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WNS Confirmed in Mammoth Cave National Park
January 16, 2013 / Kentucky, United States, North AmericaIn an announcement earlier today, staff at Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park have confirmed that a bat in the park has tested positive for white-nose syndrome. On January 4th, 2013 …
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Cathedral Cave, Beyond the Show Cave
January 16, 2013 / Wales, United Kingdom, EuropeA video recently uploaded to YouTube offers viewers a chance to see the wild sections of Cathedral Cave that are beyond the publicly accessible show cave. Part of the National …
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Cave Divers Expand Quintana Roo’s Sistema Sand Crack
January 15, 2013 / Mexico, North AmericaIn their most recent update, posted earlier today, the Quintana Roo Speleological Survey reported that the Quiet Diver Team has connected Cenote Herradura, Cenote K’oxul, Cenote Maya, Sistema Ak Tulum, …
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Carbon and Boundaries in Karst Conference Wraps Up
January 14, 2013 / New Mexico, United States, North America / By Lee BoopThe Karst Waters Institute and the National Cave and Karst Research Institute co-sponsored the “Carbon and Boundaries in Karst” conference at the NCKRI facility in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The conference …
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Trapped Man Rescued From South Knoxville Cave
January 13, 2013 / Tennessee, United States, North AmericaA man was rescued on Saturday after he became trapped in a cave in South Knoxville. The man, exploring with a group of friends, was about 60 meters (200 feet) …
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Heat Wave Takes Toll on Australia’s Flying Foxes
The ongoing record-setting heat wave in Australia is giving their large flying fox bats a hard time, causing hundreds to fall out of the sky. With record temperatures at nearly …
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This Week on CaveChat: January 5th – 11th, 2013 Edition
January 11, 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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Report Released of December Rescue in Wales’ Ogof Ffynon Ddu
January 10, 2013 / Wales, United Kingdom, EuropeThe details of a rescue in South Wales’ Ogof Ffynon Ddu were recently released by the South & Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team. The report, which gives a very intimate …
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Ask Cavers: Which is the Best Wild Cave Tour?
January 9, 2013Many commercial show caves now offer more adventurous tours to explore undeveloped parts of the caves. Although these wild cave tours are typically slower-paced than the average caving trip, they …
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Rope Training Held for Staff at Carlsbad Caverns
January 9, 2013 / New Mexico, United States, North AmericaEmployees at Carlsbad Caverns National Park recently had the opportunity to take part in technical rope training. Held this past December in the park’s visitor center, the employees, instructed by …
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Villager Discovers New Cave in Jungles of Thailand
An elderly villager discovered a previously unknown cave in the jungles of the Thung Saliam district in Thailand’s Sukhothai province. The villager, 60-year-old Pankaew Thinakruea, recently found the cave while …
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Vote for the 2012 Speleo Photo of the Year
January 8, 2013Online voting for the 2012 Speleo Photo of the Year contest has begun. Organizers from the Lithuanian caving club Aenigma have obscured the photographers name and sorted the more than …
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New Version of Cave Converter Released: 20121231
January 7, 2013Footleg’s Cave Converter tool, a free software program for converting between various cave survey file formats, has just been upgraded to a new version. This new version, 20121231, includes a …
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Jewel Cave Drops Advanced Ticket Sales for 2013
January 6, 2013 / South Dakota, United States, North AmericaJewel Cave National Monument has announced that it will not be taking advanced ticket reservations this year, and all ticket sales for its regular cave tours will occur on …
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Learn About the NSS Youth Group Liaison Committee
January 5, 2013As part of the ongoing series of webinars put on by the NSS, there will be a presentation this Monday, January 7th to discuss its Youth Group Liaison Committee. Presented …
