The Underground Eiger

Name: The Underground Eiger
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1979-02-21

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50m

1979

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Documentary

Overview

This is an account of a significant event in British caving history, and a film that has become legendary in caving folklore. It features two divers, Geoff Yeadon and Oliver Statham (aka Bear), who over several years explored and plotted the caving system beneath the moors of Ingleborough before completing the dive from Keld Head to West Kingsdale Master Cave, beneath Ingleborough in North Yorkshire, on January 16th 1979.

Release Date

February 21, 1979

Production

Yorkshire Television

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Cast

3 people

Geoff Yeadon

Acting

Oliver "Bear" Statham

Acting

Paul Dunstan

Reporter

Directing

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The Underground Eiger

Overview

Release Date

Production

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