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report1967 Expedition to the Gouffre Bergerexternal query icon
pub: : British Speleological Association held by: BCL
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France,Vercors
miscBritish Speleological Association (BSA) : 1967 Expedition to the Gouffre Bergerexternal query icon
pub: [1967] held by: BCL
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report1967 Turkish Taurus Expeditionexternal query icon
pub: : University of Leeds Department of Physical Educati held by: BCL
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Robinson, Don. Ed Turkey
audioFrank Barnes : Gouffre Berger 1967 Expeditionexternal query icon
pub: November 2015 held by: BCL external link icon
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  • Interviewee: Frank Barnes
  • Interviewer: Andy Chapman
  • Copyright: Andy Chapman
  • Duration: 15 minutes 27 seconds
  • Bit rate: 128 kbps
  • Sampling rate: 44,100 Hz
  • Channel mode: mono
  • File size: 14,502 kb
During the 1960s Frank Barnes was a prominent member of the Happy Wanderers Cave and Pothole Club, and a childhood friend of John Ogden, a casualty of the Mossdale tragedy. In 1967 Frank and other members of the Wanderers, together with the Pegasus club, joined Ken Pearce on his trip to the Berger in France. He tells how Ken Pearce had sought him out along with other members of the Wanderers for the expedition, and it was due their persistence that the team reached the bottom. Pearce passed the sump which he had first passed in 1963 and then a second to arrive at the top of a shaft, later descended by French cavers, to break the world depth record for the second time. It's a treat to listen to Frank's eloquent description of this important expedition, and his perceptive views on how major caving expeditions were organised at that time. Accounts of the same expedition by Mike Wooding, Dave Gill and Stuart Whitmey may also be found in this archive. 		diving,history,France,Vercors
audioStuart Whitmey : Gouffre Berger 1967 Expeditionexternal query icon
pub: 18 January 2015 held by: BCL external link icon
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  • Interviewee: Stuart Whitmey
  • Interviewer: Johnny Latimer
  • Copyright: Stuart Whitmey and Johnny Latimer
  • Duration: 24 minutes 10 seconds
  • Bit rate: 128 kbps
  • Sampling rate: 44,100 Hz
  • Channel mode: stereo
  • File size: 22,681 kb
Following the unsuccessful 1964 expedition to explore beyond the terminal sump in the Gouffre Berger, Ken Pearce got together a larger team for a more organised attempt in 1967. Unfortunately, the shadow of the Mossdale Caverns incident from a couple of months before loomed over it, and the expedition soon began to splinter under the psychological pressure. Pooling resources with the Pegasus expedition led by Peter Watkinson, Pearce managed to pull it back together, and made a successful attempt on the sumps, passing sumps 1 and 2 before being stopped by a pitch. This account by one of Pearce's right-hand men, Stuart Whitmey who was also on the 1964 expedition, provides a great insight into the the highs and the lows of the expedition. It was recorded on Stuart's 74th birthday. Accounts of the same expedition by Mike Wooding, Dave Gill and Frank Barnes may also be found in this archive. 		France,Vercors,UK,NW England
audioDave Gill : Part 1 - Gouffre Berger 1967 Expeditionexternal query icon
pub: 26 September 2009 held by: BCL external link icon
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Keywords: "Dave Gill, Ken Pearce, Gouffre Berger, Mossdale"
  • Interviewee: Dave Gill
  • Interviewer: Sid Perou
  • Copyright: Sid Perou
  • Duration: 4 minutes 24 seconds
  • Bit rate: 128 kbps
  • Sampling rate: 48,000 Hz
  • Channel mode: joint stereo
  • File size: 4,148 kb
Based in Derbyshire and a long-standing member of the Eldon Pothole Club, Dave Gill has been on over 35 expeditions all over the world, including France, Peru, Java, Philippines, Thailand, Iran Jaya, Sarawak, and China. In 1992 he became the Development Officer for the Gunung Mulu National Park cave complexes in Sarawak, and later became the Head of the Karst Management Unit of the National Parks and Wildlife Department in Sarawak, responsible for all matters relating to caves and karst regions in the state. His first expedition was the 1967 Gouffre Berger Expedition lead by Ken Pearce which had the objective of passing the terminal sump. It followed close on the heels of the Mossdale disaster in which cavers that were due to join the expedition lost their lives. Dave describes how the impact of Mossdale nearly brought an early end to the prospects of the Berger trip. Accounts of the same expedition by Mike Wooding, Stuart Whitmey and Frank Barnes may also be found in this archive. 		France,Vercors
audioMike Wooding : Part 6 - Gouffre Berger 1967 Expeditionexternal query icon
pub: 1983 held by: BCL external link icon
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Keywords: "Mike Wooding, Ken Pearce, Mossdale Caverns, Gouffre Berger,"
  • Interviewee: Mike Wooding
  • Interviewer: Geoff Yeadon
  • Copyright: Geoff Yeadon & Lindsay Dodd
  • Duration: 4 minutes 40 seconds
  • Bit rate: 128 kbps
  • Sampling rate: 44,100 Hz
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  • File size: 4,386 kb
Mike Wooding (1943-2006) started caving whilst at Bristol University, and he soon built up a considerable reputation, being involved with a number of new explorations in Swildon's Hole. In 1964, together with Dave Drew and Dave Savage, he co-founded the Independent Cave Diving Group, a short-lived group which met with considerable success. He later continued his caving career in the Yorkshire Dales. In this interview Mike describes how he joins Ken Pearce's second expedition to the Gouffre Berger, in the wake of the worse British caving accident in history. 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. 		diving,France,Vercors
reportSpeleological Expedition To Northern Norway 1967external query icon
pub: : Ermsted's Grammar School and Kendal Caving Club held by: BCL
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Heap, D. (ed.) Norway
reportSt Martin's Mountaineering and Potholing Club Nordland Caving Trip 1967external query icon
pub: : St Martin's College Mountaineering and Potholing C held by: BCL
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Newell, David et al. Norway
surveyThe West Kingsdale System 1967-1976external query icon
pub: [1976] : ULSA; NCDG; HWCPC; VCC; CDG; NSCC; NMCC held by: BCL
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D.Brook et al. UK,NW England