By Steven Tucker 20 July 2014
If there is something that I am grateful for, it’s the hard work done in the past by cavers in surveying, especially caves like Apocalypse, Wonderfontein, Crystal, Chaos, West Driefontein, Cango, Arnhem, Thabazimbi, Sterkfontein and Bats, ten of the longest caves in Southern Africa. Between the aforementioned there is conservatively sixty five kilometers of surveyed passages. The amount of work put into those is phenomenal.
Speleological Exploration Club - Caving since 1954
Sunday, 20 July 2014
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
New Website Release
By André Doussy 16 July 2014
After several months of discussing possible domain names for the SEC website, we are proud to release our long awaited new website. Not only does this new website provide a lot more detailed information about our club, it also has a new fresh look.
After several months of discussing possible domain names for the SEC website, we are proud to release our long awaited new website. Not only does this new website provide a lot more detailed information about our club, it also has a new fresh look.
Monday, 5 May 2014
Apocalypse Cave
by Rick Hunter 5 May 2014
Just like many others after our regular caving trips, I always look forward to the braai. There you see muddy and exhausted cavers enjoying a good drink savouring a delicious meal and often reminiscing of trips gone by. After spending a lot of time in these moments you often hear
Just like many others after our regular caving trips, I always look forward to the braai. There you see muddy and exhausted cavers enjoying a good drink savouring a delicious meal and often reminiscing of trips gone by. After spending a lot of time in these moments you often hear
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
The Wonder of Wonderfontein
By Veronica Van Der Schyff 23 April 2014
A note to all aspiring cavers who have not yet ventured with SEC: Anything said on Facebook is an understatement! After my visit to Yom Tov cave, I thought I will be more or less familiar with water caves. At least this time they were honest about swimming.
A note to all aspiring cavers who have not yet ventured with SEC: Anything said on Facebook is an understatement! After my visit to Yom Tov cave, I thought I will be more or less familiar with water caves. At least this time they were honest about swimming.
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Climbers Cave
By Steven Tucker - 18 February 2014
Thanks to Gerrie and Andre re-establishing contact with the owners of Climber's Cave both SEC and PPH were able to visit the cave early in February. This was probably the first time that the cave had been visited in almost 10 years!
Thanks to Gerrie and Andre re-establishing contact with the owners of Climber's Cave both SEC and PPH were able to visit the cave early in February. This was probably the first time that the cave had been visited in almost 10 years!
Monday, 20 January 2014
YomTov Cave
By Veronica Van Der Schyff - 20 January 2014
Note to self: When someone in SEC says the words “be prepared to get wet”, they do not mean expect a few knee deep puddles along the way. “Wet” means swim! Especially for a vertically challenged person such as myself, this was a very daunting experience at first. Not to mention, this was my second outing with SEC and I am still getting used to the standard of adventure.
Note to self: When someone in SEC says the words “be prepared to get wet”, they do not mean expect a few knee deep puddles along the way. “Wet” means swim! Especially for a vertically challenged person such as myself, this was a very daunting experience at first. Not to mention, this was my second outing with SEC and I am still getting used to the standard of adventure.
Saturday, 11 January 2014
Failed attemt to visit New Cave
By André Doussy 11 January 2014
A wise man once said “if the plan doesn't work, change the plan but never the goal”. The goal was to go caving, and that’s exactly what we did. The initial plan was to visit New Cave, also known as Shit Pit, Hades Cave, Quarry Cave or Wonderfontein III, but a failed attempt to try and find one of the entrances lead us to rather visit Wonderfontein.
A wise man once said “if the plan doesn't work, change the plan but never the goal”. The goal was to go caving, and that’s exactly what we did. The initial plan was to visit New Cave, also known as Shit Pit, Hades Cave, Quarry Cave or Wonderfontein III, but a failed attempt to try and find one of the entrances lead us to rather visit Wonderfontein.
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