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Underwater Potholer - A Cave Diver's Memoirs (Paperback)
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Underwater Potholer - A Cave Diver's Memoirs (Paperback)
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List price R577
Loot Price R524
Discovery Miles 5 240
You Save R53 (9%)
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Duncan's curiosity has got him into a lot of tight spots-quite
literally! As a teenager, Duncan really wanted to be an astronaut
but took to the exploration of inner space instead. Only a dozen
men might have stood on the moon but Duncan has squeezed into many
places that no-one has ever been before, and some places that
no-one is ever likely to go again (probably for a very good
reason). These memoirs recount the author's misadventures during
his thirty-year involvement with caving and cave diving beginning
with student antics in the caves of the Mendip Hills in England to
a hair-raising escape from deep beneath an English stately home.
Along the way we are treated to the ups and downs of subterranean
enterprise-from the joys of discovering new caves to the sadness of
losing close friends. Duncan tells his tales with characteristic
candour, often making light of difficult situations: rock falls,
serious illness and an embarrassing incident with a tick. There are
tears and laughter, often at the same time: who else would perform
an animal impression with a suspected metatarsal fracture? We dive
beneath Welsh Valleys, Yorkshire Dales and the Blue Ridge
Mountains, encounter sharks, unexploded bombs and secret nuclear
research facilities. Technical concepts and jargon are explained
clearly and concisely, allowing the reader to follow Duncan into
the depths. These stories are a treat for anyone interested in
exploration, above or below ground, over or underwater. People
often tell Duncan that he must be 'mad' to go cave diving-read this
and judge for yourself...
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