Many cavers on this forum will have known Pete Cardy who died unexpectedly on Tuesday 16 Jan.
Pete went on the 1976 Ecuador expedition to find the space ship hidden in a cave as postulated by Von Daniken in The Chariots of the Gods. Needless to say the army sponsored expedition found no spaceships or laser cut passages. They did however find new caves and with a army of scientists some important archeological finds. In Ecuador he had the privilege sitting in the jungle looking up at the moon while talking to Neil Armstrong - who was one of the expeditions sponsors. He also took a major role in the 1979 Astraka (Proventina) expedition to Greece.
Pete was a hard caver and one of the crew that dug the connection from OFDl to OFDll giving us all a classic through trip. Pete liked his pint and supported South Wales cave rescue from 1969 when he joined the SWCC where he served as Ass. Secretary and Equipment officer and Fixed Aids officer. In the 70's and 80's Pete's group would stop halfway home to Endfield and ring the club (pre cellphone days) to see if they was needed on a rescue. Several times they were. Pete took part in many pig roasts to raise money for rescue and at the National and International cave rescue events held at Penwyllt. Everyone who has caved in the Swansea Valley caves will have entered and exited through the cave gates he designed and built. He was a accomplished engineer, builder and woodworker.
Pete had not been too well of late but was still regarded as a fountain of knowledge of SWCC . His death has left us all missing a truly great guy. Pete leaves his wife Leslie (a original fund raising Soup Dragon) his son Ian and grandchildren William and Lily - along with a huge collection of vinyl, cd's, books, engineering and woodworking kit.
RIP my good friend.
Jopo
Pete went on the 1976 Ecuador expedition to find the space ship hidden in a cave as postulated by Von Daniken in The Chariots of the Gods. Needless to say the army sponsored expedition found no spaceships or laser cut passages. They did however find new caves and with a army of scientists some important archeological finds. In Ecuador he had the privilege sitting in the jungle looking up at the moon while talking to Neil Armstrong - who was one of the expeditions sponsors. He also took a major role in the 1979 Astraka (Proventina) expedition to Greece.
Pete was a hard caver and one of the crew that dug the connection from OFDl to OFDll giving us all a classic through trip. Pete liked his pint and supported South Wales cave rescue from 1969 when he joined the SWCC where he served as Ass. Secretary and Equipment officer and Fixed Aids officer. In the 70's and 80's Pete's group would stop halfway home to Endfield and ring the club (pre cellphone days) to see if they was needed on a rescue. Several times they were. Pete took part in many pig roasts to raise money for rescue and at the National and International cave rescue events held at Penwyllt. Everyone who has caved in the Swansea Valley caves will have entered and exited through the cave gates he designed and built. He was a accomplished engineer, builder and woodworker.
Pete had not been too well of late but was still regarded as a fountain of knowledge of SWCC . His death has left us all missing a truly great guy. Pete leaves his wife Leslie (a original fund raising Soup Dragon) his son Ian and grandchildren William and Lily - along with a huge collection of vinyl, cd's, books, engineering and woodworking kit.
RIP my good friend.
Jopo
