Covid Update, Feb 2022
for collection of where includes

Follow the links below, or change the action or search filters above, or external query icon ... or send feedback
N.B. Unless you see held by: BCL, please do not expect the BCL to be able to supply further information
surveyDescent : Eldon Hole [1964 and 1772]external query icon
96 pub: 1990
Page Author Content Tag
UK,Peak
audioStuart Whitmey : Gouffre Berger 1964 Expeditionexternal query icon
pub: 30 November 2014 held by: BCL external link icon
Page Author Content Tag
Keywords: ""
  • Interviewee: Stuart Whitmey
  • Interviewer: Johnny Latimer
  • Copyright: Stuart Whitmey and Johnny Latimer
  • Duration: 21 minutes 49 seconds
  • Bit rate: 128 kbps
  • Sampling rate: 44,100 Hz
  • Channel mode: stereo
  • File size: 20,485 kb
Following his pirate expedition to the Gouffre Berger in 1963 when he was successful in passing the terminal sump, Ken Pearce gathered together a team of hard cavers for a follow-up expedition in the following year to help him to push beyond. It didn't achieve its objectives, with flooding preventing them from reaching the sump, but it was eventful as Stuart Whitmey recounts in this interview. In the days of electron ladders and wetsuits, Stuart describes how a continuous eleven day underground session included two days sheltering from flood waters on a ledge, and helping two injured people up the entrance series. This is riveting listening, and an important contribution from a lead member of this poorly documented expedition. In the next recording, Stuart describes the more successful 1967 expedition. 		France,Vercors,UK,NW England
audioS.W.C.C. : Part 1 - Balinka Pit Expedition, 1964external query icon
pub: August 1964 held by: BCL external link icon
Page Author Content Tag
Keywords: "South Wales Caving Club, SWCC"
  • Interviewee: S.W.C.C.
  • Interviewer: none
  • Copyright: South Wales Caving Club
  • Duration: 15 minutes 54 seconds
  • Bit rate: 128 kbps
  • Sampling rate: 44,100 Hz
  • Channel mode: mono
  • File size: 14,928 kb
In 1964 S.W.C.C. mounted an expedition to the hitherto unexplored Balinka Pit in Croatia, led by Clive Jones. The shaft was known to be very deep, and so a winch with 580 m of cable was used. During the explorations the conversations between the winch man and those in the shaft were recorded on some nine hours of tape. In this extract a boom was being installed on a ledge some 60 m below the surface. 'Noel' is Noel Dilly; 'Bernard' is Bernard Woods; 'Clive' is Clive Jones; 'Gordon' is Gordon Clissold (d. 2012); and 'Dennis' is Dennis Kemp. 		Balkans
audioS.W.C.C. : Part 2 - Balinka Pit Expedition, 1964external query icon
pub: August 1964 held by: BCL external link icon
Page Author Content Tag
Keywords: "South Wales Caving Club, SWCC"
  • Interviewee: S.W.C.C.
  • Interviewer: none
  • Copyright: South Wales Caving Club
  • Duration: 13 minutes 16 seconds
  • Bit rate: 128 kbps
  • Sampling rate: 44,100 Hz
  • Channel mode: mono
  • File size: 12,450 kb
In 1964 S.W.C.C. mounted an expedition to the hitherto unexplored Balinka Pit in Croatia, led by Clive Jones. The shaft was known to be very deep, and so a winch with 580 m of cable was used. During the explorations the conversations between the winch man and those in the shaft were recorded on some nine hours of tape. In this extract John Osbourne was being lowered to about 570'. 'John' is John Osbourne; 'Bernard' is Bernard Woods; and 'Gordon' is Gordon Clissold (d. 2012). On the next descent Bill Birchenough reached -700', and on a follow-up expedition two years later, the exploration was continued on ladder and the cave bottomed at 283 m. 		Balkans
miscDryden, J.K. (ed.) : The Speleological Yearbook and Diary 1964external query icon
pub: 1964 : London : J.K. Dryden and Associates held by: BCL
Page Author Content Tag
UK