We invited some of our pioneers, the majority who were contemporaries of Sheck, to share their thoughts on the man,...
by Bill Stone. The story was first published in International Caver magazine in 1981. Images courtesy of Brian Udoff and Mary Ellen Eckhoff. I lay back...
Cavers have been characterizing “restrictions,” a term believed to have been coined in 1975 by legendary explorer Sheck Exley, as “minor” and “major” for nearly 50...
There are only a handful of 100-meter-deep caves in Quintana Roo, Mexico, so when a colleague suggested he may have found another one, cave instructor/explorer Skanda...
The British are coming? No, they’ve come and gone. The consequence of a 20-year tradition of exploring Thai caves. According to Michael & Rob Thomas, this...
Polish cave diver and entrepreneur Marcin Stempniewicz, president of Submerged Foundation recounts his fascination with and journey into photogrammetry, and its application to dark, underground water-filled...
Earlier this summer Jake Bulman and the Protec Team launched their 2023 expedition to Madagascar’s formidable Malazamanga cave known for massive tunnels, formations the size of...
Emőke Wagner, Bjarne Knudsen, and László Cseh, continue on their chosen mission to explore, survey, and map as much of Riviera Maya’s underground waterways as humanly...
We offer a short blast from the past, circa 1997, detailing some of the first cave dives on the island, and the people that helped put...
Simon Pridmore’s latest book, “Technically Speaking: Talks on Technical Diving Volume 1: Genesis and Exodus,” takes a deep, deep dive into the early days of technical...
