<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf8" /> <title>GSAB</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href= "/css/main2.css" /> </head> <body> <h1 lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Groupe Spéléo Alpin Belge</h1> <p>The <acronym lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">GSAB</acronym> was (I believe, and if anyone knows different then I'd love to hear from them) an umbrella organisation for club cavers in Belgium visiting deep and serious caving areas in the 1970's. It would appear to have evolved from a group <span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">"Les Gours"</span>, part of the <span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Club d'Archaeologie, de Spéléologie et d'Escalade de Huy-Andenne (<acronym>CASE-HA</acronym>)</span>, though this is conjecture based on the fact that the journal of <span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Les Gours</span> had the same name, "<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Spéalp</span>", as the later journal of <acronym lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">GSAB</acronym>, and from an odd reference to '<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr"><acronym>GSAB</acronym> "Les Gours"</span>' in a later journal.</p> <p>Members of these groups, and associated club cavers, visited the north of the western massif of the <span lang="de" xml:lang= "de">Totes Gebirge</span> every summer (sometimes apparently on more than one trip) from 1972 to 1978. At least one of these trips was an international expedition, and others seem also to have worked with various French groups. Much of the work was apparently reported in various club journals, but there are also a series of good reports in both of the journals <span lang="fr" xml:lang= "fr">Spéalp</span>. These are now quite hard to obtain (since the group no longer exists), but we found that the librarian of the <span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Féderation Belgique de Spéléologie</span> was one of the world's most helpful people, and he photocopied the relevant articles from the later <acronym lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">GSAB</acronym> publications for us for free, for which go many thanks.</p> <p>Included in these pages are English translations (by Andy Waddington and Jill Gates) of articles from <span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr"><acronym>GSAB</acronym> Spéalp</span> 1, 2 and 3. If you can read French, I reccommend getting hold of copies of the original journals, as the diagrams are quite helpful to understanding some of the explanations!</p> <dl lang="fr" xml:lang="fr"> <dt>73.2295</dt> <dd><cite>(<acronym>CASE HA</acronym>) Spéalp 2 (1972) pp 3-21, <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">surveys</span></cite>, <b>Expédition Spéléologique à Autriche (Gouffre des Aieux)</b>, Jean Claude Hans et Pierre Gobbels</dd> <dt>74.1210</dt> <dd><cite>(<acronym>CASE HA</acronym>) Spéalp 4 (1973) pp 1-25, <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">surveys</span></cite>, <b>Expédition 1973 à l'<span lang="de" xml:lang= "de">Ahnenschacht</span> (-612m)</b>, Etienne Degrave et al</dd> <dt>78.2012</dt> <dd><cite>(<acronym>GSAB</acronym>) Spéalp 1 (Juin 1977) pp 33-49</cite>, <b><span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Totes Gebirge</span> : Description des principaux gouffres de la zone ouest du massif</b>, Jean Claude Hans & Etienne Degrave<br /> <a href="fr/782012.htm" lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">en Français</a> / <a href="en/782012.htm" lang="en" xml:lang= "en"><span lang="en" xml:lang="en">English Translation</span></a></dd> <dt>78.2008</dt> <dd><cite>(<acronym>GSAB</acronym>) Spéalp 2 (1978) pp 14-19, <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">figures, surveys</span></cite>, <b>Gouffre Ovni</b>, Georges Feller<br /> <a href="fr/782008.htm" lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">en Français</a> / <a href="en/782008.htm" lang="en" xml:lang= "en"><span lang="en" xml:lang="en">English Translation</span></a></dd> <dt>78.2003</dt> <dd><cite>(<acronym>GSAB</acronym>) Spéalp 2 (1978) p64, <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">survey</span></cite>, <b lang="de" xml:lang="de">Trunkemboldschacht</b>, Jean Pierre Braun<br /> <a href="782003.htm" lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">en Français</a> / (the English translation is essentially identical to the kataster <a href="../../noinfo/1626/117.htm">cave description</a>)</dd> <dt>78.2013</dt> <dd><cite>(<acronym>GSAB</acronym>) Spéalp 2 (1978) pp 66-67, <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">survey</span></cite>, <b lang= "de" xml:lang="de">Feuertalsystem</b>, Jean Claude Hans<br /> <a href="782013.htm" lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">en Français</a> / (the English translation is essentially identical to the kataster <a href="../../noinfo/1626/120.htm">cave description</a>)</dd> <dt>79.1855</dt> <dd><cite>(<acronym>GSAB</acronym>) Spéalp 3 (Oct. 1978) pp 44-45, <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">survey</span></cite>, <b><span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Ahnenschacht</span> 77/78</b>, Jean Pierre Braun<br /> <a href="fr/791855.htm" lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">en Français</a> / <a href="en/791855.htm" lang="en" xml:lang= "en"><span lang="en" xml:lang="en">English Translation</span></a></dd> </dl> <hr /> <!-- LINKS --> <ul id="links"> <li><a href="/1626/index.html">Overview</a> of area 1626, and index to caves</li> <li><a href="../../areas.htm">Overview</a> of area 1623</li> <li>Back to <a href="../../index.htm">Expedition Intro page</a></li> <li><a href="../../../index.htm">Back to <acronym>CUCC</acronym> Home page</a></li> <li><a href="../index.htm">Other groups</a> who have worked in the area</li> </ul> </body> </html>