Chris Scaife
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Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, Northumberland, North Pennines, North York Moors, Spain, Worldwide
Chris Scaife has travelled extensively. His experience in the great outdoors includes jungle trekking in Papua New Guinea, mountaineering in the Alps and the Andes, reaching the summit of every English mountain over 2,000 feet, lengthy wild camping trips in Norway and the Scottish Highlands, multi-day cycling adventures in Britain and Europe, and cave exploration across the world.
He has descended many of the UK’s most difficult caves and has been involved in significant underground discoveries in the north of England and in Spain. In July 2019 he was part of a caving expedition to Armenia, which included the discovery and exploration of the third longest cave in the country.
Cycling is his main mode of transport and he spends much of his time on quiet and dusty roads in the north of England, often with a heavily-laden pannier rack.
As of October 2022, Chris is the owner of Stalactite Publishing and editor of the bi-monthly caving publication Descent: the magazine of underground exploration.
Recent Publications (Books):
- The Caves of Northumberland (Sigma, 2019)
- Contributor to Ride: Cycle the World (DK Eyewitness, 2021)
- Contributor to Hike: Adventures on Foot (DK Eyewitness, 2022)
Recent Publications (Periodicals):
- Descent Magazine - numerous contributions to the news section, plus features including:
- Northumberland Revealed - April 2019
- Cave Ahoy ... it's Cutthroat Caverns - June 2019
- Armenia - Expedition explores third longest - October 2019
- Petzl Boreo caving helmet and Duo S headlight [gear review] - February 2020
- Known Only to Dragons - October 2020
- Caves by Bike - October 2021
- Finding Big - April 2022
- It's All Good in Mistletoe - June 2022
- Changeover - December 2022
- The Northumbrian Magazine:
- Gateways Into the Underworld - April 2019
- By Bike and Bothy - February 2020
- Chamber of Secrets - February 2021
- Cumbria Magazine:
- A World of Opportunity - November 2020
- Outdoor Focus:
- On Trolling - Winter 2021
- Austria and Liechtenstein with a little 'un - Spring 2023
- Lakeland Walker
- Sallows & Yoke - May/June 2022
- Hugill Fell - July/August 2022
- St Sunday Crag & Fairfield - September/October 2022
- Whinfell Ridge - January/February 2023
- Thirlspot to Patterdale, via Helvellyn - March/April 2023
- Chris writes occasional wildlife articles, which appear in various publications, e.g.
Recent Publications (Online):
- Cicerone Extra:
- Frequent contributions to the UK Hillwalking site:
- Occasional contributions to the Cumbria Wildlife Trust website:
Awards:
- Shortlisted for the Tratman Award 2019
- Highly Commended for the OWPG Technical Feature Award 2020