2006 Caving Team
July 30, 2006 by rockwatching
IMG_4993, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Here we are preparing to enter the tunnels below the escarpment. Not far from here these beautiful straight joints disappear off into darkness. There are five of us in total, Myself (photographing), Jeff Mirza (about to put on his helmet), Dale Holtze (red helmet), Carol Anne Munn and Danni(silhouette).
We were all surprised by Jeff’s insistence on caving barefoot. The ground water was freezing and the boulders - jagged - but Jeff is a purist and had savoured the experience in his own special way.
Hi Mick, It looks like you had 3 lovely cave ‘nomes’ on your trip!
and one fellow who might be working on a darwin award?
Caves can be fun places to visit, but if you get hurt?
(badly sprand ankle, twisted knee, hit your head badly,
or worse?)
The cave will become unforgiving, a trecherous abstical
in your way to return to the surface and getting medical
care. All the why’ll draining your energy and heat from
your damaged (in shock) fleshy body. You then place
your companyouns also in parrell while trying to
help you get out. It is my beleif that going caving
with out the apropriate gear, helmet, light(s), gloves,
ankle high boots, knee pad, worm close, ex. poly-pro,
non-cotten coveralls, is corting unnessasary
trouble for your self and the people your with, and
any others who might also be call apon to help.
Some simple planing(thought) could help reduce your
change of getting hurt, and make you adventure
underground more enjoyable for all!
I would encurage everone interested in persueing caving
to take a first add couse, maybe a wilderness first add
couurse, and take a weeklong cave rescue seminare.
There is one held on Vancover Island ever couple years,
and The NSS has a NCRC seminar yearly.
The cave rescue seminars are chalenging, you learn lots,
skill you can use evertime you go caving,
meat lots of great people, and it’s fun!
CaveSafe, Greg.
Hi Mick, It looks like you had 3 lovely cave ‘nomes’ on your trip!
and one fellow who might be working on a darwin award?
Caves can be fun places to visit, but if you get hurt?
(badly sprand ankle, twisted knee, hit your head badly,
or worse?)
The cave will become unforgiving, a trecherous abstical
in your way to return to the surface and getting medical
care. All the why’ll draining your energy and heat from
your damaged (in shock) fleshy body. You then place
your companyouns also in parrell while trying to
help you get out. It is my beleif that going caving
with out the apropriate gear, helmet, light(s), gloves,
ankle high boots, knee pad, worm close, ex. poly-pro,
non-cotten coveralls, is corting unnessasary
trouble for your self and the people your with, and
any others who might also be call apon to help.
Some simple planing(thought) could help reduce your
change of getting hurt, and make you adventure
underground more enjoyable for all!
I would encurage everone interested in persueing caving
to take a first add couse, maybe a wilderness first add
couurse, and take a weeklong cave rescue seminare.
There is one held on Vancover Island ever couple years,
and The NSS has a NCRC seminar yearly.
The cave rescue seminars are chalenging, you learn lots,
skill you can use evertime you go caving,
meat lots of great people, and it’s fun!
If your taking people into caves you should ask if they
have the apropriate gear and experiance eg. know SRT
if its a vertical cave. In fact you might/should get a chance to
see them dementrate there SRT skill before taking them
to a vertical cave.
Remember it’s OK to refuse to take someone to
a cave if they are not prepard (gear) SRT perficant.
There are usually begginer trip they can go on and arrange
to borrow gear (helmet and light) and then get there own
gear if they want to cave more.
When they are better equiped and have learned the ropes
so-to-speck they can then go on the more chalanging
caving trip, minimizing the risk to them selves and others.
CaveSafe, have fun, Greg.
You are quite right Greg - though I must admit, in respect to Jeff, he had helped explore the area long before I had bought it to the attention of the TCG and I hesitate to imply anything derogatory about him as I would with you as well. Mick