Pioneers Beneath the Peak
The development of cave diving exploration in the Peak District of the UK, covering the divers, their techniques and the caving discoveries made since 1777 in caves and mines such as Peak Cavern and Speedwell Cavern.
From Wild Places Publishing
224 pages, 170mm x 240mm, 152 colour photographs, 74 b&w photographs, 34 maps and cave surveys
Hardback (ISBN 978-1-8382628-0-8) cased in Wibalin buckram with head and tailbands, round spine and laminated dustjacket, £45
Softback (ISBN 978-1-8382628-1-5) with laminated card cover, £27.50
Contents
Acknowledgements
Measurements
Maps and Surveys
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter
1 The Cave Diving Group
2 Operation Beta
3 Operation Veronica
4 Giant’s Hole
5 Other Early Explorations
6 Tragedy in the Copper Mine
7 The Most Insane Dive
8 Early Forays in P8
9 An Exciting Connection
10 More Ventures of the Sixties and Seventies
11 Merlin’s Misery
12 Ilam Risings
13 Russet Well
14 Peak Performance
15 A Very Fortunate Boy Scout
16 Speedwell Successes
17 Beyond Far Sump
18 Ilam: The Story Deepens
19 Further Afield in the Eighties and Nineties
20 The Reawakening of P8
21 Speedwell’s Depths
22 Doom’s Retreat
23 A Titanic Through-trip
24 Bagshawe Connections
25 Seeking the Master Cave
26 From Today into Tomorrow
Appendices
A Glossary
B Further Reading
Index