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Descent (221), August 2011
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A trailer wheel punches into a new cave in the middle of an unmarked field. Cavers have new and deep rifts to explore in Mr Sparkler’s Glory Hole.
For over a decade the route to Nicker Grove Mine’s streamway has been lost to collapse – but thanks to the renewed attention of diggers, another section of the Peak District’s underground is open once again.
Diggers enjoy the excitement of a breakthrough, but also bear the responsibility of protecting their discoveries. Here we report on conservation in The Cupcake, plus a route description complete with rigging topos.
As cavers, one after another, used the same rope on the notorious Bitch Pitch, its protective sheath parted to expose the core.
Roy Deane survived a serious flood that trapped him in Sleets Gill Cave in 1992; he went on to produce a film about the incident. Here, his companion Les Hewitt pays tribute to this friendly, helpful man.
A ‘huge cave’ near Axbridge was discovered by miners in the 1920s, but by the 1950s its location had been lost. Cavers have searched for the entrance for over six decades and now, finally, its chambers have been revisited.
The second Peak Expedition – an extended and intensive period of collaborative exploration – has come and gone with a new round of discoveries on record.
Wrap-round cover: Martin Barnicott admiring the Blanc de Blanc column in the Delta area of the Réseau Félix Trombe, France. Photo: Robbie Shone
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Buy two or more Descent binders for a discount. Each binder holds two years of Descent: 12 issues, with multi-buy savings when posted to a UK address.
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