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Thinking of hanging up your fins? Never say, "Never again."

Postby Caver Keith » Oct 18, 2023 8:31 am

Geoff Yeadon and his diving partner Oliver “Bear” Statham are famous for undertaking a world record-breaking cave dive of 6,000 ft (1,800 m) from West Kingsdale Master Cave, in North Yorkshire to Keld Head.
The dive was documented in a Yorkshire Television production called the Underground Eiger which was first broadcast on 21st February 1979 to an audience of 20 million viewers.
Renowned caver Rick Stanton who was one of the divers to locate the Wild Boars in Thailand in 2018 cites the TV programme as the impetus that sparked his interest in cave diving.
Before this, in 1974 Geoff Yeadon was the first to pass the 168 metre sump upstream from Rowten Pot in Kingsdale Valley where he discovered the impressive 40 metre high Aquamole Aven.

Geoff retired from cave diving in 1997. 26 years later, could anything tempt him out of retirement?

This video is a taster for a forthcoming video showing what happened when a 'carrot was dangled' in front of him.

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