World Clean Up 2012
Members of DZRJ Luka Čeč have participated in World Cleanup project. This time our goal was to clean the cave "Mačkovec" near village Veliki Otok. In a realtively small cave there is a huge pile of waste due to the fact that the cave is in close proximity of houses and that Veliki Otok got organized waste management only fifteen years ago. Judging by the state of waste cave wasn't used as a depot since then and we were spared of handling decomposing remainings. The cleanup was still no picnic.
Breakthrough in cave in Ždink
After several years of exploration in cave Jama v Ždinku, we finally made a break through on 9.10.2011 . We got through a squeeze in a pit and descended 12 m deep to a river bed. Participants on were Jure, Sten and Margon. We were in cave from 14:00 to 17:30. While we were at it we surveyed the new parts of cave. Sten used his pocket topo with distoX for the first time in cave and made 158 measures. The cave is 80m long and 20m deep.
Surveying the Žabja cave
We have found several caves on plateau Ravnik in past few years but left surveying for later. It was about time we took it up and besides some of us have yet to learn surveying caves. The first on our list was Žabja cave. It's a small and still active cave with facets on walls and no drip-stones. The water level rises high enough to leave branches and plastic bags hanging from the ceiling.
International expedition Kačna cave
Third international caving expedition took place in Kačna Cave this year. The cave has good potential for the longest cave in Slovenia. Explorers were mostly Czech cavers that arrived in town Divača on 30th July. This years expedition was rather successful as they made a major break through. They dived through a 400m long siphon II at the end of "Rov za zrcalom" (shaft behind the mirror). After this siphon there is a dry part followed by a 90m siphon III and after that another dry part. They stopped at siphon IV. Members of JD Rakek and DZRJ Luka Čeč joined to help on Saturday 13th August.
Tabor JD Rakek
This weekend members of caving club JD Rakek went to forests of Snežnik to find and explore new caves. They went on their way on friday afternoon while I was going to join them on sathurday morning. With a printed map and a proximate coordinates on GPS I somehow found them after an hour and a half.
Through Bojanova cave to Predjama
Two yeas have passed since discovery of connection between Bojanova cave and Predjama cave system. It's time again to honor the anniversary with a picnic and a cave trip.
Visit of Netherland cavers
We are happy to report that administrating bilingual page was not in vain. Some time ago a group of Netherland cavers contacted us. Every spring they go caving to different countries. This year they picked Slovenia and stayed in Laze near Planina and visited caves in the area. We took them to the cave under the Predjama castle.
Dive in Habečkovo abyss
On Saturday 5th of march Marjan and I helped a diving team in Habečkovo brezno. The star of the dive was Simon Burja the rest of us were more or less porters. This was third of four dives. The length of siphon is now 400 with a total depth of 138m.