PIERK / Caving Magazine
Summaries of Pierk number 3, October 2009
by: Renato Banti
- 4 Nieuwsrubriek (Marcel Dikstra) News from magazines, internet and other sources.
- 7 Ontmoetingen in Texas (Jos Burgers) ICS 2009 Jos reports on the ICS congress 2009 in Kerville (USA): lectures, vendors, social activities, the Wedsday-excursion and socializing amongst cavers.
- 12 GPS wordt GNSS? (Sandra Verhagen) Satellite Navigation Latest news in satellite navigation. In a few years time we will have four systems with more then one hundred satellites.
- 14 What’s in your cave pack (Jos Burgers) On gear American cavers are known for carrying three sources of light, but what else do they take in their cave pack? During this workshop brave cavers shared their cave pack’s contents.
- 18 Groeveweekend anno 2009 (Johan Jansen) Socializing event An abandoned quarry is now in use as a training fascility for cavers. Cavers from Limburg also know how to throw a party.
- 19 Tochtje voor twee (Jan Matthesius) Trip report Vercors, France; le Réseau du Trou Qui Souffle - les Saints de Glace.
- 22 Duitse speleologen boeren goed dit jaar (Wietske van den Berge) News German cavers survey 11 km in Northern Laos. Closer to home they find an extention to a cave system in Breidscheid.
- 24 Lotgenoten 2009 (José de Veer) Cave diving report José de Veer c.s. reports on a cave divingcourse in the Lot (France).
- 30 Pinksterweekend Bar le Duc (Sven Noordermeer) Trip report Savonnières-en-Perthois en de Rupt du Puits. Meuse, France.
- 33 Wookey Hole (Lisette de Graauw) DVD review Wookey Exposed.
- 36 Grotto Gadgets (Jos Burgers) Column about caving gear and the emotions it evokes to the beholder. A small protractor designed for cave mapping is splendid.
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