Descent (227), August 2012
Descent (227), August 2012 - Image 2
Descent (227), August 2012 - Image 3
Descent (227), August 2012 - Image 4

Related products

Descent (227), August 2012

£7.95

Shipping

Price quoted is for the UK and includes postage. Products can also be shipped to Europe or the rest of the world, for which prices will be shown when you select this option at the checkout. Please bear in mind that, for international orders, you accept responsibility for paying the VAT and any other local charges on delivery.

 

Categories: , ,

Description

It’s a Cracker

Beneath Leck Fell, Kirk Pot has lain unchallenged for years, but diving and surveying have revealed a more extensive cave than was previously thought to exist.

Do Sheath Defects Weaken a Rope?

Provatina was the big one of the 1960s; the unbottomed largest shaft in the world. Ken Kelly, who took up the challenge, has died and here we pay tribute to this larger-than-life character.

Two Rounds for Swildon’s

Swildon’s Hole on Mendip has a new round-trip established and, with work on the Mud Sump, an old one now accessible year-round.

Seeking the Draughts

All cavers know the significance of underground draughts, enticing them to follow into unknown lands. When those draughts are gale-like in huge Chinese passages, the lure is unimaginable.

Mendip Technology

The most recent Cave Technology Symposium changed its emphasis from one to two days, and headed for Mendip.

Extenuating Circumstances

For the first time in over a decade, a dig in the Forest of Dean’s Slaughter Stream Cave is heading into a blank area of the survey.

William Black’s Caves

Sometimes the quality produced by early cave photographers is astounding, considering the problems that had to be overcome. Just so the work of the Reverend Black.

Showcase: Fitch Pitch

When Keith Batten photographed Fitch Pitch in Thailand, he began a project that would require plenty of computer time.

Cover: Annie Guiraud in Cueva de Santa Catalina, Cuba. Photo: Philippe Crochet

Back cover: Fitch Pitch in Tham Pha Phueng (Bee Cliff Cave), Thailand. Photo: Keith Batten

 

Price shown includes postage within the UK. For customers outside the UK, postage will be added on at checkout.

VAT is not charged on UK publications. Orders to the EU are posted without tax paid and you are responsible for VAT and any other charges on delivery.

Descent is printed to the highest quality in the UK, as it has been since its inception in 1969.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Data sheet

Size:

A4

Pages:

40

Publication date:

August 2012

Back issues:

In stock

ISSN:

0046-0036

Shipping:

Included within the UK. For customers outside the UK, postage will be added on at checkout.

Non UK orders

Shipping fees will be calculated at checkout.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR EU CUSTOMERS

On 1 July 2021 the EU removed all exemptions for tax and customs duty on low-value items posted from the UK to the EU, meaning that although VAT is 0% on books and magazines in the UK, it is charged within the EU and the VAT (potentially plus a handling fee) now applies to all orders to the EU.

All small publishers in the UK are now in the same position – we are unable to post any items to the EU with VAT or other duties paid.

When ordering any item from Stalactite Publishing, including a Descent subscription, you accept responsibility for paying the VAT and any other local charges on delivery.

Stalactite Publishing is not able to cover any charges levied by your country; it is your responsibility to accept these when placing an order.

We apologise for this situation, but please understand that it is outside our control.Â