Sheffield University Speleological Society (SUSS)

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

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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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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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