Therion, the popular open source cave survey processing software has just released a new version. Version 5.3.10 adds full OSGB grid coverage (e.g. cs OSGB:ST), the New Zealand symbol set, …
The International Union of Speleology (UIS) recently launched a major upgrade to it’s website. The upgraded site includes all the old information about the UIS, including it’s commissions and publications, …
Due to the popularity of the previously posted video showing how a carabiner is made, we’ve now hunted down a similar video highlighting the construction of a climbing rope. Like …
Petzl recently announced its new caving gear for 2013. The TRIOS light integrated caving helmet received an upgrade to the new ULTRA VARIO headlamp. The ULTRA VARIO headlamp boasts 450 …
Earlier today Speleogenesis launched a blog on its website. Speleogeneisis.info is a non-profit website that aims to increase communication and collaboration of the international community of cave and karst scientists. …
In a similar vein as Google Street View’s visit to a Japanese cave earlier this year, a French company has been creating 360-degree 3D immersive tours of a number of …
New research supported by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the U.S. National Science Foundation is looking into the characteristics of bat flight in hopes of unlocking …
If you’ve ever wondered how a carabiner is made, now is your chance to find out. In April of 2010 the Discovery Channel series Factory Made aired an episode featuring …
A giant ice cave in the Austria’s Dachstein mountain recently played host to scientists from the Austrian space forum (Oesterreichisches Weltraum Forum) testing technology for a future expedition to Mars. …
CaveSim, the intelligent crawl-through obstacle course which wowed cavers at the 2011 NSS Convention in Colorado is coming to West Virginia this summer. The 15 meter (50 foot) long …
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