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Man Rescued After Falling Into Idaho Cave
January 2, 2012 / Idaho, United States, North AmericaA quick visit to check out a Idaho cave resulted in a call out of search and rescue teams last month, when a man fell as he was climbing out. …
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Cavers Discover Dinosaur Tracks on Italy’s Mount Pelmo
A group of mountain climbing cavers stumbled upon a series of what are likely dinosaur tracks this September while on an expedition to visit Giauli Cave. In preparation of abseiling …
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Year in Review: The Top Caving News of 2011
December 31, 2011As the first year that Caving News existed, it was momentous. Including this one, 371 articles were posted in 2011. Considering that Caving News only began in March, it is …
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Month in Review: December 2011’s Must Read News
December 30, 2011It’s time for a review of the ten most popular titbits of caving news published on Caving News in the last 30 days. This look back gives you a chance …
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Divers to Probe Russia’s Lake Goluboe for Caves
An international team of divers will be studying Russia’s Lake Goluboe (Blue) in early 2012 as part of an effort to search for underwater caves and artifacts. The lake, known …
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Dunbar Cave’s Trees to Trails Program Kicks Off
December 28, 2011 / Tennessee, United States, North AmericaNow that Christmas has past, the Friends of Dunbar Cave, a non-profit group committed to promoting and preserving Tennessee’s Dunbar Cave State Park, is eager to collect the used Christmas …
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Rock Fall in Ease Gill System Prompts Christmas Day Rescue
December 27, 2011 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeAn accident on Christmas Day led to the 82nd call out of the year for the Cave Rescue Organisation. The CRO were alerted just before 6:00pm that a 39-year-old caver …
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British Caving Association Releases Weather Guide for Cavers
December 26, 2011 / United Kingdom, EuropeA publication to help cavers read the weather and better understand how it may affect caves, has recently been published by the British Caving Association. Created to encourage more folks …
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Caving News Releases Holiday Word Search
December 25, 2011If you’re looking yet another way to incorporate caving during the holidays, why not print out this caving themed word search. Created especially for our Caving News readers, this word …
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Team Petzl’s Video of Recent Gouffre Berger Expedition
A new video uploaded earlier this week by Petzl takes viewers along on Team Petzl’s recent trip to France’s Gouffre Berger. The trip, which took place this past August, was …
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Times Square to Soon Feature International Year of the Bat PSA
December 23, 2011 / New York, United States, North AmericaThough a partnership with Bacardi, Bat Conservation International will be soon be launching a 15 second public service announcement for the 2012 International Year of the Bat. The announcement, which …
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U.S. Congress Approves $4 Million for White-Nose Syndrome
December 22, 2011 / United States, North AmericaThis past Friday the U.S. Congress went ahead and allotted $4 million USD of the Department of the Interior’s 2012 Endangered Species Recovery Fund toward the research and management of …
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Small Isolated Colonies of Bats Surviving in Northeastern US
December 21, 2011 / New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, United States, North AmericaResearchers studying White-nose syndrome are optimistic that they have been finding small isolated colonies of surviving, healthy bats across the northeastern US, the region hit hardest by the disease. While …
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Bulgarian Ministry Rejects Claims that Expendables 2 Filming Harmed Bats
A probe ordered by Bulgarian Environment Minister, Nona Karadzhova, to check on the bats of Devetashka cave, came to an alternate conclusion to that of environmental groups who believe bats …
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International Symposium on Mine Caves to Return in 2012
The Second International Symposium on Mine Caves is coming back to Iglesias, Sardinia-Italy in 2012. Held first in 2004, the conference acted as a catalyst for mine cave research across …
