The exploration camp organized by the Departmental Committee of Speleology of the Ardeche took place on the high plateaux of the Vercors from August 22 to September 6, 2009. This is was the eigth one in consecutive camp organized by them. He has gatheredThere was 21 participants from various places (Ardèche, Drôme, Isère, Rhone and [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Two new books from La Venta
September 29, 2009 – 8:24 am
You can buy two relatively new books from the italian La Venta geologycal exploration team, one about exploring glacier caves, the other one about the giant cristals of Naica cave in South America.
You can buy them here and here, for around 30 and 10 euros.
Picos 2009
September 28, 2009 – 8:36 am
You can read the report of the Picos 2009 expedition organized by Zapespeleo.The main objective was the continued exploration of the VA-1 and review of the M-3. The campaign has involved a total of 28 cavers / as in periods of the day split 01/08 to the day 24/08. This year, the weather has been [...]
Ultima Patagonia 2010
September 28, 2009 – 8:36 am
You can read about the Ultima Patagonia 2010 expedition organized by France here. You can find information about the members, the objectives, and the history of Patagonia expeditions. The exploration will start at 6th of january, 2010.
Karst related maps
September 25, 2009 – 8:43 am
Hydrogeology map of Europe 1 : 1 500 000 scale
http://www.bgr.de/app/fishy/ihme1500/
Geology map of Europe 1 : 5 000 000 scale
http://www.bgr.de/karten/IGME5000/IGME5000.htm
Limestone outcrops over the world :
http://www.sges.auckland.ac.nz/research/karst.shtml
Hagengebirge 2009
September 25, 2009 – 8:43 am
In the last days of July and the first weeks of August took place another expedition of Sopockiego Klubu Taternictwa Jaskiniowego and Sekcji Grotołazów Wrocław speleologists, in Hagengebirge Austrian massif. The expedition was attended by 14 people.
The main objective of this year’s trip proved to be Jaskinia Ciekawa in which a year ago have made [...]
Hungarians in Krubera
September 24, 2009 – 5:14 pm
You can read a trip description of four hungarian cavers, who visited Krubera cave with the international expedition organized by Ukra. SA this september. They surpassed the hungarian depth record (1997 Lukina Jama -1392m) with reaching Game Over chamber at -2080m. The cavers used the Scurion lamp during their expedition.
Article here
Mesačný tieň – 23km
September 23, 2009 – 8:20 am
During two long weekends in August, and in September, slovak cavers extended Mesačný tieň cave ( -441m depth) with two kilometers of surveyed passages, with actions taken from underground camps. You can find their report with pictures, and the map of the cave here and here.
Film from Velebita abyss
September 21, 2009 – 4:14 pm
Here you can find a beautifoul film made by croatian cavers about their expedition in the Velebita pit (Croatia, Velebit mountains). The cave has the biggest vertical drop underground – 513m. The film is in croatian language, but it has english commentaries. Outstanding one!