Meet list for 2019

A provisional meet list has been planned for the first half of 2019:

• 29 December to 6 January - Wolkberg Search for Caves - Steven Tucker
• 13 January – Wonderfontein – John Dickie
• 9 February  - Armageddon - John Dickie
• 7-8 March - Dragon's Breath and Harasib - John Dickie
• 10 March - TBD - Gerrie Pretorius
• 14 April - Nick's Cave - Gerrie Pretorius
• 12 May - Wolf Cave - Gerrie Pretorius
• 9 June - Stinkhole
• 14 July - Apocalypse
• 11 August - Chaos Cave
• 8 September - Nico's II Cave

Other plans include:

• Further exploration and survey of Stinkhole
• Possible bolting in Mutiny Alley in Armageddon
• Digging in Scrambler Cave

As always, there will be more trips, and they will be communicated once arranged.

If you are interested in joining the search for caves, please send me an email at sjtucker135@gmail.com

Steven

Trip to Stinkhole

Hi Everyone

After Sunday's trip with more passages found in Stinkhole we will be going back to explore further. There is a short SRT into the entrance. The mud is fun ;)

Saturday 20 October. 

Meet at the cave at 9. 

If you want to join this trip contact John 073 985 8068. 

Selena 

Stinkhole - 30 June

Hello everyone,

We're organising a trip to Stinkhole. Some of us will be surveying the cave, whilst others are doing a trip through the cave, possibly with some digging as well.

The cave has a short abseil of about 15 meters, then a number of muddy climbs down into the lowest levels where the pretty things are.

Meet at the cave at 9. Possible braai after the trip.

If you want to join the trip, let John know. 073 985 8068.

Armageddon & Stinkhole - 11 February

Hello everyone. 

On Sunday there is a trip to Armageddon and Stinkhole caves. 

SRT members only.

Meet at Armageddon at 9.

Let me know if you are joining and which cave you would like to do. Also let me know if you need any gear.

Cheers, 

Steven

Stinkhole - 10 December 2017

Hey everyone,

Caving trip to Stinkhole Cave on 10th December.

Meet at 09:00 at the corner of the N12 and R28.

-26.342006, 27.672927

It is an SRT cave, but limited numbers of visitors are welcome to join.

Please let me know if you are interested. Also let me know if you need gear.

Steven

083 2120817

Chimanimani & meetlist for 2018

Hello everyone,

We are planning a trip to the Chimanimani mountains in Zimbabwe at the end of September 2018.

The first priority is to explore the newly discovered Tartarus Cave. A huge sinkhole entrance only briefly explored with no end in sight!

There are also many unexplored surface fissures and various boulder chokes deep underground which need to be pushed.
Lastly, there is an easy to open blowing hole at the bottom of Mawenge Mwena, the deepest cave in Southern Africa. Could this blowing hole lead down another 300 meters to the resurgances?

There is plenty of planning needed for this expedition, so even though it is months away, please let me know if you are interested.

For the rest of 2017 and first half of 2018:

A trip is done once a month on the second Sunday of the month. Extra trips are done on an ad-hoc basis and a few long-weekend trips to other provinces and countries are also organized throughout the year.
There will also be rescue practises every second month. 

• 10 December – Stinkhole – Steven Tucker
• 14 January  - Wonderfontein - John Dickie
• 11 February - Nico's II - Steven Tucker
• 11 March - Hidden Cave - Karin Human
• 21 March - Gobholo Cave in Swaziland - John Dickie
• 8 April - Chaos Cave - John Dickie
• 13 May - Nick's Cave
• 10th June - Dripkelder Cave
• 24 September - Chimanimani in Zimbabwe - John Dickie & Steven Tucker

Please note: These are proposed dates – final details will be sent out closer to the time. Caving trips additional to those above will also be notified via these avenues.

Contact the Meet leader to arrange to join a trip or find out more info on a trip.

Looking forward to a great year of exploration!

Steven Tucker
083 212 0817