Croatian Rescuers Called Out to Retrieve a Bear
Rescuers in Croatia recently received an unusual call to retrieve a bear that had fallen into a deep pit. The owner of a local tourist hunting agency requested help from …
Europe Caving News
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Contemporary Art Exhibition Displayed in French Cave
A new art exhibition features the work of a dozen artists displayed inside a cave. The event, running until July 5th, 2013, saw the inside of France’s Trabuc Cave turned …
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Video Features Ogof Ffynnon Ddu’s Rarely Visited Prokofiev Series
April 14, 2013 / Wales, United Kingdom, EuropeA new video uploaded to YouTube features one of the rarely visited areas of Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, the deepest cave in the U.K. and the second longest in Wales. Although …
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Swiss Caver Rescued After Days Trapped Beyond Sump
April 13, 2013 / Switzerland, EuropeA Swiss caver was rescued on Friday evening after being trapped underground for two days. The man, identified as Roland Geiser, was on a solo caving trip in Grotte de …
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Explos Mountain & Adventure Film Festival Kicks Off on May 8th
The sixth annual Explos Film Festival kicks off on May 8th, 2013 in Ax-les-Thermes, on the French side of the Pyrenees. Highlighting mountain and adventure films, the event features all …
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CRO Rescues Hypothermic Caver From Yorkshire’s Gaping Gill
April 4, 2013 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeIn its 15th incident of the year, Clapham’s Cave Rescue Organisation came to the aid of a French student suffering from hypothermia inside North Yorkshire’s Gaping Gill. The 31-year-old student, …
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2014 Balkan Speleological Conference Announced
The Balkan Speleological Conference has just been announced to coincide with the 85th anniversary of organized caving in Bulgaria and the 50th anniversary of the Helictit Speleological Club in 2014. …
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FESPA to Hold Second Cave Safety Conference
Northern Spain’s Asturian Speleological Federation (FESPA) has just announced its second conference on caving safety and cave rescue. This two-day event, scheduled for April 6th and 7th, 2013, comes just …
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Video: Cavers Pressure Wash Belgium’s Saint-Anne Cave
A new video showing the intense effort that went into cleaning Belgium’s Saint-Anne Cave last fall has been recently put online by the European Speleological Federation. In August 2012, members …
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Speleological Union of Ireland’s Try Caving Weekend a Success
This past weekends Try Caving Weekend, put on by the Speleological Union of Ireland, has been deemed a success. On March 2nd and 3rd, the SUI ran five caving trips …
