Descent 300

[Chris Scaife]

Sardinia's Grotta di Su Bentu is an extraordinary cave, with a high-level traverse used as a training ground by the European Space Agency. Read Chris Scaife's account of a sporting trip in Descent 300.
In the photo: Francesco Mereu and Francesco Sanna in aquatic passage in Grotta di Su Bentu, by Chris Scaife

 

[Chris Scaife]

A century has now passed since the death of Christopher Long, one of the greatest cave explorers of the early 20th century. In Descent 300, John Cordingley pays tribute.
In the photo: Christopher Long (centre) with digging comrades in Stump Cross Caverns, courtesy of DJ Lowe.