Pierk Caving magazine

PIERK / Caving Magazine

Summaries of Pierk number 1, April 2005

by: Maarten van Oene

3 Cueto - Coventosa traverse; Martijn Boonman reports a succesful traverse of this great cave system inCantabrië (Northern Spain).
4 Nieuwsrubriek; News by Marcel Dikstra
9 Het Rwanda 2004 Project; Two mens expedition to Rwanda by Michael Naumann and J.P. van der Pas. They succeeded in topographing 20 lava caves with a total length of more than 9 km. Jan-Paul tells about his African adventures.
14 (Buitenlandse) Congressen; Hermande Swart gives an impression of the Conferences, related to Speleological themes, he visited over the last years.
19 De Grotte de Hahière is eindelijk beschermd; In this Belgian contribution Guido Verhoeven reports the closure of the Grotte de Hahière. This closure was done to protect archeological sites. The work was done by Dutch and Belgian cavers.
22 Boekbespreking; Book Reviews, by Herman de Swart
27 Industrial Rope Access - Investigation; into items of personal protective equipment Jaco van Gorcom informs about tests of industrial equipment and techniques which are also used by cavers.
28 De Speleo Mexico Expeditie van 1984/1985; Caving expedition from the past by Frans Onderwater.
30 Speleo in Mexico 2004; Jolanda Spronck relativates the problems on the refuse of rescue of a British expedition by the local Mexican authotroties.
32 Grottogadgets; In grottogadgets, by Jos Burgers, he explains the advantages of literature books as tabloid papers on caving expeditions.