Descent 300
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The Old Ruminator
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Mine still hasn't arrived. I wonder if the magazine fell out of the unsealed envelope and the postie chucked away the evidence... 
Chris Scaife
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Mine still hasn't arrived. I wonder if the magazine fell out of the unsealed envelope and the postie chucked away the evidence...
Has it still not arrived? Please contact us and we'll try to chase it up.
Chris Scaife
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The connection between Draughting Hole and Missed Pot has given us an enormous maze cave in the North Pennines. In Descent 300, you can read Pete Talling's account of the exploration of this complex system.
In the photo: Julia Arce Saez and Fleur Loveridge in Fuchsia’s Attic, by Paul ‘Beardy’ Swire
In the photo: Julia Arce Saez and Fleur Loveridge in Fuchsia’s Attic, by Paul ‘Beardy’ Swire
The oil king
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Really liked the Sardinia article. Seem just like my people
alanw
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Just quick comment about a typo. On page 10, "North", "New entrance to Lancaster Hole", the grid reference is given as SD 3666 8082.
This could be a result, in the eastings, of a misreading of two different formats of grid references.
Lancaster Hole itself is at SD 6640 8072, 250m east would be SD 6665 8072.
Using purely digits, referenced to the zero south-west of Land's End, that position is 36665, 48072, which is where extraneous "3" may have come from.
I note that there is a stream sink at SD 66661 80722. Side-by-side aerial and Openstreetmap
This could be a result, in the eastings, of a misreading of two different formats of grid references.
Lancaster Hole itself is at SD 6640 8072, 250m east would be SD 6665 8072.
Using purely digits, referenced to the zero south-west of Land's End, that position is 36665, 48072, which is where extraneous "3" may have come from.
I note that there is a stream sink at SD 66661 80722. Side-by-side aerial and Openstreetmap
snebbit
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It is at that stream sink
Chris Scaife
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As we celebrate the 300th issue of Descent, former editor Chris Howes offers a retrospective and a look at the future.
In the photo: Judith Calford in Xe Bang Fai River Cave, Laos, by Chris Howes
In the photo: Judith Calford in Xe Bang Fai River Cave, Laos, by Chris Howes
ZombieCake
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Just wondering: How many issues of No.1, and indeed the top 10 were printed? Was it a single run each time, or were more added as demand grew?
Chris Scaife
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As far as I'm aware, there has only ever been a single print run for each issue.
Chris Scaife
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In Descent 300, Chris Scaife recounts spending one hundred hours of solitude as he investigated the sea caves on a wild and unihabited Scottish island.
In the photo: Looking out to Jura across the Gulf of Corryvreckan from a cave on Scarba's south coast, by Chris Scaife
In the photo: Looking out to Jura across the Gulf of Corryvreckan from a cave on Scarba's south coast, by Chris Scaife
Lankyman
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I've been in a few of the raised beach caves on Islay. They were often floored by a swamp and wild goat turds. I thought about this when contemplating a foray down the west side of Jura. I think ticks might be an unwanted distraction as well.
Chris Scaife
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Oh, there were ticks.
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Sid Perou was, quite simply, the most important film-maker in the caving world. In Descent 300, Geoff Yeadon writes an obituary for the great man, who has died at the age of 87.
In the photo: Sid Perou, by Chris Howes
In the photo: Sid Perou, by Chris Howes
Hello, I'm looking for magazines dealing with cave. Is Decent worth subscription? My main concern is abroad expedition, new caving trend, surveying. Since I'm Korean and couldn't get any contact with UK cavers, it was a bit hard to search those infos.
If there are other great alternatives, please let me know what they are.
If there are other great alternatives, please let me know what they are.
LadyMud
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Which countries are you interested in, KCESjun?
I'd like to read any kind of cave expedition, no matter what country is.
But recently I'm planning to visit vietnam and thailand, so SEA countries are my major concern.
Especially recent expeditions conducted in Phong Nha and recon expedition that will conducted in Nakhon Si Thammarat(I saw it on https://gharparau.org.uk/map).
Chris Scaife
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Hello KCESjun,
Descent has subscribers all over the world and, although we are primarily focused on exploration by British cavers, often includes reports from SE Asia.
You can look at the contents pages for our feature articles by browsing our back issues here:
www.descentmagazine.co.uk
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us through the website.
Chris Scaife
Descent Editor
Descent has subscribers all over the world and, although we are primarily focused on exploration by British cavers, often includes reports from SE Asia.
You can look at the contents pages for our feature articles by browsing our back issues here:
Shop – Descent Magazine
www.descentmagazine.co.uk
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us through the website.
Chris Scaife
Descent Editor
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