This profusely illustrated book, written by one of Britain's leading cave divers, is a spectacular introduction to the world's most dangerous sport.  The Darkness Beckons describes the techniques and fascinating history of cave diving from the first known cave dive in 1878 with the familiar globe shaped helmet, heavy boots, and sturdy air lines fed by surface pumps, to the sophisticated rebreather systems used by divers today. This internationally comprehensive book includes stories from the United States, France, Switzerland, The West Indies, Mexico, South Africa, UK, and Australia.  This new book includes both historical anecdotes and accounts of the most interesting recent dives. It is a chronicle of outstanding sporting endeavor, as yet little known outside an elite specialist world, but sure to inspire anyone with a taste for adventure.

Darkness Beckons: The History and Development of Cave Diving

Sports & Outdoors

Farr, Martyn

Individual Sports

Cave Books

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Good, Published 1984 by Oxford Illustrated Press. The Great Advetures Series no.2. A nice, clean copy

The great caving adventure (Great adventure series)

Outdoor Recreation

Oxford Illustrated Press

Technical SCUBA diving book by Welsh cave diver and pioneer underwater explorer Martyn Farr.

Diving in Darkness: Beneath Rock, Under Ice, into Wrecks

Water Sports

Wild Places Publishing

Darkworld: the Secrets of Llangattock Mountain

History

Europe

Gomer]

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