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Category | Title | Author | Date | Notes |
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Guidebook - Derbyshire | Potholing - Beneath the northern Pennines | Heap, D. | 1964 | |
Guidebook - Derbyshire | Caves of the Peak District | Various | 1996 | |
Guidebook - Scotland | The caves of Assynt | Jeffreys, A. | 1972 | |
Guidebook - Southwest | Mendip - its swallet caves and rock shelters | Balch, H. E. | 1948 | |
Guidebook - Southwest | A Burrington cave atlas | Howell, C. et al. | 1973 | |
Guidebook - Wales | An Exploration Journal of Llangattlwg Mountain | Chelsea-Speleological-Society | 1992 | Surveys, descriptions, very informative and up to date |
Guidebook - Wales | Welsh Caves | Registry, C. C. | ||
Guidebook - Wales | Caves of South Wales | Stratford, T. | 1986 | |
Guidebook - Wales | The caves of Camarthan | Tony, O. | 1975 | |
Guidebook - Yorkshire | Northern caves Vol 2. Penyghent and Malham. | Brook, A. et al. | 1982 | |
Guidebook - Yorkshire | Northern caves Vol 3. Ingleborough | Brook, A. et al. | 1981 | |
Narrative | Explorations Journal of the University of Leeds Speleological Association | Brook, D. and Crabtree, H. | 1969 | Fascinating historical review of cave exploration in the Dales |
Narrative | The Easegill System. BCRA Speleohistory series no 1 | Eyre, J. | 1989 | History of the discovery and exploration of the Easegill system, by someone who was there at the start |
Narrative | The Cave Explorers | Eyre, J. | 1981 | Autobiography of one of Britain's best known cavers. Very witty, but chauvinist |
Narrative | Karszt Ès Barlang (Karst and Cave) | Hungarian-Speleological-Society | 1998 | Bulletin of the Hungarian Speleological Society, Special Issue, on the occaision of the 10th International Speleological Congress Held in Hungary1989. Papers on karst, caves, thermal waters, paleontology, bats, flora, and speleotherapy in Hungary. Also info on cave conservation, cave tourism, significant speleologists, research history, the speleological institute, cave exploration, cave rescue, speleological education. In English 112pp Donated by wookey |
Narrative | Caves and Caving - A little Guide in colour, A guide to the exploration, Geology and Biology of Caves | Jasinski, M. and Maxwell, B. | 1967 | Guidebook to caves and mines. Also contains a glossary of Welsh and cavng terms. |
Narrative | Paysages du Vercors souterrain | Lismonde, B. et al. | 1981 | Very well illustrated French introduction to caving |
Narrative | Pozu del Xitu. | Singleton, J. | 1981 | Expedition account of Oxford's -1000m discovery |
Narrative | Mulu | Smart, P. L. and Willis, R. G. | 1982 | Results of the expeditions to Mulu, Malaysia |
Narrative | Expedition '67 to the Gouffre Berger | Watkinson, P. et al. | 1967 | |
Speleology | The limestones and caves of Devon | Oldham, A. D. et al. | 1972 | |
Speleology | Karst Landforms | Sweeting, M. M. | 1972 | 51pls, 127 figs, 544 refs, etc. This is the main work on this topic. very schoarly and detailed. |
Technical guide | CNCC eco resin rigging System No.3 | - | ||
Technical guide | Strength of Rock Anchors | Brindle, D. and Smith, R. A. | 1983 | |
Technical guide | An introduction to cave surveying, BCRA Cave Studies Series no 2 | Ellis, B. | 1988 | |
Technical guide | Symposium on surveying caves | Ford, T. D. | 1987 | Update on Ellis' 1976 book |
Technical guide | Techniques and equipment | Ford, T. D. | 1982 | Good guide to vertical techniques - ladders, SRT and scaling |
Technical guide | Modern rope techniques in mountaineering | March, B. | 1985 | Essential background to all rope techniques |
Technical guide | Bolt belays for SRT | Seddon, P. | 1981 | |
Technical guide | Caving Expeditions | Willis, D. | 1986 |