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Indian Man Rescued From Cave After Three-Day Ordeal
After a three-day long rescue effort, a man trapped in an Indian cave has been saved. The man had been walking in the Bhanupratapur district of India on March 13th …
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Cave Explorer Celebrates St. Patricks Day Trapped On a Cliff
March 18, 2013 / Tennessee, United States, North AmericaA man was rescued from a cliff on Saturday after spending three hours trapped on a ledge. 40-year-old Tommy Powell of Murfreesboro, Tennessee had been exploring caves along the cliff …
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Cave Converter Update Released: 20130316
March 17, 2013An update to Footleg’s Cave Converter tool, a free software program for converting between various cave survey file formats, has just been released. Only ten days since the last release, …
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Jewel Cave Earns Climate Friendly Park Status
March 16, 2013 / South Dakota, United States, North AmericaSouth Dakota’s Jewel Cave National Monument was recently awarded the National Park Service‘s Climate Friendly Park status. Part of National Park Service Climate Change Response Strategy, the Climate Friendly Parks …
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This Week on CaveChat: March 9th – 15th, 2013 Edition
March 15, 2013 / By David GrimesCaveChat.org is the official forum of the National Speleological Society. Since its creation in 2005 CaveChat has quickly become the go to place for everything related to caving. With more …
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Researchers Develop Test for Early Identification of WNS Causing Fungus
March 15, 2013 / United States, North AmericaA team of researchers working on identifying additional species of Geomyces have developed a new technique that allows for early identification of Geomyces destructans the fungus which causes white-nose syndrome. …
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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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Ask Cavers: What is Your Favorite Cave Song?
March 13, 2013Cavers have long habit of expressing their fondness for the underworld in song. Mehmet Döker‘s response to a recent Ask Cavers question, which referenced the song Never Go Caving by …
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Sinkhole Swallows Golfer in Illinois
March 13, 2013 / Illinois, United States, North AmericaA golfer had a surprise last week when a sinkhole opened beneath his feet. While playing a round with friends at Annbriar Golf Course in Waterloo, Illinois, golfer Mark Mihal …
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Georgia Announces Arrival of White-Nose Syndrome
March 12, 2013 / Georgia, United States, North AmericaThe Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have announced that bats with white-nose syndrome were found recently at two caves …
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New Compass Update Adds Automatic Backsight Validation
March 12, 2013Compass, the popular cave survey software, has just released an update that adds automatic backsight validation to its Survey Editor. As new survey data is entered into the editor, all …
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White-Nose Syndrome Spreads to South Carolina
March 11, 2013 / South Carolina, United States, North AmericaThe South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has announced that a dead bat, discovered recently at Table Rock State Park in northern Pickens County, has been confirmed positive for white-nose …
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Hawaii’s Kanehili Ewa Karst Caves are Under Threat
March 11, 2013 / United States, North AmericaHawaii’s Kanehili Ewa Karst Caves are allegedly under threat of destruction from Navy contractors. John Bond of Kanehili Cultural Hui, an organization working to identify and preserve Ewa Hawaiian cultural …
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Kiwi Cavers Participate in National Cave Rescue Exercise
March 10, 2013 / New Zealand, OceaniaA national cave rescue exercise last weekend saw 100 people participate in a mock rescue in New Zealand’s Greenlink cave system. The event, held every three years using funding from …
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Petzl Video Features 2012 Wowo Expedition to Papua New Guinea
March 9, 2013 / Papua New Guinea, OceaniaA new Petzl video features the 2012 Wowo expedition to the Nakanai Mountains of Papua New Guinea. The footage, commentated by special agent professor Dingle, follows a team of twelve …
