September 11, 2009 – 8:36 am
See the report of the Cambridge University Caving Club’s Austrian expedition HERE. The britihs visit the Totes Gebirge (Dead Mountain) every year, for exploring new passages & some scientific stuff. CUCC explores the area since 1976. The 2009 expedition lasted for four weeks, with the participiation of around 25 people. CUCC expo homepage
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September 7, 2009 – 9:42 am
The expedition of the italian AKAKOR society to Bolivia was held in august. The altitude of the explored territory varies from 2000 to 3500 meters above sea level. The karst formations (caves, chasms, sinkholes, springs, sinkholes, Karren, etc.) have developed in the limestone of the Cretaceous. They carried out exploration work, geological mapping and investigation [...]
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September 7, 2009 – 9:26 am
They reached a depth of approximately 235 meters in № 9-11 BS system has reached with a single ranks first in depth in the area. The expedition was held between 22.08-06.09.2009 in the period lasting 16 days, in the territory of cirque Suhodol in Northern Pirin. Main organizers of the event are Sofia Clubs “Helictit” [...]
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September 3, 2009 – 12:59 pm
An interesting article by Dave Richards, who tested rope break strengths in various scenarios.It describes how the knots are reducing the breaking strength of ropes (static/dynamic).8 knots were chosen for testing; bowline, fig. 8 end, fig. 8 bight, butterfly, fisherman’s knot, double fisherman’s knot, sheet bend, and double sheet bend.
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September 3, 2009 – 12:41 pm
From august 8 to 23, in their summer camp, italian cavers extended Complesso dell’Alto Releccio by 800m of extension, and 9m of depth, by connecting a new cave to the system, which is now -1198m,15km with 11 entrances. More here…
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September 3, 2009 – 12:32 pm
French cavers connected Torca de la Garma de Bucebron to the system of Cueto Coventosa, the connection was made in july-august, at the depth of around -500m. The depth of the system have not changed, but the length improved to 34km. Original article here…
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