Dick Glover - The early development of the Molephone
Dick Glover (1930-1994), whilst never being a hard caver, made many important contributions to the caving world. He was heavily involved with the development of the precursor to the Molephone, and during his long study of the Gaping Gill system was the first to recognise the importance of the Porcellanous Band as an inception horizon. He also gave much of his time to the CRG and BCRA, and was the founder chairman of the NCA. In this recording Dick describes how he and Bob Jarman were involved in developing the first "Molephone", or "Speleophone" as he called it. He describes its origins, and the early trials in Gaping Gill. This is one of a series of recordings made in 1983 by Geoff Yeadon and Lindsay Dodd who were researching a book about Gaping Gill, which was to be a follow-up to the link up with Ingleborough Cave. The book was never written, but these valuable records remain.
Interviewee: Dick Glover
Interviewer: Geoff Yeadon
Title: Part 4 - The early development of the Molephone
Date of recording: 1983 (published 19 Feb 2009)
Sound recordist: Lindsay Dodd
Copyright details: Geoff Yeadon & Lindsay Dodd
Duration of recording: 3 minutes 09 seconds
Recording details: Sampling frequency: 22,050 Hz; Channel mode: joint stereo
MP3 file details: File size: 2,255 kB; Bit rate: 96 kbit/s constant; Compression: 86%
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