Just watched a 2 part film loosely based on the 11 day Riesending rescue back in 2014. It is one of those "true stories, where only the facts have been changed!". Great entertainment, nicely filmed with plenty of realism, but apart from the timings, nature of injury, and the well documented...

Was on the German news just now so my wife tells me, but I wasn't really watching so don't know any details.

Nothing to do with me but saw this today and wondered if it might be of interest to any diggers living in the SE http://www.devon4x4.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&view=topic&catid=22&id=149423&Itemid=106

Not sure if there are any English language reports but German news is showing a "rescue" of 20 members of the public from an Austrian show cave (near Slazburg) after they were cut off by a flood pulse. Seems they had to wait about 5 hours for water to fall before they were able to leave without...

Topic split from "Edale Car Parking - Be Warned" in the Derbyshire section. See http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=15524.0 And unless it is a county council owned and operated car park you have no obligation to pay any so-called fines either. Plenty of info on the web about it.

Anyone got a spare Stop or a Shunt they would be prepared to sell. I have a friend looking to buy ASAP.

Don't know if this has been posted before but just bought to my attention. Not had a chance to read it yet but looks interesting... http://issuu.com/eurospeleomagazine/docs/esm_1-1-2012

Now for my sins I have top watch the German news every evening (German wifey see!) and it struck me that there is a large disparity between the reports coming from there and the reports on the BBC. From the very first day it was reported that the Italian autorites had bought in cave divers to...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-13054420

Cavers from the ARGE Blaukarst have made a connection from the base of the Hessenhauer cave (-127m) into a large 10x15m passage leading to a large streamway. The stream is thought to connect to the Blau system with the water resurging at the famous "Blautopf" in Blaubeuren. This opens up huge...

Has anyone with electronic knowledge ever stripped one of these down. Basically mine keeps destroying the cable so I would like to rewire it with something a bit more HD. However being a rechargeable model it has 4 wires throughout. Thinking I could do away with the recharging facility and go...