PIERK / Caving Magazine

Summaries of Pierk number 3, September 1997

by: Marcel Dikstra

• Redactioneel - Editorial
• Jurakamp'98 - Invitation to cavers to join a caving camp in the Jura next spring.
• The bats are not out to get you - Results of a test in which 84 Dutch cavers were tested for antibodies to Histoplasmose capsulatum. Only one person was found positive. Results will in due course be represented in a medical review.
• Speleo ontmoeting Fromelennes - A cavers meeting took place in Fromelennes, Belgium.
• Gouffre du Bief-Bousset - An account of a memorable trip to this cave in the French Jura. During the trip the cave flooded. The Dutch party managed to rescue themsleves, but a French party needed rescue assistance..
• Ingezonden brief - And another 'dear Sir' on the A.G.M.
• Speleo Utrecht kamp in Zuid-Wales - Another club trip to South-Wales, Great Britain.
• Het Zwitserlevengevoel - Speleomedia festival - Zwitserse precisie en de Franse slag - A report on a pre-congress camp, an account of the Spelemedia festival and first impressions of the 12th UIS-congress.
• Kronkel - Commentary on the Annual General Meeting.
• Notulen van de 21e AV 1997 - Minutes of the A.G.M.
• Chantoir de Beron-Ry - A description of a trip to the new extensions in the Beron-Ry, Belgium.
• Nieuwsrubriek - Caving news collected from various journals, publications and newspapers.
• Aven Noir - Description of a trip in the Aven Noir, Causses, France.
• Briefwisseling - More opinion on the A.G.M.
• Techniek - Ways of passing a deviation are discussed.
• Aven de Baume Rousse - Description of a clubtrip in the Causse Noir, France.
• Commissie Opleidingen- Information from the committee of Education.
• Grottogadgets - Why do other, more experienced cavers always have caving gadgets which seem to account for the difference between you and them? Jos Burgers investigates into the mysterious realm of caving hardware.

Copyright © 1997 Pierk/Speleo Nederland
Last modified: 30 December, 2008