PIERK / Caving Magazine

Summaries of Pierk number 1, March 1998

by: Marcel Dikstra

• 2 Redactioneel - Editorial
• 2 Najaarstocht IJsselflank - The tales of a caving holiday in the French Jura region.
• 10 Techniek - De electronische laser-clinometer en de laser afstand meter - Two articles published by courtesy of SC Avalon from Antwerp. The article deals with homemade electronic laser-survey equipment.
• 13 Materiaal: Bothy Bag - The potential benefitsof this piece of equipment are examined. Its a sort of survivalbag for two persons to sit in.
• 19 Trou Ozer - A translation of an article on the trou Ozer, a cave near Malmédy, Belgium which is formed in Conglomerates. Published in Dutch translation by courtesy of the UBS.
• 24 Materiaaltesten - During a Benelux cavers-meet, caving gear, mostly old rops , slings, harnasses and carabiners were tested for strength. In due course, the results will be published a.s.a.p.in English on this WWW site..
• 27 Grottenregio Haute Marne & Meuse - General information on caves and facilties in this caving region in France.
• 29 Nieuwsrubriek - Assorted news collected from the international caving scene.
• 35 Techniek - Het passeren van een afleider - The do's and don'ts of climbing past a rebelay discussed.
• 36 België Geologisch - First of a short series of articleson the geology of, among others, some caves around the village of Tilff, near Liège, Belgium.
• 38 Ingezonden brieven - Letters to the editor.
• 40 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.

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