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Descent (243), April 2015
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A.E. Morgan remembers some of the good days, now long gone, that he spent with friends such as Jack Fell.
When two cavers checked the anchors in Rift Pot, they didn’t expect the trip to end with a serious self-rescue. Here's how the day went.
Cover: Emma Battensby in Krem Ksow Lamet, Meghalaya. Photo: Hellie Brooke
Back cover: Gwenllian Tawy near Gypsum Caverns, Ease Gill Caverns, and a self-portrait of Toby Speight in Razor Rift, Skye. Photos: Toby Speight
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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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Descent (16), January 1971 OUT OF PRINT Check here to see if a second-hand issue is available Not all of our second-hand issues are online, so please ask if you do not find what you are looking for
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Four detailed Descent indexes in a set, covering issues (1) to (133), 1969 to 1996
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Descent (42), July 1979 OUT OF PRINT Check here to see if a second-hand issue is available Not all of our second-hand issues are online, so please ask if you do not find what you are looking for
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Descent (36), March 1977 OUT OF PRINT Check here to see if a second-hand issue is available Not all of our second-hand issues are online, so please ask if you do not find what you are looking for
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Descent (266), February 2019 Golden Anniversary Issue Eight extra pages and a free poster
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Descent (111), April 1993OUT OF PRINTBut check our second-hand stock
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Descent (83), August 1988This issue was misnumbered (82) on the cover