Spelunking News

A man who thought he would die after becoming trapped in a remote underground cave for 51 hours has been charged by police.

Geoff McDonnell, 47, was pinned by rocks about 80 metres underground after entering the Wombeyan Caves in the NSW Southern Highlands alone last month to take photographs.

Police have charged McDonnell with entering a cave without authority, risking the safety of a person in the park, and entering a closed part of the park.

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The Door to HELL! Thirty-five years ago, geologists were drilling for gas when then encountered a very large cavern underground filled with a poisonous gas.

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Heavy rains failed to prevent a group of Cebu journalists from exploring the depths of a subterranean river in this city in the forest that is now a contender in the worldwide search for the seven new wonders.

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REPUBLIC, Mo . - State wildlife officials have verified the presence of endangered cave fish and crustaceans in a natural spring on land owned by a state legislator.

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Last summer a tour through the Natural Bridge Caverns gave visitors the chance dip their feet into an aquifer. A trip into the cave no longer requires you to get your feet wet.

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An Italian speleologist or cave specialist plans to descend 50 metres below the ground in an effort to break the world record for time spent living in a cave which currently stands at 366 consecutive days.

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The ancient Egyptian's secret to making the strongest of all rigging ropes lies in a tangle of cord coils in a cave at the Red Sea coast, according to preliminary study results presented at the recent congress of Egyptologists in Rhodes.

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Jammu, June 17 Amid religious chants and hymns hailing Hindu god Shiva, about 2,500 devotees launched the annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir from here Tuesday.

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Bill Stitzel ditched his "Guano: Breakfast of cavers" sweat shirt, knotted his do-rag and strapped on elbow and knee pads. The Springfield mechanic and three fellow cavers were suiting up in front of a faded red barn near their camp site, preparing for an early morning hike.

Their destination was a hole in a hill about a mile away, where they would continue their summer homework _ taking inventory of everything that lives in Ohio caves.

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State wildlife officials have found endangered cavefish and crustaceans in a natural spring on land owned by a state legislator. State Rep. Jim Viebrock, a Republican who represents western Greene County, said he first discovered the albino animals two years ago when he ventured into the cave opening that leads to the spring 22 feet underground.

"I was shining a light down there one day and I saw something move," said Viebrock, who has owned the farm west of Republic for six years. "It was a big albino crawdad."

A state conservation officer later confirmed Viebrock's find and determined the cave also includes endangered blind Ozark cavefish. It's the 35th known cavefish site in the greater Ozarks area, the Missouri Department of Conservation said.

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