Trips
Auckland Speleo Group runs a variety of trips, catering for all abilities from beginners upwards in terms of both general caving and rope skills. From almost dry walk-through caves to challenging vertical systems with waterfalls and rope descents, we visit all the caves that New Zealand has to offer.
It is important that you contact the trip leader as early as possible to register your interest and guarantee yourself a place. Some trips have restricted numbers of participants and trips will only go ahead if there are sufficient numbers. The club welcomes new members and takes an interest in training and developing their caving skills.
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ASG Club Trip – Plumbers Pass cave
Saturday August 16th
Intermediate trip to Plumbers Pass cave
It’s a short drive from the hut and then a 15 minute walk across the farm to the submergence entrance. There are two pitches to start with – a 10m drop at the entrance and then a 13m waterfall shortly afterwards. No further pitches after this, but some climbing.
There’s about 1.5 km of passage to explore before we emerge on another farm and walk back to the start overland.
Sunday August 17th
Heading deep into Awatiro / Stubbs farm to visit a couple of unsurveyed caves. A long walk on a good farm track. Paul will wrangle one or two others to help survey at least one of these caves. No ropes required.
Leader: Paul Rowe
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Trip Leader
The trip leader helps get all the basics of the trip in place.
1. Getting permission from the land owner and finding out any special protocols for visiting the cave.
2. Obtaining the cave location.
3. Coordinating transport to the location and car-pooling on private property.
4. Getting a list of participants, including checking if the trip is suitable for them and setting a group limit if needed.
5. Ensuring the equipment needed for the cave is taken, including a first aid kit.
6. Having an emergency call-out person.
7. Setting an estimated time the group will be out of the cave.
8. Letting the call-out person know when they have finished the trip (and sometimes often the land owner as well).