I had always been interested in caves, but my first chance for serious cave exploration came when I was invited to make a film about the Oxford University caving expedition to the Castro Urdiales region in Northern Spain, summer 1967. That was the start of regular summer visits to the Cantabrian Mountains over the next six years.
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The historic harbour and church of Castro Urdiales, 1967 | Filming underground - 1967 style. Left to right Francis Sanders, me, Tim Cecil |
Download First Light, the movie we made (46MB).
The links below (as they become active) will lead to other cave explorations around the world.