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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, including Hopeless Pot, Five Ways Pot, Aka Hole and Cutthroat Caverns. He has also been on a number of international expeditions, with major finds in Spain, Armenia, Greece, India and Malaysian Borneo.
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.
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:
- The Greater Horseshoe Comeback - June 2024
- The Great Round Trip in the Forest - August 2024
- Desert Island Caving - October 2024
- The Sheep That Launched a Thousand Trips - June 2025
- Under the Garo Hills - August 2025
- Caving in Madeira - December 2025
- Sidetracked:
- Serendipity - February 2025
- 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
- The Zino's Cry - Autumn 2025
- 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
- Following in the Footsteps of Wordsworth - January/February 2024
Recent Publications (Online):
- Frequent contributions to the UK Hillwalking site:
- Occasional contributions to the Cumbria Wildlife Trust website:
- OWPG Substack
- Chris writes occasional wildlife articles, which appear in various publications, e.g.
Awards:
- Shortlisted for the Tratman Award 2019
- Highly Commended for the OWPG Technical Feature Award 2020