Table of Contents

Foreword by Bill Stone; Preface; Part 1: The History of Cave Diving; Chapter 1 The Challenge of Caving; Chapter 2 The Beginnings of Cave Diving; Chapter 3 Early Cave Diving in Britain and Ireland; Chapter 4 The Oxygen Phase; Chapter 5 The Cave Diving Group; Chapter 6 The Aqualung or Mixture Set; Chapter 7 The Transition to Air; Part 2: International Cave Diving Developments; Chapter 8 Cave Diving in the British Isles; Southern England; South Wales; The Yorkshire Dales; The Peak District; Ireland; Chapter 9 Cave Diving in Europe; France; Switzerland; Germany; Italy; Czech Republic; Spain: Canary Islands; Spain: Mainland; Norway; Russia, Georgia and the ex-USSR; Chapter 10 Cave Diving in the Americas; The United States of America; Canada; The Caribbean; Mexico; South America; Chapter 11 Cave Diving in South-East Asia: China; Chapter 12 Cave Diving in Australia and New Zealand; Australia; New Zealand; Chapter 13 Cave Diving in Southern Africa; Chapter 14 The Future; Part 3: Appendices; I Glossary of Terms; II A Brief Historical Overview of Cave Diving Equipment and Techniques; III Accident Analysis; III Quintana Roo Speleological Survey; Acknowledgements; Index.

About the Author

Martyn Farr is an internationally renowned caver and cave diver and is responsible for the discovery of many miles of subterranean wilderness. He has been caving from the age of ten, discovering new caves from the age of sixteen, and his life has been dominated by an elemental passion for exploration. Martyn began cave diving in 1971 and by 1981 had established a world record for undersea cave penetration in the Bahamas. In the UK he is known for his explorations in Wookey Hole, in 1977 and 1982, and the first subterranean traverse of Llangattock Mountain in Wales in 1986. He has made many expeditions worldwide, to Iran, Mexico, Borneo, China, Dominican Republic, Japan, France, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Balearics, Greece, Turkey, Brazil, Russia, Australia and, most recently, New Zealand. Age has not diminished his enthusiasm or powers of endurance. In November 2012 he explored over a mile of new cave in South Island, New Zealand, and in 2013 and 2014 he made further solo discoveries of similar magnitudes in the same area. Original and exciting explorations are ongoing in Wales and Ireland. Martyn has worked as a cave diving instructor for many years and remains as passionate as ever. His photographic work has appeared in many magazines and newspapers, including The Sunday Times, The Guardian and Daily Mail, and he has written eight books on this esoteric subject. He has helped produce any number of films and programmes for television and radio and taken countless celebrities underground, including princes William and Harry. He lives in Crickhowell, South Wales.