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Fifth Annual Indiana Bat Festival
August 7, 2011 / Indiana, United States, North AmericaThe Fifth Annual Indiana Bat Festival will be held at Indiana State University, Saturday, August 27, 2011. The free event emphasizes that people don’t have to be afraid of bats, …
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Chile’s Beautiful Marble Cathedral
August 6, 2011 / Chile, South AmericaConsidered the most beautiful cave network in the world, Chile’s Marble Cathedral is an intricate system of water-filled caverns set in Lake General Carrera, the second largest freshwater lake in …
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Nine-Year Old Caver Honored as National Adventurer of the Year
August 5, 2011 / United States, North AmericaA nine-year old caver has won the prestigious “Adventurer of the Year Award”. A caver since before she was born, Scout Aulenbach has explored in excess of 80 caves in …
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Electronic Cave Simulator Debuts at NSS Convention
August 4, 2011 / Colorado, United States, North AmericaThe Speleolympics held at the recent National Speleological Society Convention included a new cave sim. Developed by caver/electrical engineer Dave Jackson of the Southern Colorado Mountain Grotto, the electronic simulator …
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Carlsbad Cavern Visitors Waiting Over an Hour for Elevator
August 4, 2011 / New Mexico, United States, North AmericaThe project to replace the structural steel in the two main elevators at Carlsbad Cavern National Park is now looking at a completion date in late September. Work began last …
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First International Conference of Cave Photographers
The first meeting of International Photographers of the Underworld will be held in Olargues, France, from August 14th to 20th, 2011. At the end of the week long event, the …
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Freshwater Stromatolites Discovered in Mulu’s Deer Cave
During a recent talk entitled “Freshwater Stromatolites in Deer Cave, Sarawak – A Unique Geobiological Cave Formation”, Professor Joyce Lundberg of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada revealed the presence of …
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Caver Couple Wed in UK’s Ingleborough Cave
August 2, 2011 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeJust a few months after her memorable hen party (barchellorette party) was held in Gaping Gill, Jude Onions, 27 has tied the knot with her partner and fellow caver, Johnny …
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Event Caving In Our Counties Reaches Out to Public
August 2, 2011 / Kentucky, United States, North AmericaA public gathering will be taking place on Saturday August 20th at Kentucky’s Rough River Dam State Resort Park. The event, entitled Caving In Our Counties, has been organized by …
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Timpanogos Cave Exit Shelter Construction
August 1, 2011 / Utah, United States, North AmericaWith the completion of the construction and maintenance projects inside and along the trails at Timpanogos Cave National Monument, the work on extending the cave exit shelter was able to …
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Related Cave Beetles Separated for 20 Million Years
A recently discovered blind cave beetle has helped shed light on the paleogeographic history of the Balkans. Found in two caves in Bulgaria’s Rhodopi Mountains, the beetle has been assigned …
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Carving Found in Welsh Cave could be Britain’s Oldest
July 31, 2011 / Wales, United Kingdom, EuropeAn engraving of a reindeer in a South Wales cave could be among the oldest rock art found in Britain. An analysis completed on July 27th, 2011 dated the image …
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Slovenia’s Postojna Cave Welcomes 34 Millionth Visitor
Slovenia’s Postojna Cave has just welcome it’s 34 millionth visitor. One of the countries main tourist attractions, it’s fitting that the visitor who crossed the mark was a tourist from …
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Twelve Rescued from Pentland Firth Sea Cave
July 29, 2011 / Scotland, United Kingdom, EuropeThis past Tuesday a boatload of tourists had to be rescued after they became trapped in a Gloup Cave in northern Scotland’s Pentland Firth. The rigid-hulled inflatable boat, the North …
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Cave Diseases You Don’t Want to Catch
July 29, 2011Wired has an intriguing article out on the dangers of diseases that are found underground. While many of us cavers have been affected by a disease affecting bats, how many …
