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Cathi caving at Glenrock

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Dates	Grade	Location	Activities
25/04/2019 - 28/04/2019	Hard	Glen Davis	Four days. First day walking up one of the tributaries of Freshwater Creek arriving at a camp cave by lunchtime and then exploring that branch in the afternoon. 2nd day we would be exploring the next branch of Freshwater which is completely unknown. 3rd and possibly 4th days would be exploring the next creek down (reputedly to be the REAL Doomsday). Due to the exploratory nature of the trip numbers will be limited and experienced canyoners would be preferred.
02/05/2019 - 02/05/2019	Social	North Ryde RSL	Join us at North Ryde RSL (Corner Pittwater & Magdala Roads, North Ryde) for our Quarterly General Meeting (starting at 7.30pm). Dinner beforehand - meet up at the Bistro at 6pm - great $15 steak dinner on Thursday nights. Meeting follows (at 7.30pm), followed to discuss progress on projects and upcoming events.
04/05/2019 - 05/05/2019	Easy	Abercrombie	Abercrombie Caves. NSW Speleo Council Meeting at Aercrombie. Some associated activities to the project such as any remaining surface trog required for GPS referencing, or re-survey activities.
09/05/2019 - 09/05/2019	Social	UNSW	Banff Mountain Film Festival. Sydney Seymour Centre from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Please RSVP by 31/03/2019 to purchase tickets.
01/06/2019 - 02/06/2019	Easy	Abercrombie	Abercrombie Caves. Come and work on the cave mapping and survey project. Exact details of activities for weekend to be confirmed closer to date.
08/06/2019 - 10/06/2019	Medium	Jenolan	TBA.
14/09/2019 - 15/09/2019	Medium	Tuglow	Tuglow Main is a classic vertical cave with an extensive stream way at the bottom of the entrance series of pitches. Some good decoration remains, despite the heavy use the cave receives from caving groups. Some wading is required and cavers may get wet up to the waist. Upstream reveals a noisy 10m waterfall which is avoided via a series of high-level passages. A good cave in which to practise your SRT. Participants need to be competent with all aspects of SRT, including abseiling, prusiking, passing redirections and rebelays etc. (Numbers will be limited) Opportunities for SRT practice will be scheduled in the months prior to the trip.

Proposed:

Dates		Grade	Location	Activities
Early 2019		Easy	TBA	Abseil practice – with a focus on canyoning – anyone who is interested in either or both of the following please contact membership@mssadventure.org.au Abseiling – beginners – covers correctly attaching yourself to rope with descender, abseiling on pitches up to 30m and overhangs on both 11mm and double 9mm ropes, use of calls, using a safety line, being able to bottom belay and brake an abseiler when required. Test driving different descenders. Self-Rescue canyoning skills (including but not limited to) prusiking using prusik loops, tying off, crossing a knot and changing ropes, using self-belay, releasing a locked self-belay. A suitable date will be scheduled to run either or both of these practice days subject to demand.

Dave S in Grand Canyon

Guide to trip gradings:

Grade	Required	May involve
Easy	average fitness sense of humour	steep walking easy scrambling short swims instructional trips day trips car camping
Medium	above average fitness sense of humour	easy climbing rope work lengthy swims full immersion long days overnight trips
Hard	strength and endurance cool disposition sense of ridiculous	strenuous activity challenging environments prior experience equipment knowledge intimidating exposure remote areas