Les exploracions espeleològiques a les illes Balears.
[eng] The first speleological explorations in the Balearic Islands date back from the early XIXth century, years in which the activities were performed in a very precarious way, entering the caves with torches and descending the shafts with complicated systems of ropes and pulleys....
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de las Islas Baleares |
| Repositorio: | Biblioteca Digital de les Illes Balears |
| OAI Identifier: | endins:Endins_2011v35p011 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/sites/oai-site/collect/endins/index/assoc/Endins_2/011v35p0/11.dir/Endins_2011v35p011.pdf http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/library/collection/endins/document/Endins_2011v35p011 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Speleology |
| Sumario: | [eng] The first speleological explorations in the Balearic Islands date back from the early XIXth century, years in which the activities were performed in a very precarious way, entering the caves with torches and descending the shafts with complicated systems of ropes and pulleys. In the past two centuries the evolution has been constant, embracing both the material used for the explorations as well as the technical training of the cavers. In order to contextualize the speleological explorations in the Balearic Islands, five different stages have been distinguished: the pre-speleology, or times prior to the birth of caving properly said; the pioneers epoch, in which leading figures of international renown must be highlighted; the Catalan caving campaigns, conducted in quite special brilliant moments of speleology in Catalonia; the conventional Mallorcan speleology period, was the explosion of caving in the Balearics characterized by a huge topographic activity and by the invaluable collaboration between different clubs of cavers; and, finally, the impact of underwater Mallorcan caving, stage that is marked by the beginning of the speleo-diving campaigns in the island and by outstanding explorations and discoveries of large cavities, such as Cova des Pas de Vallgornera and Cova de sa Gleda. The Federació Balear d’Espeleologia (Balearic Federation of Speleology) was not formed until 1982, however, a few years earlier, in 1972, the caving clubs were organized within the Balearic Delegation of the Comité Catalano-Balear d’Espeleologia. This year 2011, the Federació Balear d’Espeleologia has received the Ramon Llull award, which grants the Govern de les Illes Balears, in recognition of the valuable contributions to the scientific knowledge of our nature, made by many self-taught members of the federation and without any economic benefit. |
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