A story on krone.at about a near-miss with a booby-trapped belay on the Dachstein.  My german isn't up to much, but (using translate.google.com) it seems that a 38-year-old caver (who happens to be a policeman) found that a belay used to access a cave had been modified so that it would dump a...

According to an email I recieved from my friend Vladimir Yurkuns, Ukranian cavers have pushed Krubera (Voronya) cave to more than 2000m deep. I have no further info at the moment, but subject to confirmation of having broken the 2k barrier, BLOODY GOOD EFFORT! Duncan