Sheffield University Speleological Society (SUSS)

Words: Andy C                               Photos: Imo
After a long train journey from Delhi, Bridget Hall and I arrived in the Indian city of Shillong, in order to meet with the other members of the 2010 Meghalayan expedition. Two days were spent amassing gear, supplies and musical instruments for the camp in the Jaintia hills. This was followed [...]

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Suss is proud to announce that the 2010 Suss Crete Expedition will be sponsored by Sheffield Uni’s Alumni Foundation.
And Beast Products

Thanks guys!!!

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By Imo

In January, myself, Madphil (BEC), Fleur Loveridge(OUCC) and Pete Talling(UBSS) went on a recce to Myanmar (Burma) to look for caves. The whole opportunity came about as a result of Joerg Dryebolt’s lecture at Hidden Earth.  I was inspired, and he helped to put me in touch with the ‘right people in Myanmar.

. We [...]

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Crawling, snoring  and eating sausage in Schwabenland / Hirlatz
by Lazy old Flo

(Cavingtour with Joel,Hannah,Ian,Martin,Pyro,Chris,Laura, Dave and for a very short time some Hungary specialists,  15.-19.02.10)
First of all, thanks to Joel and his very friendly and humorous caving friends to let me be part of there caving exploration to  Schwabenland. This was for me a very [...]

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by Rosie
Suss will once again be heading to the White Mountains of Crete to find new caves! The expedition will be running from 5-18th July.
There will be a training weekend on 14th May weekend (also Rosie’s birthday)
SUSS first went to Crete in the 80s and found lots of amazing caves in the White Mountains. We [...]

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By Rob Eavis
As part of a summer filled of fourien expeditions, 6 members of SUSS returned to Crete to continue exploring “Colosuss”, a 200m deep cave found in 2008 on SUSS’s expedition last year. Luckily, after 2 months of planning and 3 days of gear carrying and setting up, they returned to the previous end [...]

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By Imogen Furlong

This year two SUSS members, Jeff Wade and I went back to Tian Xing in Wulong, China to continue exploration of the systems out there. We were caving with Hongmeigui the international caving society.
The main cave to be
explored in September was Keng Dang Dang. This had been explored to a depth of -180m [...]

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Sheffield Students are first to explore undiscovered Greek caves

Rob Eavis – Hades

Pioneering explorers from Sheffield University have become the first people in the world to enter a vast underground cave network on the Greek island of Crete. The six-strong caving team descended more than 550 metres below ground to discover a vast hidden cavern the [...]

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By Rob Eavis
Colosuss ended at 560m in a large chamber with a big boulder choke. Team will now photograph and de rig. Full report to come

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By Rob Eavis
Cave is going well, hit a 90m pitch with some cool horizontal stuff and more pitches.Depth so far 375m – stopped at another pitch still with a draft. 14h pushing trips. Good fun caving.
 

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