"Classic Darksite Diving: Cave Diving Sites of Britain and Europe."
Martyn Farr. Wild Places, Abergavenny; 2013. ISBN 978-0-9526701-8-6. 6
by 10 inches, 192 pages, softbound. £27.50.
Famous British cave diver Martyn Farr has compiled this guide to cave-
diving sites in Europe that are easily accessible and where permission
is not required or easily gotten. Farr's previous books include "The
Darkness Beckons," a history of cave diving (1980, revised 1991). The
emphasis is on Great Britain, where sites described include some sea
caves and flooded mines. But about two thirds of the book is about
caves, including many well-known ones, on the continent and on islands
in the Mediterranean.
The material on each site includes color photos, a simplified map,
detailed directions, and access information. The history of diving at
each site is discussed in the text, and this make it quite interesting
even to those who never expect to visit any of them. Each site is
flagged according to the training needed: cavern, intro, or full cave.
It is at first glance a bit mysterious that site that have been dove
to depths of around 600 feet in France are flagged as cavern dives,
but that is because they have nice entrance pools for cavern diving.
The need not to exceed one's level of training is emphasized throughout.
Unfortunately, this book is not sold by any of the usual cave-book
sources in the US. Postpaid from the publisher, Wild Places
Publishing, PO Box 100, Abergavenny NP7 9WY, United Kingdom, the
dollar price is $64; dollar checks on US banks are accepted by mail. A
source with on-line ordering is SpeleoProjects in Switzerland
(speleoprojects.com); it accepts Visa and Mastercard and will charge
your credit card €40 (currently about $54). The main difference is
that the royal mail no longer offers cheap surface mail.—Bill Mixon
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