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Video: French Cavers Visit Grotte des Escargots
Join members of Groupe Spéléologique Haut-Pyrénéen de Tarbes as they explore Grotte des Escargots in the Hautes Pyrénées region of France.
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Watch: New Video Showcases Ingleborough Cave
July 5, 2015 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeA new video showcases Ingleborough Cave, the self-described premier show cave of England’s Yorkshire Dales.
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Watch: Rescuers Make Hard Decisions at Sleets Gill
July 4, 2015 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeRevisit the 1992 incident at Yorkshire’s Sleets Gill Cave when rising water levels required two trapped cavers to be dived out through 200 meters (656 feet) of flooded passages.
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Stone Age School Offers Historic Cooking Lesson
July 3, 2015 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeChildren will learn the culinary ways of Stone Age people during the next Stone Age School session at Kents Cavern on July 18th.
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Bear Spray Incident Temporarily Closes Timpanogos Cave
July 3, 2015 / Utah, United States, North AmericaUtah’s Timpanogos Cave National Monument was closed earlier this week after a visitor inadvertently set off bear spray while on a tour of the cavern.
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Video: West Virginia’s Cheat Canyon 10 Year Retrospective
July 3, 2015 / West Virginia, United States, North AmericaA new video retrospective highlights the project caving in the Cheat Canyon in the Monongalia and Preston Counties of West Virginia from 2004 to 2014.
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Fifth Annual In-Cave Concert Series Coming to Mitchelstown Cave
For the fifth year running, Ireland’s Mitchelstown Cave will once again be playing host to three nights of intense, beautiful musical performances this July.
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USFWS Awards Grants for Work on White-Nose Syndrome
July 2, 2015 / United States, North AmericaThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has just announced grant awards totaling just under $1 million to 35 states and the District of Columbia for white-nose syndrome (WNS) related projects.
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Video: Students Debate if Caving is a Sport
July 2, 2015 / Idaho, United States, North AmericaAs part of the BYU-Idaho broadcast journalism program’s Scroll TV News, students argue whether caving can be classified as a sport.
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Ask Cavers: What Hoist Do You Recommend?
July 1, 2015Looking for a portable yet capable hoist for entering deep sinkholes and caves, Speleological Exploration Club Secretary, Dave Ingold wrote in to ask for recommendations.
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Newpaper Spotlights Missouri Bat Census
July 1, 2015 / Missouri, United States, North AmericaThe Missouri Bat Census, which provides bat rescues and services to private cave owners such as cave and sinkhole mapping, was recently featured in The Salem News.
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Video: A Visit to Belize’s Barton Creek Cave
July 1, 2015 / Belize, South AmericaJoin videographer Ben Mathes for a quick look at a Barton Creek Cave, a Belizean cave known as an archaeological site and tourist destination.
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2018 NSS Convention Logo Design Contest
June 30, 2015 / Montana, United States, North AmericaA logo design contest for the upcoming 2018 National Speleological Society Convention in Whitefish, Montana has a nice headlamp as the prize for the winning designer.
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New Climbing Area to Open At Carter Caves State Resort Park
June 30, 2015 / Kentucky, United States, North AmericaA new rappelling and rock climbing area is slated to open at Carter Caves State Resort Park this Thursday, July 2nd.
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Watch: Freediver Visits Florida’s Morrison Springs
June 30, 2015 / Florida, United States, North AmericaJoin freediver Jerin Collins for a visit to Florida’s Morrison Springs, where he spends two airless minutes exploring underwater caverns.
