PIERK / Caving Magazine
Summaries of Pierk number 2, June 2009
by: Renato Banti
- 3 Van het Bestuur (Otto Laureijs) Commentary Board member of Speleo Nederland (SN) gives his view on the coming national meeting and decisions to be taken there.
- 4 Boekbespreking (Herman de Swart) Book reviews Another harvest of selected books and magazines.
- 7 Koekelberg: Relispeleo in Kwadraat (Jan Matthesius) Climbing on the Big Cathedral of Brussels Jan reports about his visit and participation on the speleo rally over the 1500m of rope trial. He also gives a bit of history. Three other articles are covering this spectacle.
- 9 Het Heilige Equipement (Wietske van den Berge) Climbing on the Big Cathedral of Brussels Rigging the Basiliek involves pigeon poo and Brussels by night.
- 10 De krochten van Basiliek Koekelberg op de "oud speleo Holland" stijl (Marco van Waas) Climbing on the Big Cathedral of Brussels The Speleo Rally from a spectators point of view.
- 11 The U.I.S. commision on Volcanic Caves (Jan Paul van der Pas) An explanation on this commision.
- 12 Out of the Dome (Jos Burgers) Climbing on Brussels Big Church Descending the 90m rappel inside the Dome!
- 13 Foto - Centerfold (Photo's by various photographers) The national Gathering.
- 16 Nieuwsrubriek (Marcel Dikstra) News from Magazines, internet and other sources.
- 19 Cursus Grottopografie Holland-België (Florian De Bie) Course report A course in cave surveying for Dutch & Flemish cavers took place in Floreffe, Belgium. Final Goal : make your own cave map.
- 22 Speleologische dagen 2009 (Guido De Keyzer) Agenda The two yearly gathering of Dutch and Belgium cavers is announced with a little preview of what to expect.
- 25 Schravelaar naar Yorkshire (Sjoerd van der Schuit) Trip report A group went to Yorkshire Dales and caved the usual entrances of the gaping Ghyll system.
- 28 Grottogadgets (Jos Burgers) Column about emotional side of gear. A mini BDH is good enough to carry the first aid kit on standard caving trips.
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