Chaos Cave Trip - Weekend trip - 18th to 21st March

 

Hi everyone 😁

We have a very exciting trip to Chaos coming up! We shall be doing a long weekend trip and staying over at the farm and hopefully will even stay one night in the cave itself 🤩this is our 4th largest known cave in the country and absolutely stunning!!!! The trip plan is to work on bolting some routes that we would like to climb and explore, including the new section of cave where the maypole was found - huge potential for a large new section of unknown cave. We will also explore the cave and try and see as much as possible while we are there.

We have planned for the weekend of the 18th and 19th of March and have permission to stay over for the weekend, as well as having asked for permission for the 20th and 21st as well since the 21st is  a public holiday and most of us are getting a long weekend. We will have free access in and out of the property, and so if anyone is unable to stay for the full duration of the trip, you may leave early.

If we don't get access for the 20th and 21st, don't worry 😉🤪Steve and I are planning to find secondary options in the area to keep the weekend full!

Please contact Steve, Ed or myself if you are interested in the trip.

Please also note that this trip is for SRT proficient members only - the cave is not without its risks and it will be a hard trip with a lot going on, but loads of fun!😁 We have created a group for everyone interested to join, and we will post relative info for trip planning there.

Look forward to hearing from you all 😁

Kyle

Yom Tov Cave Trip - Saturday 11th March 2023

 

Hi Guys. We are doing a trip to Yom Tov Cave next week Saturday the 11^th of March.
Yom Tov is a visitor-friendly cave with a crossed system of aqueduct-like passages at times knee-high in water.
If you enjoy caving and you enjoy a reflection of water, then journey to the depths.

Meeting at Oaktree 09:00 am.
Is a visitor trip.
Meet leader is James .
PM me if you would like to join, (let me know if you need a helmet).

Sinkhole Dig 11 February 2023

The next club trip coming up will be on the 11th of February at a property next to the Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve. Steven and Nadia from Specialist Technical Animal Rescue assisted the property owner with the rescue of a donkey and a duck out of a 6m deep sinkhole in December 2022 and in the process discovered a blowing hole worth checking out.

The plan is to meet in the Rhino & Lion parking lot at 9:00 on Saturday and then drive to the property together from there. We will rig a bipod and rope down into the sinkhole and start working on what seems like a fairly easy dig with good potential. The problem with these projects is that it might keep us busy for the whole day without reaching an end, or it might end after 30 minutes and there is no way to know beforehand which it might be. The amount of people who can partake in the digging at any given time is also limited so there will be a lot of sitting around and doing nothing! Please let me know if this sounds like something that might interest you and hopefully the day will result in a new discovery. If not then it will be a good rigging, digging and SRT training session!

The trip is open to anyone who is SRT proficient and the fee for non members is R100. Please bring a chair, enough water, snacks, sunblock as well as a rain jacket or umbrella as they are predicting rain.

We have to give registration numbers of all the cars going to the property so we will probably take as few cars in as we can. Please PM Dirk van Rooyen if you are interested.

Stinkhole Geological Sampling 29 January 2023

We are going back to Stinkhole on the 29th of January with two geologists to take samples of the interesting minerals and speleothems.

 The trip is for SRT proficient members only. There is also another sinkhole on the property to check out as the rains might have opened up a new entrance.

Prepare for a relatively long trip so bring enough water and snacks for the day.

Please message Dirk van Rooyen if you would like to join.

Bats - 30 October 2022 - Trip Report - Thilo Muller

Knocking Shop Cave 11 December 2022

Trip to Knocking Shop Cave on Sunday 11 December 2022

Meet 09:00 am at Oak Tree Garage.

Meet leader is Thilo.

If you are joining please let the meet leader know.


Visitors fee is R100.

Members free.

There will be a braai afterwards, so bring meat, drinks and camping chairs.



If you require a light or helmet please arrange with meet leader.

For first time visitors please read the New Cavers and FAQ page on this site.

Kind regards
James

Chaos Trip - 13th of November

 Hi everyone! We are planning a trip to Chaos on the 13th of November with the purpose of showing this awesome cave to members who haven't had the opportunity yet. Only open to SRT proficient SEC members. The cave is a scramble down a slope in a collapsed sink hole with a 2 pitch SRT climb down into the main cave. The last pitch is down a narrow fault crevasse with the sides being only 1000mm wide (if I remember correctly), with a rogue bolt or two ready to catch those who fail their perception checks.
The cave is past Carletonville towards Potchefstroom. So I'll advise if possible, and for those willing, to carpool. We all have to enter and leave the farm at the same time.
Expect 6-8 hours (unless we do a speed run). Places are limited for those who don't have SRT kits, (We only have so many to go around). Please PM me if you would like to join.

Regards
Edmund