Welcome to the Cave Page

I could have used a picture of a beautiful chamber with stalagmites and calcite curtains, but that would be fibbing - this is what caving is really like. This is a picture of Mike from LUSS in the cheese press in Long Churn. It came from the LUSS caving server and was taken by Sean Collins.

Just to show its not all bad, check out this cave pearls picture taken by Dave Bunnel (another net-find!).

The Cave page has been getting FAR too long and confusing so I've totally reorganised it in hierarchical form. Hope you like the new format.

DISCLAIMER:
These pages are not the official pages of NUCC, OUCC or anyone else (although info about those clubs is included here) so don't blame them for anything you may read here, blame me! The Speleo Thought Police will be pleased to note that there is no useful info about specific Australian (or NZ or USA) caves on this server (only some nice photos) ;-) ;-)

CONTENTS:

What's New on these pages
Lots of new stuff and new links - check it out.

Caving in the Picos de Europa (Spain)
Lots of info, pictures and cave surveys from my favourite caving area.

Caving articles and expedition reports from around the world
Includes a guide to the caving areas of Belize and Norway, trip write-ups from Spain, Asia, the UK, Mexico and much more... (new contributions always welcome).

Caving in the UK and overseas with OUCC
Various stuff from my old cave club at Oxford University. Includes an archive of Depth Through Thought OUCC's newsletter, caving songbook, expedition cookbook and more.

Australian caving with NUCC
Includes pictures of Australian Caving with National University Cave Club (photos by Tony Veness, Chris Bradley and John Hellstrom).

Caving pictures from New Zealand
A selection of caving photos by John Hellstrom and Joel Zwartz

Some Notes on Alpine-style Single Rope Technique
A brief guide to alpine-style SRT manoeuvres, passing rebelays, knots, deviations and rope rescue (pictures coming as soon as I find a bloody working scanner!).

Alt.caving newsgroup info and FAQ
The FAQ from the alt.caving newsgroup.

Speleo Scribbles
A visitors book / contact sheet / "fridge door" type thingy. Use it to leave your mark on these pages.

Quick Access to all the photos on this server.

Cool Caving Links on WWW
A list of links to all the other caving sites that I am aware of - I think this list is complete, but if I'm missing anything let me know.

SUBMIT ITEMS FOR THESE PAGES: I'm always more than happy to include articles, pictures, expedition reports or absolutely anything to do with caving on these pages. If you've got something you'd like to see on the WWW and don't have pages of your own then send it to me (see contact form at the bottom or just email scmayo@rschp2.anu.edu.au). If you just want to put a short note, message or news item on the server you can add items directly to the speleo scribbles page .

Send me your comments/insults...

...or leave a note in the Visitors Book