In one of our projects in France, we needed to check out a very white passage to see if it continued. Luckily for us, it didn't. Below are some picture of how Erik did it and the measurements we took to do it. All photo's by Jos Beyens and Michaële Vandecasteele. - Clean undersuit - Clean...

So I picked up roughly 700 isolation fixaction pins for free on a free-cycle FB-page. I'm not planning to use them for what they are meant to be. But I will use them in a caving context. Who has an idea for what exactly :)

Last weekend the 2-anual event "Baseliek Koekelberg Ralley" was held by SC Redan. A report in the newspaper with some pitures show the atmosphere Baseliek Koekelberg - Ralley I know there are always some UK cavers coming over for this event.

A while ago there where some Highliners with a crazy idea. Here is the result :

Carbid lighting, much has been sad about it (pro/cons). But no matter what your point is about carbid it had/has it's history in caving. To illustrate the history I would like to direct you to an article in the "Regards" magazine of the UBS-federations (French speaking Belgian federation)...

Due to the rain of the past weeks a lot of rivers are in high water in Belgium, including the underground ones :-) In the underground part of the "Lesse" in Han-sur-Lesse it gives the following spectacular view Han-sur-Lesse High water

I while ago I got in contact with Mrodoc whilst helping out hannahb with conservation information in the thread (Call for speakers). Mrodoc provided me some information about his experience with power washers and cave conservation. With that information I wrote a small article with info and...

I came across this clip about restoring broken stalls using UV resin

Hello, I just want to start up this thread to create some awerness about conservation practices. Some background : The following pictures are all taken in a cave that we (several Belgian Clubs) are exploring in the Haute Marne/ Haute Saone region. The cave is called Rigotte. Conservation...

Hi, The following event https://www.facebook.com/events/574504537202507/?ref=newsfeed will show a new tool for dye tracing. This measuring tool has been designed by a caver in the first place and was then taken over by scientists for perfection and further development. We (SC Avalon) had the...

Last weekend we've bought a large print of a photograph taken by good friend of mine and urbexer.  If you want to know/see more : www.waarisjan.be Who knows where this photo is taken in the UK

After about 5 years of exploring on the border of Haute Marne and Haute Saone departements in France we are glad to show you some first high quality photo?s of the new cave. The cave is still in exploration so not open for other cavers yet. But this will the case later. First we have still a lot...

Hello, A guide to determine bats in hibernation was made in French en Dutch a while a go by Plecotus and Vespertillo VZW. The guide was now also translated in English. You can find the document here : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mqj5Pb33njv69HOxRN1KcimMxqHfrLAY/view?usp=drivesdk

Hello, Due to Covid-19 the yearly event at the Barchon Fortress (Belgium) is cancelled. Every year there are some Uk cavers coming over for this event. So no luck in 2020 :-( The announcement in Dutch Annulatie activiteit Fort van Barchon weekend 25 april 2020 Het is nu duidelijk dat we...

Erik Van den Broeck (Vking), a Flemish caver who is living in the ardeche area, has completed his development of a caveproof CO2 (and more) meter More info can be found on his website http://lab.speleo.nu/co2vking.php?fbclid=IwAR01tcjCoSuP4c3Z_lX3XVKOP8pTWV4YRQWhJGxwSpV11VC6yoid2tL58Fk BR

Yesterday is picked up the message that the X2 module will be no longer available due to components no longer produced. So be carefull with your DistoX2 :-) Hopefully there will be a replacement in the future. Text copied out of the below link I just heard from Beat Heeb that his remaining...

Registrations will open soon https://berger2020.ffspeleo.fr/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_vHscKU8AA&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2yqgzjsXesorBsvFEDOcGCKVVJq2hOyYB7REkHMI8J7ZcUQmUmQXR4YvU

For those who understand French a guideline in "modern" surveying with a lot of links and tips. https://crei.ffspeleo.fr/Telechargement/CREI_essentiel_topo.pdf

Two clips of speleoclub "Groupe auscitain de sp?l?ologie" who are also exploring on the PSM Clip 1 is about the several climbs they did over a period of 10 years in the Salle Verna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1KoxKXeRxM Clip 2 is about Sima Grande on the PSM...

In december 2016 the grotto "Groupe Sp?l?o de la Vall?e d' Ossau" discovered a new cave, current depth is -370m. But the cave is still in exploration. In the meanwhile a clip was made to show it to the world. But the clip was made by an other Grotto (Amalagame) during a visit...