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Cover: Geoff Yeadon in Frake’s Passage, Kingsdale, Yorkshire Dales. Photo: Mark Burkey
The Changing Face of Descent
You’ve probably noticed that Descent has changed its appearance somewhat. This seems a good time for Chris Scaife to look back at Descent covers through the ages.
The Aquamole is Back
After a break of 26 years, Geoff Yeadon decided it was time to return to cave diving. This turned into a big event in the Yorkshire Dales, as told by Geoff, Mark Burkey and Roo Walters.
In the Wilds of Crete
British cavers have been visiting Crete’s Lefka Ori – or White Mountains – for many years; but, as Chris Scaife reports, it is still a wild place with undescended holes everywhere.
Of Clouds and Barren Lands
Meghalaya in India is also known as ‘the Abode of the Clouds’ and, as Simon Brooks reports, expeditions to this region never fail to deliver.
Petzl Duffel 85 Review
The large, durable transport bag is reviewed by Chris Scaife. The review is followed by a quiz for your chance to win one.
NAMHO in the Lake District
Chris Jones reports on this year’s NAMHO conference, held in Grasmere.
Extraterrestrial Caves
When Descent was launched in January 1969, humans had not set foot on the moon. Now, in October 2023, we feature an article by
Francesco Sauro and the European Space Agency about the exploration of caves on other planets.
The Oldest Northerners
Tony Brown and Martin Stables write about recent excavations in Cumbria’s Heaning Wood Bone Cave, including the discovery of the oldest human remains ever found in northern England.
Back cover: Loz Appleby in Retdung Khur, Meghalaya, India. Photo: Bill Nix
Subscribers will receive their copies soon. Not a subscriber? You should be! Follow this link to subscribe.
Individual copies can also be bought from Inglesport, Starless River, or via our website.
Cover: Geoff Yeadon in Frake’s Passage, Kingsdale, Yorkshire Dales. Photo: Mark Burkey
The Changing Face of Descent
You’ve probably noticed that Descent has changed its appearance somewhat. This seems a good time for Chris Scaife to look back at Descent covers through the ages.
The Aquamole is Back
After a break of 26 years, Geoff Yeadon decided it was time to return to cave diving. This turned into a big event in the Yorkshire Dales, as told by Geoff, Mark Burkey and Roo Walters.
In the Wilds of Crete
British cavers have been visiting Crete’s Lefka Ori – or White Mountains – for many years; but, as Chris Scaife reports, it is still a wild place with undescended holes everywhere.
Of Clouds and Barren Lands
Meghalaya in India is also known as ‘the Abode of the Clouds’ and, as Simon Brooks reports, expeditions to this region never fail to deliver.
Petzl Duffel 85 Review
The large, durable transport bag is reviewed by Chris Scaife. The review is followed by a quiz for your chance to win one.
NAMHO in the Lake District
Chris Jones reports on this year’s NAMHO conference, held in Grasmere.
Extraterrestrial Caves
When Descent was launched in January 1969, humans had not set foot on the moon. Now, in October 2023, we feature an article by
Francesco Sauro and the European Space Agency about the exploration of caves on other planets.
The Oldest Northerners
Tony Brown and Martin Stables write about recent excavations in Cumbria’s Heaning Wood Bone Cave, including the discovery of the oldest human remains ever found in northern England.
Back cover: Loz Appleby in Retdung Khur, Meghalaya, India. Photo: Bill Nix
