The rock climbing Pinnacle Club (women only) was founded in 1921.  I recently acquired a copy of the first  PC journal published in 1924.  Below is an extract from an article about 'pot-holing' written by Marjorie Holmes:

In Hay-on-Wye last week I found several secondhand books on caving.  All bar two have been sold on: Caves of South Wales (1986 third edition).  There's a list of trips made by a previous owner (GD) including a comment re OFD II:  the trip from Hell. Northern Caves vol 1 Wharfedale & Nidderdale...

Spotted on the Isle of Wight ferry (Portsmouth - Fishbourne) lunchtime sailing last Friday:  a Ducati with a 'Caving Rocks' sticker.

Did anyone else hear Lord Redesdale (in Who's Who he lists his club as Newcastle University Caving Club) on Radio 4's Saturday Live yesterday?  When asked about caving he mentioned in a rather jocular manner the danger, potential for drowning etc.  Has he not heard of the Try Caving campaign? ...

I've just finished reading Dorothy Pilley's Climbing Days (first published 1935).  She describes her progression from learning to climb (in long skirts) in Snowdonia to ascents in Europe and the Himalayan ranges.  In the early twenties she went caving: Once or twice I tried pot-holing.  Those...

A caving film won top prize in the Extreme Film School category at the Kendal Mountain Film Fest last weekend.  Although only four minutes long, Kendal's Dark Secret was an exciting account of an intrepid expedition!  Loved the comment by one of the lads when he accepted the award:  cavers are...

After many years of thinking about it, I finally made the decision to go caving (a winch down Gaping Gill doesn't count).  Rather than make a fool of myself locally, I took advantage of a visit to Somerset to do the deed.  It was a good introduction to the amazing world of caving.  Goatchurch -...