Duration 4 Days
Activity Caving
Weather/Conditions Heavy showers
Region Waitomo
Personal/Instructional Instructional
Role Instructor
Employer Hillary Outdoors
Group Tertiary Certificate Students
Number in Group 12 (split into two groups)
Group Details
Incidents
Aditional Information Doug Sowerby was the other instructor
Story
Day 1
Rumbling Gut, teaching the students quick anchors and belays, working as a team in a cave, spotting each other. How to move in a cave.
Day 2
Waipuna, cave navigation, and formations. Lucky Stike, a bit of fun! Managing the team in a more canyoning style cave with a lot of water, went under a couple of ducks.
Day 3
Exit 7 (Gardners Gut) This day was about rigging and navigation in a more complex cave system. Spent half the time navigating and practicing quick and simple hand lines and belay, then the other half rigging abseils and ladders.
Day 4
Zwihollen (Gardners Gut) A quick morning trip for the students to lead themselves through and do all the rigging. My crew really enjoyed putting it all together and "speed caving".
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