People: M&M Trybulec
Place: Dolina Bedkowska (Bedkowska Valley), Park Krajobrazowy Dolinki Krakowskie (Cracow Valleys Scenic Park), Poland
Trips:
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Nice entrance, a bit of formations and a small pitch - otherwise nothing interesting...
Definitely not worth a special trip.
You can climb out of the pitch, but I prefer a rope to go down.
At the end of the pitch you can squeeze a bit to the part of the passage with cave corals.
Nice entrance, a bit of formations and a small pitch - otherwise nothing interesting...
Definitely not worth a special trip.
You can climb out of the pitch, but I prefer a rope to go down.
At the end of the pitch you can squeeze a bit to the part of the passage with cave corals.
Jaskinia Dziewicza (Virgin Cave)
See also the cave's description on Epimenides (in Polish).
The entrance (just by the trail)
The entrance (just by the trail)
Some mould near the end of the cave (in very fragile rock)
Some mould near the end of the cave (in very fragile rock)
The main passage with a view at the exit
The main passage with a view at the exit
We even found some formations
We even found some formations
And then some more
And then some more
A descent into the dug out pitch just next to the entrance (there are some nice cave corals in the farther parts of this passage)
A descent into the dug out pitch just next to the entrance (there are some nice cave corals in the farther parts of this passage)
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This cave is much more interesting thanks to two small pitches, a small chamber with a tight corridor and nice,
two-color rosebuds, and a clay corridor at the bottom.
The first pitch can be easily climbed, and probably the second one too. Unfortunately it's quite wide at the bottom
(so I slipped crushing my [beep], so I didn't feel like trying again).
The corridor at the bottom is very sticky, ends with a small chamber and tight crawls.
This cave is much more interesting thanks to two small pitches, a small chamber with a tight corridor and nice,
two-color rosebuds, and a clay corridor at the bottom.
The first pitch can be easily climbed, and probably the second one too. Unfortunately it's quite wide at the bottom
(so I slipped crushing my [beep], so I didn't feel like trying again).
The corridor at the bottom is very sticky, ends with a small chamber and tight crawls.
Jaskinia Malotowa (Malotow's Cave)
See also the cave's description on Epimenides (in Polish).
The entrance
The entrance
Two-colored cave corals
Two-colored cave corals
And some more of similar corals
And some more of similar corals
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During the previous trip to this cave I went down the first pitch only.
And Martha never visited this cave, so she was a bit apprehensive knowing that skinny Aro got stuck in the entrance. :)
However, this time the entrance went quite smoothly - a nice rift.
First, we attacked the right hand passages in the direction of New Parts.
I barely managed to get through the first squeeze (and I had to take off my harness). Next, it got a bit wider,
but I wouldn't call it a "chamber"! Next, a squeeze just after the left turn - a this one stopped us.
Not that it was so tight, we just weren't in the mood...
Ok, so the other way. A not very tight crawl leads to the passage and the chamber of Old Parts.
To the left, quite a nice meander, and to the right, a pretty tight and winding tube (that can be followed back from the chamber to the passage).
And that's about it... except for the exit. The rift itself can be easily climbed without a rope,
but the squeeze at the very top... I forgot that it was so... tight (and going up).
I spent some time fighting it. :)
During the previous trip to this cave I went down the first pitch only.
And Martha never visited this cave, so she was a bit apprehensive knowing that skinny Aro got stuck in the entrance. :)
However, this time the entrance went quite smoothly - a nice rift.
First, we attacked the right hand passages in the direction of New Parts.
I barely managed to get through the first squeeze (and I had to take off my harness). Next, it got a bit wider,
but I wouldn't call it a "chamber"! Next, a squeeze just after the left turn - a this one stopped us.
Not that it was so tight, we just weren't in the mood...
Ok, so the other way. A not very tight crawl leads to the passage and the chamber of Old Parts.
To the left, quite a nice meander, and to the right, a pretty tight and winding tube (that can be followed back from the chamber to the passage).
And that's about it... except for the exit. The rift itself can be easily climbed without a rope,
but the squeeze at the very top... I forgot that it was so... tight (and going up).
I spent some time fighting it. :)
Jaskinia nad Zrodlem I (Cave above the Spring I)
See also the cave's description on Epimenides (in Polish).
Up to the exit
Up to the exit
I forgot that it's so tight (and somewhat tighter in this direction)
I forgot that it's so tight (and somewhat tighter in this direction)
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