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<h1 lang="fr">Groupe Sp&eacute;l&eacute;o Alpin Belge</h1>
<p>The <acronym 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">"Les Gours"</span>,
part of the <span lang="fr">Club d'Archaeologie, de Sp&eacute;l&eacute;ologie
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">Les Gours</span> had the same name,
"<span lang="fr">Sp&eacute;alp</span>", as the later journal of
<acronym lang="fr">GSAB</acronym>, and from an odd reference to
'<span lang="fr"><acronym>GSAB</acronym> "Les Gours"</span>' in a later
journal.
<p>Members of these groups, and associated club cavers, visited the north of
the western massif of the <span 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">Sp&eacute;alp</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">F&eacute;deration Belgique de
Sp&eacute;l&eacute;ologie</span> was one of the world's most helpful people,
and he photocopied the relevant articles from the later <acronym
lang="fr">GSAB</acronym> publications for us for free, for which go many
thanks.
<p>Included in these pages are English translations (by Andy Waddington and
Jill Gates) of articles from <span lang="fr"><acronym>GSAB</acronym>
Sp&eacute;alp</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 !
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<dt>73.2295<dd>
<cite>(<acronym>CASE HA</acronym>) Sp&eacute;alp 2 (1972) pp 3-21, <span
lang="en">surveys</span></cite>, <b>Exp&eacute;dition
Sp&eacute;l&eacute;ologique &agrave; Autriche (Gouffre des Aieux)</b>, Jean
Claude Hans et Pierre Gobbels
<dt>74.1210<dd>
<cite>(<acronym>CASE HA</acronym>) Sp&eacute;alp 4 (1973) pp 1-25, <span
lang="en">surveys</span></cite>, <b>Exp&eacute;dition 1973 &agrave; l'<span
lang="de">Ahnenschacht</span> (-612m)</b>, Etienne Degrave et al
<dt>78.2012<dd>
<cite>(<acronym>GSAB</acronym>) Sp&eacute;alp 1 (Juin 1977) pp 33-49</cite>,
<b><span lang="de">Totes Gebirge</span> : Description des principaux gouffres
de la zone ouest du massif</b>, Jean Claude Hans &amp; Etienne Degrave<br>
<a href="fr/782012.htm" lang="fr">en Fran&ccedil;ais</a> /
<a href="en/782012.htm" lang="en"><span lang="en">English Translation</span></a>
<dt>78.2008<dd>
<cite>(<acronym>GSAB</acronym>) Sp&eacute;alp 2 (1978) pp 14-19, <span
lang="en">figures, surveys</span></cite>, <b>Gouffre Ovni</b>, Georges
Feller<br>
<a href="fr/782008.htm" lang="fr">en Fran&ccedil;ais</a> /
<a href="en/782008.htm" lang="en"><span lang="en">English Translation</span></a>
<dt>78.2003<dd>
<cite>(<acronym>GSAB</acronym>) Sp&eacute;alp 2 (1978) p64, <span
lang="en">survey</span></cite>, <b lang="de">Trunkemboldschacht</b>, Jean Pierre
Braun<br>
<a href="782003.htm" lang="fr">en Fran&ccedil;ais</a> / (the English
translation is essentially identical to the kataster
<a href="../../noinfo/1626/117.htm">cave description</a>)
<dt>78.2013<dd>
<cite>(<acronym>GSAB</acronym>) Sp&eacute;alp 2 (1978) pp 66-67, <span
lang="en">survey</span></cite>, <b lang="de">Feuertalsystem</b>, Jean Claude
Hans<br><a href="782013.htm" lang="fr">en Fran&ccedil;ais</a> / (the English
translation is essentially identical to the kataster
<a href="../../noinfo/1626/120.htm">cave description</a>)
<dt>79.1855<dd>
<cite>(<acronym>GSAB</acronym>) Sp&eacute;alp 3 (Oct. 1978) pp 44-45, <span
lang="en">survey</span></cite>, <b><span lang="de">Ahnenschacht</span> 77/78</b>,
Jean Pierre Braun<br>
<a href="fr/791855.htm" lang="fr">en Fran&ccedil;ais</a> /
<a href="en/791855.htm" lang="en"><span lang="en">English Translation</span></a>
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