28 chapters (368 pages), profusely illustrated in colour and black & white (with many never before seen photographs), tell the stories of the Wookey Hole Divers, first hand, from the 1935 expedition led by Graham Balcombe using hard-hat diving gear to the present day work by modern cave divers using innovative mixed-gas rebreathers to dive deeper and further under the Mendip Hills. "Wookey Hole - 75 years of cave diving & exploration" is an ideal companion volume to the highly acclaimed "Swildon's Hole - 100 years of exploration"

Contributors

Herbert Balch, Graham Balcombe, Mike Barnes, Pete Bolt, Frank ‘Mac’ Brown, Alan Butcher, Tim Chapman, John Cordingley, Bob Davies, Fred Davies, Martyn Farr, Alex Gee, Peter Glanvill, Jim Hanwell, Rob Harper, Oliver Lloyd, Ted Mason, Stuart McManus, Gavin Newman, Rob Parker, Penelope Powell, Brian Prewer, Duncan Price, Dave Savage, Willie Stanton, Clive Stell, Bill Stone, Mike Thompson, Oliver Wells, Richard Witcombe & Brian Woodward.

Editors

Jim Hanwell, Duncan Price and Richard Witcombe were all born within a dozen miles of Wookey Hole Cave. Jim is a Vice President of the Wessex Cave Club, former Hon Secretary of the Mendip Rescue Organization and a non-diving member of the Cave Diving Group, has been connected with the cave and its explorers for over fifty years. Duncan has been an active member of the Cave Diving Group since 1989 and has explored Wookey Hole beyond Rob Parker's 1985 limit below Chamber 25 whilst supporting the latest exploratory pushes. Richard, a Wessex Cave Club member since 1963, has had a lifelong interest in digging for new caves and in the history of Mendip caving.