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Tony is on holiday until Saturday 20th
This means that the Travelling Shop will be out of action for a week and any inquiries sent to him won't be picked up until he's back.
In the meantime the rest of the Starless River team will be hard at work ensuring online orders are posted out to you all. Thanks everyone.
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Help us work out the future of the Inglesport Café
We've been trading since 1977 and next year will be our 50th anniversary.
The café has been part of that for a long time, running quietly in the background for years, and we don't think it always gets the credit it deserves as a genuine community hub. But we need to be straight with you: the café is under real pressure, and we’re not sure of the best path forward.....
'World's longest salt cave' discovered in Israel
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David Rose
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I had the pleasure of a trip into this cave with the Israeli cavers Reuvi Zakai and Yuval Sobolyev on Friday. (Great guys who were on Joel Corrigan's Dachstein expedition last year.)
It's an amazing place: a big, walk in entrance close to the shores of the Dead Sea, and 10.4km of passage beyond with 19 shaft series entrances on the top of Mt Sedom above. The formations are quite extraordinary, the passages varied, the ambience very different from anything most cavers would be used to.
Malcham (with the stress on the second syllable) is only one of many caves in the mountain, which is 10km long. We went into another one with two big pitches (50m and 40m) leading down to an underground lake where you can float in the warm brine and paddle along for about 100m, gazing up at the crystal encrusted roof, marvelling at forests of salt helictites.
Recommended.
It's an amazing place: a big, walk in entrance close to the shores of the Dead Sea, and 10.4km of passage beyond with 19 shaft series entrances on the top of Mt Sedom above. The formations are quite extraordinary, the passages varied, the ambience very different from anything most cavers would be used to.
Malcham (with the stress on the second syllable) is only one of many caves in the mountain, which is 10km long. We went into another one with two big pitches (50m and 40m) leading down to an underground lake where you can float in the warm brine and paddle along for about 100m, gazing up at the crystal encrusted roof, marvelling at forests of salt helictites.
Recommended.
David Rose
Well-known member
I'm writing an article for Outside Online, which will have some photos.
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