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News by Maurizio Tavagnutti

Here is the programme of the symposium.
I hope to see you Wednesday, April 30.
Best regards
Maurizio Tavagnutti

PROGRAMME

Tuesday 29 April
15.00 – 20.00 Arrival and registration of participants. (Hotel Internazionale – Viale Trieste, 173 – Gorizia - Italy) (more…)

Dear Cavers Friends,

It’s a great pleasure for the French Federation of Speleology
(FFS) to inform you of the opening of Frederik Hammel Prize to all European cavers, this year, in the frame of the European Speleological Congress “Vercors 2008″, “, organised by FFS under the patronnage of the European Speleological Federation (FSUE).  (more…)

The FSUE European Cave Protection Commission (ECPC) organises during Vercors 2008 the 1st EuroSpeleo Protection Symposium, which will take place from 24th August to 29th August with one day break on the 26th for the GAM of the FSUE. Mikel Irujo Amezaga, Member of the European Parliament, will patronise the symposium and also participate in the congress. You can always find the latest news and more information about us under http://fsue.ffspeleo.fr/commission/protection/index_commission.htm .

This symposium shall be a platform for speleologists, representatives of NGOs and other public authorities to discuss about strategies and (more…)

Announcement of Topical Session at the
Geological Society of America 2008 Annual Meeting
Houston, TX, October 5-9

The application of speleothems to studies of paleoclimatology, paleoenvironmental change and paleohydrology has greatly increased in the past decade due to the increased analytical speed and resolution available, as well as the need to generate precisely dated records of past environments.
Their use as proxies of past terrestrial environmental change includes published records of rainfall and temperature, vegetation dynamics, and atmospheric circulation such as tropical cyclones. Speleothem parameters analyzed to obtain these proxy records include speleothem calcite growth rate, trace elements, stable and (more…)

Message from Olivier Vidal
This message to inform you that more than 900 European cavers already registered to Vercors 2008, 5 months before the event. This congress will be the Speleological European event that will enable to gather every cavers in Europe. If you are not yet registered or if your club/organisation is not, you can take advantage of the new preferential registration fee at 48 euros for the full week (29 euros - reduced fee) that will end the 31st of March 2008 :
http://vercors2008.eu/registration.htm#registernow
Don’t miss it, Vercors will be the most enjoyable speleological event cavers were expecting for a long time.
Best Speleological Regards for this Easter weekend from the whole FSUE Bureau and V2008 Organisation Comittee,
See you soon in Vercors underground.

News by Stefano Masserini

The activity in Fa 7 (Cima dei Foppazzi - Premolo - Bg - Italy) has been suspended for the difficulties to reach the entry, the end of the thaw must be waited. In 2007 two new branches have been explored: Gasteropoli, a beautiful series of pits that go back to the principal way to - 200 and The Wall that it begins to -150 and it goes straight down with two beautiful pits of 80 and 85 meters. Follows a 30 and then a cranny of few centimeters… the fund of this branch to -354. The principal way has brought us in a discreet dimensions active meander. This with some small pits it reaches -410 in a little passage where is necessary to be enlarged and where a little area and a curve are seen beyond. The air tide is always beautiful strong. The relief developed is 1.150 meters, almost all vertical. For the G. S. Valseriana Talpe Stefano Masserini.

Traslated by Annalisa Basili

News from Michele Tommasi traslated by Annalisa Basili
Extraordinary exploratory novelties from the “Abisso del Corno” on the Asiago Plateau.

Protagonists the speleos of the GSM - Malo (VI) and obviously, the great abyss.
The abyss “Corno” reaches now -620 mt of depth around. We are stopped above a pit esteemed around 100 mt.

The exploration report, here: http://www.speleomalo.it/news/

The “Antonio Núñez Jiménez” Foundation for Nature and Humanity, the Cuban Society for Speleology and the Montané Museum of Anthropology are pleased to invite you to the III INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CAVE ART, to be held on
November 17 to 22, 2008, in the Conference Hall of the “Antonio Núñez Jiménez” Foundation, located at: 5ta. B No. 6611 entre 66 y 70, Miramar, in the beautiful city of Havana, Cuba, on November 17 to 22, 2008. (more…)

News from Davide Corengia Gruppo Grotte Milano

Abstract by Annalisa Basili   Translated by Claudia Rossetti

The cave 1661 in Grigna ( so called “Abisso Speleo Salmonato”) had been explored in october up to a well with departure in a bottleneck to be enlarged, from where was possible to see a following vertical. Once furnished with the necessary equipment to dig out, Davide Corengia, Fosco Ratt and Andrea Maconi restarted exploring. After having widened, in about one hour and half of work, the narrow passage on the well and the window, that gives access to this new zone, they begin the exploration: a first P15, a following P10, two jumps and a further well. The place is getting wider below us; we are in a big fracture 25 meter high.

Here the cave starts to become wet. To the base a landslide, a new jump (P20) and it is needed to secure the well’s start (instable rocks of 20-25 kg). At the bottom of the well (about 25-30 meter deep), a window shows an enormous ambient. It is getting late, the drill is unloaded… we have to come back, but now the explored well reach -100 meter and we think 200 meter extension…there are still many things to see and the well is waiting to be explored..

from Laura Samsó
The Comite de Descens de Barrancs from FEEC (Federació d’ Entitats Excursionistes de Cataluña) and the Departament de Canons i Engorjats from FCE (Federació Catalana d’Espeleologia), have already began working in the organization of the Vth edition of Gorgs, that shall take place the 23,24 and 25 of May, in the area of Ports, Tarragona (Spain). Gorgs is the International Canyoneering Meeting event that was born in 2004 with the target of knowing the canyoneers, professionals and beginners, no exclusions.

Gorgs 2007 was a succes with 341 participants, it took place in Tremp (Lérida) and by the 1st time in Spain it was co organized with the FCE (Federació Catalana d’Espeleologia).

In parallel it will take place the II International Canyoneering Congress, with a good number of proposals including technical and scientific conferences.

The limit for the sending of abstracts is the 24 February (included) and for the accepted articles, the 15 May.

It will also take place the I National and International Photography Canyonneering Contest and the Ist Symphosium about Regulations and Prohibitions in Descente Canyon.

You are invited to participate in them,please if interested write us.

The official web link: http://www.feec.org/
The dates to present proposals for projections, conferences,etc is already open. If you wish to participate please write to: barrancs@feec.org.