Wilderness Awards 2003

Jon Telling

Jon Telling has recently finished a Research Fellowship in the Earth Science Dept at Leeds University, and is presently working in Bristol at various jobs to obtain money for further caving expeditions. He has previously participated on caving expeditions to Austria (1999), The Dominican Republic (2002) and Thailand (2000), as well as helping out with Sam's fieldwork in the submerged caves in the Yucatan.

Sam Smith is presently completing a PhD at Bristol University investigating the microbiology and chemistry of submerged caves in Mexico. She previously worked for two years in the Yucatan, Mexico, as a volunteer at the Akumal ecological centre. While working here she developed a love of diving and cave diving, and is now an experienced dive instructor and cave diver. She participated on the previous U.B.S.S. expedition to Thailand (2000).