Stinkhole 12 October 2014

On Sunday the 13th of July we visited this cave which showed massive potential and discovered a possible route onward. This coming Sunday (the 12TH of October) we will be returning to Stink Hole Cave (don't worry the name sounds worse than it is). This trip is open to visitors.(There will be a joining fee of R150 to non members to cover rope costs.)

There is a short abseil into the cave, which makes it ideal for those who are not yet SRT proficient to "learn the ropes".

Meet us at 8:30 at the corner of the N12 and the R28, which is close to Westonaria. There wil be a braai afterwords, so bring chairs and food etc.

If you are planning on joining on the trip, phone Rick on. 

Also please inform him what equipment you will need for the event.

Bat Cave - 1 October 2014

Hi everyone,

There will be a trip down Bat Cave on Wednesday night the 1st of October. Visitors are welcome to join.

We will meet at 19:00 at Oak Tree Garage - Corner of the R563 and N14.

If you are going to join the trip, phone John Dickie.

Visitors, let John know if you need helmets or lights and bring R50 as a day membership fee.

Cheers,

Steven

September Caving Trip

Hi All

Next Sunday, 14th September, John Dickie will be leading a trip to Hidden Cave. This one has a tight squeezy entrance, a cramped rope-ladder descent, scary open and exposed climbs descending 70 metres to the unique forms of the ‘Waikiki Dancers’ – all the great things about caving! For those who have not been to this cave before it will be a very special experience. And it you have been before take time to check out all the hidden holes in the bottom section and, if you are skinny and brave, maybe ‘Squeezeball Extension’ and other tight squeezes below the ladder climb.

Meetlist For The Rest Of The Year

Hi everyone,

The planned trips for the rest of the year are as follows:

14 September - Hidden Cave - Pete Kenyon
12 October - Stinkhole - Rick Hunter
25 October - SEC AGM - Pete Kenyon & Dave Ingold
09 November - West Driefontein (hopefully) - Pete Kenyon
14 December - TBA

The DistoX2

By Steven Tucker 23 July 2014

As a follow up to the previous article, it is time to announce a new way of surveying in South Africa with some new and very impressive toys, the DistoX2 and a Nexus 7 tablet with TopoDroid installed on it. We decided to test this combination fully over the last few weeks and see what it is capable of. For this enter a cave named Villa Louisa III. According to its description, it’s a fairly large cave and heavily mined. So at the entrance of the cave we switch on the tablet and create a new file named Villa3. The tablet has GPS, so we immediately get the exact coordinates of the cave entrance and make that spot our first survey station.

Surveying

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.

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.