Trips & Reports

After not getting down this one a few days earlier due to lack of sleep I was fired up for this return to a cave I had passionately wanted to get to the bottom of since learning that we would be going to Slovenia. The Gradisnica entrance pitch is absolutely huge. The rock bridge that crosses the shaft around twenty five meters from the floor, covered in moss and fern, partly obscures the bottom of the pitch yet even this... read more

absolutely brilliant much thanks to matt G for organising this for us

The Pirate War was brutal!

efficiently late with a good lie in, the lake was lovely as it was briliantly blue, and a good swim across to the monastry.

Thankfully George spotted a sign for this cave otherwise I think that we would have driven down the forest tracks for ever more without success. What an entrance, Jama Na Meji looked tiny in comparison; this was a giant abyss deep in the forest. It was certainly a very imposing place to be, just looking over the fencing got the butterflies going. Another handy tree provided the initial rigging point. Ade was on hand to produce the best rigging that... read more

(AKA Owl Cave) Small cave with 30m pitch into a large chamber with a smalller chambre at the bottom of the scree slope. The rigging is from a combination of spits and trees at the surfce to a 2 rebelays above the rock bridge (one near the top). There is quite alot of loose scree/ telegraph pole size tree debris (edit: not anymore). Its alright for an afternon cave but not the best on the cave walk.

As fantastic as this cave was, the second leader lead trip – with 12 people! After two long trips in as many days and a late night I felt quite off during the first half of the trip. Although it was quite clear that the guide had a heavy night as well lol! All of a sudden on the way back I seem to perk up thankfully and could appreciate fully the absolutely ridiculous amount of calcite formations. I’m sure... read more