PIERK / Caving Magazine
Summaries of Pierk number 3, September 2007
by: Renato Banti
- 3 Van het Bestuur (John Tibbe) Commentary The Chairman of Speleo Nederland (SN) gives an overview of last summer and honours the people involved with SN. He calls people to come to the special national gathering next November.
- 4 Boekbespreking (Herman de Swart) Book reviews this time:geology, biology, archaeology, history and magazines.
- 7 Freshette Ultime toy voor speleo-pi(t)poezen (Marion Gijbels) Product review Women wants to pee in the woods and sometimes need to pee in caves and therefore this device is the ultimate help. No undressing of the coveralls anymore.
- 8 Vauclusetocht augustus 2007 (Ruud Brassé) Tripreport Caving in the Vaucluse, with the refuge in St Christol d’Albion near Sault as a base camp, the small group of five visited Jean Nouveau to almost -600m, with Aven du Chateau as the icing on the cake. On the rest day there was a visit to Fontaine de Vaucluse and the stal collection of Castaret in nearby museum. And a vague mention of entering a cave near Mont Ventoux.
- 12 De derde Dimensie (Jos Burgers) Photography To catch the real dimensions of the cave you have to shoot your pictures as stereo pairs.
- 14 Commisie uitwerking organisatie (Henk Goutier) Commission Plans how to reorganise SN. Up-date and preview of plans to be voted for at the next gathering.
- 16 Pierewaaie onder Moeder Aarde Vintage Trip report A small female reporter shares her adventures, fears and thoughts whilst going underground for the first time. Hilarious! (new cartoon)
- 20 Nieuwsrubriek (Marcel Dikstra) News from magazines, internet and other sources.
- 25 Explo pushes boundaries on Chevrier (Remco Siemonsma) Trip report The data you need to go caving in Gouffre de Vauvougier (Malbrans) and Gouffre de Montaigu (Courcelle-les-Chatillon) in France.
- 27 De kunst van Poseren (Jos Burgers) Photography Instructing your model whilst taking pictures in a cave makes the difference for having good pictures.
- 28 Dutch Cave Dive Group in Italië (José de Veer) Trip report, cave diving The Dutch Cave Dive Group went to the village of Valstagna near Bassano in North Italy to experience scooters, habitats, river of the gods etc. It was a hectic week with a lot of learning and experiences.
- 32 Grottogadgets (Jos Burgers) Column about emotional side of gear “The cigar cutter” a big jacking ascender gives him nasty thoughts about loosing fingers.
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