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A recently released YouTube video sheds new light on the practicalities of swimming casualties out of flooded caves, as UK divers Rick Stanton and Jon

Tratman Award Citations Tratman Award, 2019 The prestigious Tratman Award (in memory of E.K. Tratman, who died in 1978) is awarded annually for a caving-related, paper-based publication, to recognise excellence and encourage future improvement. It is one of the UK’s premier national caving awards, but is open to authors and publishers from Britain and Ireland. First awarded for the publications of 1979, the Tratman Award was administered by the Ghar Parau Found...

13.9k Views Ron Howard has snagged a plum internationally recognized ensemble for his Thai cave film “Thirteen Lives”, which begins shooting in Australia and Thailand this month. Per Deadline, Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell and Joel Edgerton are the headline acts with Weir Sukollawat (”Malila”), Thiraphat Sajakul (”The Serpent”), Sahajak Boonthanakit (”The Serpent”), Vithaya Pansringarm (”The Prey”), Teeradon “James” Supapunpinyo (”Bad Genius”), Nophand Boonyai (”...

Simon Halliday died at Lancaster Hole, near Kirkby Lonsdale, on January 4, 2020. Wife Toni told the inquest that the father-of-two had a ‘real zest for life’ and ‘made the most of every minute of every day’. “Simon was a very loving husband and father,” she said. “He has left a huge hole in our hearts.” On the day he died, the 49-year-old travelled down to the dive site with a support team comprising two friends. Mr Halliday told his team he would be a maximum of thr...

Tratman Award Citations Tratman Award, 2019 The prestigious Tratman Award (in memory of E.K. Tratman, who died in 1978) is awarded annually for a caving-related, paper-based publication, to recognise excellence and encourage future improvement. It is one of the UK’s premier national caving awards, but is open to authors and publishers from Britain and Ireland. First awarded for the publications of 1979, the Tratman Award was administered by the Ghar Parau Found...