The Art of Caving Author:Linda Heslop The Art of Caving is a visual journey into the world of caves and those who explore and map them, through the eyes and ink of artist/illustrator, Linda Heslop. The Art of Caving, a coffee table book, is a collection of more than sixty works compiled to take the reader on a journey down to the secret world of caves not accessible to the uninitia... more »ted explorer. It provides a window for the reader through which to view the challenges faced by those who map, work, and explore underground. Readers are taken down rope drops, across underground waterfalls, through torturous passages to vast chambers, and then to emerge once again into the world of daylight. Heslop's images include caves of Europe, USA, Mexico, and many of Vancouver Island's caves. For more than ten years, Heslop has been a cave explorer who has discovered and mapped caves throughout western Canada and the United States. As North America's most acclaimed speleo-illustrator, she has used her dramatic representational style to illustrate several books and to provide cover art for caving magazines published worldwide.« less