The attempts to rescue eight Swiss potholers trapped by rising flood waters in a cave in eastern France provides a suitable time to examine the pleasures and perils of potholing. Those who do take to ...

A caving instructor broke down in tears today as he told a court how he lost hold of a schoolboy while struggling to escape from a flooded pothole. Tony Boyle, whose party was caught by rapidly rising ...

Deep down and dark under our northern feet, potholers have just pulled off a major feat of their own. The long-awaited final link in the legendary Three Counties System of inter-connecting caves has ...

Two potholers drowned in North Yorkshire after they became trapped in a cave engulfed by fast-flowing water, an inquest has heard. Stuart Goodwill, 33, and Caroline Fletcher, 28, from West Yorks, died ...

World Champion boxer Johnny Nelson discovers cave networks deep below Derbyshire’s Peak District that have never been seen before by man. Johnny Nelson was taken down the latest discovery in the Peak ...

A 74-year-old South Craven man who died in a cave after he fell and broke his thigh bone while potholing was a "caver till the end", an inquest heard. Harry Hesketh, known by family and friends as ...

It has long been viewed as the holy grail of British potholing but now the legendary Three Counties System of caves has finally been linked. 08 November 2011 • 10:08am Tim Allen climbs the rope on ...

London's first indoor potholing experience is opening this spring as part of a new £1.8 million adventure centre coming to East Ham. Participants will descend into a twisting 100-yard network of dark ...

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