, M.) 26
USA: Thompson, B. & J. 2003, Mammoth Cave and the Kentucky Cave Region, Charleston, USA: Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0 7385 1514 0 (Oldham, T.) 26
USA: Green, D. 2003, Minnesota Underground & the Best of the Black Hills, Black Earth, Wisconsin, USA: A Trails Books Guide, ISBN 1 931599 24 6 (Oldham, T.) 26
USA: Sanders, P. 2003, Wind Cave National Park - The first 100 Years, Charleston, USA: Arcadia Publishing, Images of America Series, ISBN 0 7385 2306 2 (Oldham, T.) 27
Symons, S. 2003, The Wonders of Dan yr Ogof, Talybont: Dinas, ISBN 0 86243 630 3 (Wilcock, J.D.) 28 - 29
Mitchell, W.R. 1999, Tot Lord and the Bone Caves, Settle: A Castleberg Book, ISBN 1 871064 71 6 (Oldham, T.) 29
USA: Meyer, K. 1994, How to Shit in the Woods, Berkeley, California, USA: Ten Speed Press, ISBN 0 89815 627 0 (Gibson, D.) 29
Farr, M. 2003, Diving in Darkness, Cardiff: Wild Places Publishing, ISBN 0 9526701 15 1 (Cordingley, J.) 29 - 30
Papua New Guinea: Beck, H.M. 2003, Beneath the Cloud Forests - A History of Cave Exploration in Papua New Guinea, Allschwil, Switzerland: Speleo Projects, Caving Publications International, ISBN 3 908495 11 3 (Waltham, T.) 30
Warrell, J. & S. Anderson (eds) 2002, Royal Geographical Society Expedition Medicine, London: Profile Books, ISBN 1 86197 434 5 (Checkley, D.) 31
Wilton-Jones, M. 2003, Ten Years in the Dark, Cardigan: Author, No ISBN (Dale, J.) 31
Merchant, D. 2003, Life on a Line - A Manual of Modern Cave Rescue Rope-Work Techniques, Published online at draftlight.net/lifeonaline, free download in .pdf format, 2.8 Mb, three parts, No ISBN (Wookey) 33 - 34

Letters

Perkins, A., Ripples on Stalactites [In Brief, Speleology 1] 37
Howes, C., Cavers Rescue Spelunkers [Radical Sports: Caving, Speleology 2] 37
Gunn, J., Rising Hackles [Lack of safety consciousness on cover photograph, Speleology 2] 37
Collings-Wells, P. [Author's reply to 'Rising Hackles'] 37
Gibson, D., Spam, Spam, Spam [Typical web site promotional blurb aimed at bcra.org.uk] 37

@BCRA

Corrections & Clarifications (Gibson, D.) 37
Diary Dates 37
Contacts List 38
BCRA Cave Studies Series:
11, Day, A., Cave Surveying
12, Judson, D., Underground Britain: Legal and Insurance Issues 30

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