Pivo Moz 2015 expedition findings

A brief overview of mountain life on expedition with ICCC in Slovenia, examples of exploration breakthroughs, and an account of the findings after the summer 2015 five week expedition to Sistem Migovec, municipality of Tolmin.

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1. Imperial College Caving Club Summer expeditions to Slovenia 1994-2015
2. CAVE EXPLORATION Finding and surveying surface shafts Finding and surveying of leads in known cave systems Digging of draughting holes for potential breakthrough Involves: putting anchors, gardening loose rocks, rigging, surveying, underground navigation And also: carrying food supplies, camping over and underground, water collecting, communal cooking, gear fettling, wood chopping, tea making etc…
3. Well, first we have to get there…
4. The Julian Alps
5. The Julian Alps
6. The Julian Alps
7. Tolmin, Slovenija Migovec
8. Delights of Tolmin!
9. The Julian Alps
10. The rivers
11. The rivers
12. Migovec - the Hollow Mountain
13. The Migovec Plateau Tents pitched there
14. Camp site
15. Migovec - the Hollow Mountain
16. Tolminske Ravne
17. Migovec - the Hollow Mountain 1km
18. Near the top Ravne further down in the valley
19. The Plateau
20. Home sweet Home, the Bivi !
21. Home sweet Home, the Bivi !
22. A little background of Migovec exploration
23. Leads at the end of 1995
24. Leads at the end of 1996
25. Exploration of Gardener’s World in 2000 -2001
26. Sistem Migovec in 2014
27. Sistem Migovec in 2014
28. Sistem Migovec in 2015
29. At the end of Pivo Moz 2015 SYSTEM MIGOVEC = 30.8 km of passage LONGEST CAVE IN SLOVENIA 972m of depth NOT QUITE DEEPEST IN SLOVENIA YET Two underground camps operating at more -550m 21 years of exploration PLENTY OF LEADS LEFT? Potential for a lower entrance – Potential for additional vertical passage north and south
30. (Very short) summary of 2015 expedition Deep exploration: Explored Gardener's World, camped at X-ray and Red Cow Leads at -800m: 1km loop was found in the south – lower entrance not reached A ‘duck’ passed by two divers to find passage in the north 2.2 km of passage, all of which was below -550m Surface exploration: ` Coincidence cave – A potential lower entrance
31. (Very short) summary of 2015 expedition
32. How do we go about finding caves?
33. How do we go about finding caves?
34. How do we go about finding caves?
35. How do we go about finding caves?
36. How do we go about finding caves?
37. How do we go about finding caves?
38. In migovec we have lots of levels
39. An example of a breakthrough
40. An example of a breakthrough ~ 1km of new passage 1km loop
41. An example of a breakthrough
42. Life on the Mountain
43. Comforts of the Bivi
44. Relative comforts of the Bivi
45. Relative comforts of the Bivi
46. Preparing for an underground trip
47. Life Underground (Red Cow)
48. Life Underground (Red Cow)
49. Comforts of Underground Camp X-Ray
50. Crawling
51. Squeezing
52. Surveying
53. Leaving a record of the exploration: permanent survey stations
54. Data, data, data!
55. Entering and processing the data
56. Cave sediments – a record
57. Cave sediments – a record
58. Cave formations – a record
59. Underground beauties
60. Caverns measureless to man
61. Abseiling
62. At World's End
63. Back on the surface