PIERK / Caving Magazine Summaries of Pierk number 1, March 2000
by: Marcel Dikstra
- 3 Tham in Thailand. A visiting Dutch caver considers the possibilities of caving in Thailand
- 6 Koord. On the maintenance of caving ropes
- 10 Doorsteek groote St. Marcel. The description of a through-trip in this beautiful cave in the French Ardeche region
- 12 Techniek. On rigging a pitch
- 17 Grotradio. The author has built a cave radio which has been successfully tested in several deep caves. The radio weighs 2 kg and is mounted in a waterproof box.
- 18 Pesjara's in Zuid-Siberië. Several caves were visited on a joint Russian-Dutch-South African caving trip in the Kuzntesky Alatau Karst region in the South of Siberia. The area lies 4 time zones east of Moscow near Krasnojarsk
- 22 Gouffre Berger. A call to Dutch cavers to participate in an expedition
- 31 Tremaweekend. A club-weekend spent with exercising techniques in the Koekelberg Basiliek and caving the next day
- 32 Sedimenten uit de Cueva de los Palmeros. After analysing cave deposits from this cave, the author argues that the sediments were unlikely to be deposited by a so called Tsunami, a flood wave
- 33 Boekbesprekingen. Book reviews
- 35 Tunesië. Hades Caving Club (Aalst, belgium) visited some classic caves and also located several new caves on the djebe; Zaghouan mountains in Tunesia. The area is said to be very promising. They worked together with local cavers from speleoclub Zirieb Zaghouan
- 40 Grottogadgets. Conservation problem? How to get rid of your pee in a specially designed pee bag.