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Ask Cavers: What are Your Tips for Inexperienced Cavers?
November 7, 2012Going caving with new people can be a rewarding experience, however the prospect of heading underground with inexperienced people can present challenges. Knowledge and skills that may seem common knowledge …
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Girl Scouts Clean Up Lint in Montana’s Lewis and Clark Caverns
November 7, 2012 / Montana, United States, North AmericaA local Girl Scout troop recently ventured underground to help clean up Montana’s Lewis and Clark Caverns. Lewis and Clark Caverns, the main attraction of a state park of the …
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Nearby Construction Threatens Malaysia’s Batu Caves
Environmentalists believe that a construction project to build two high-rise buildings near Malaysia’s Batu Caves will have a negative effect on the stability of the cave. The concern is that …
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Caver Rescued After Collapsing in Yorkshire Cave
November 5, 2012 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeA 70-year-old caver had to be hauled out of Sell Gill Holes during a rescue on Sunday by Yorkshire’s Cave Rescue Organisation. The man, suffering from a medical condition, collapsed …
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Ely, Nevada Selected to Host 2016 NSS Convention
November 4, 2012 / Nevada, United States, North AmericaThe western mining community of Ely, Nevada has been selected as the location of the 75th anniversary convention of the National Speleological Society in July 2016. Recently approved at a …
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Tennessee’s Fall Creek Falls State Park Acquires Lost Creek Cave
November 3, 2012 / Tennessee, United States, North AmericaTennessee’s Fall Creek Falls State Park recently added Lost Creek Cave to its long list of caves. With five entrances and more than 11 kilometers (seven miles) of passageway, Lost …
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This Week on CaveChat: October 27th – November 2nd, 2012 Edition
November 2, 2012CaveChat.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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Large Chamber Discovered in Brazil’s Santana Cave
November 2, 2012 / Brazil, South AmericaMembers of the Pierre Martin Speleology Group (GPME) are celebrating the recent discovery of a large new chamber in Brazil’s Santana Cave. First discovered on September 7th, the chamber, filled …
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Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island’s Cave Believed Found
November 1, 2012 / California, United States, North AmericaAfter its location was lost to history, a cave, suspected to be the home of the “Lone Woman of San Nicolas”, has been located. The last surviving member of the …
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Ask Cavers: What are Your Favorite Outdoor Activities?
October 31, 2012Caving is not the be–all and end–all outdoor activity for everyone. Some cavers are also avid canoeists, mountain climbers, cyclists and participants of a whole host of other exciting outdoor …
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Month in Review: October 2012’s Must Read News
October 31, 2012Happy Halloween! To celebrate the spooky culmination of the tenth month of the year let’s review the top ten most popular news items on Caving News in the last 31 …
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Main Elevators Remain Offline at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
October 30, 2012 / New Mexico, United States, North AmericaThe project to rehabilitate the main elevators at Carlsbad Caverns National Park is still ongoing. Originally supposed to take only nine months, the project is still uncompleted more than two …
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Tracking Dogs to Assist Flordia Bat Researchers
October 29, 2012 / Florida, United States, North AmericaThis winter biologists Paula Halupa and Marilyn Knight of the South Florida Ecological Services Office will be enlisting dogs in their search for the elusive Florida bonneted bats, the largest …
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US Army Project Creates Critical Habitat for European Bats
A five-year U.S. Army project to create critical habitat for bats will clear brush and plant fruit trees in Germany’s Hohenfels Military Training Area. The project, funded by the European …
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Student Project Looks Into Why People Venture Underground?
October 27, 2012Why do humans, who are supposed to live on the surface of the earth, go underground? Florian Poidevin, a student at the Parisian Institute of Higher Education in Business and …
