Monday, 21 October 2024

Dudley members - Bartek, Graham, Jess, Keith, Loz and Paulina were involved in this film project. Not only is it being screened on Friday 22nd November at this year's Kendal Mountain Festival, it has also been selected for the International Film Competition.

The film documents Geoff's Yeadon's return to cave diving after a break of 26 years.

Geoff is a legend in British caving diving. Geoff 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.

In 2020 Geoff was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to cave diving.



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