BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4//EN TZID:Australia/Sydney X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3819@unswoc.org DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE:20260704 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE:20260705 DTSTAMP:20260624T033252Z URL:https://unswoc.org/wordpress/events/bp-2026-saturday-advanced-drum-cav e/ SUMMARY:[BP 2026] SATURDAY ADVANCED - DRUM CAVE FULL DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://unswoc.org/wordpress/events/caving-srt-work shop-ledge-02-07/SIGNUPS WILL OPEN UP AT 9PM Tuesday 23/06\n\n \;\nSig n up for ONE Saturday and ONE Sunday trip. If you do not get accepted o n your first choice trip then you may sign up for a different one. (Same f ormat as Boree Log!). You must be signed up to the main event to sign up t o individual trips\n\n\n\n**This is a Vertical Trip and you must have prio r SRT Rope Skills experience**\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDrum Cave is for those whole c an already abseil and ascend confidently and are comfortable navigating re belays and ropework on exposed\, slippery traverses. It is a bat breeding and nursery cave so an affinity for our furry friends also recommended.\n\ nWalk into the largest cave entry in Bungonia before descending down the f irst 46m abseil into the abyss. This may be done in two pitches which coul d require passing a rebelay. Check for foul air (Drum Cave is notorious) b efore continuing on through a short squeeze into the Collapse Chamber.\n\n A series of small drops leads to the second abseil of about 15m. Stop ¾ o f the way down if you want to enjoy a pointless squeeze to nowhere for abo ut 30m. Otherwise continue down into the Railway Tunnel where there are tw o options. Ascend 20m up into the roof and do an awkward changeover to cla mber up a super exposed rubble slope into Drum extension.\n\nEnjoy slippin g and sliding around in guano through 300m of bonus cave content\, maybe e ven hitting the magical stream at the end (if foul air doesn’t get you f irst). Then return to do the awkward rubble slope change over and 20m desc ent all over again (but in reverse!).\n\nNow you can take the other route\ , down a 10m pitch and onwards into the sump. You’ve hit the end! Time t o go all the way back up! Ascend every pitch (70m total) you just came dow n and be prepared to suffer. Then forget all about it and cave again the n ext day!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat YOU need:\n\n Helmet*\n Headlight and s pare batteries\n Spare light source + spare batteries (a malfunction of p rimary light would be quite inconvenient)\n Shoes you're not afraid to ge t muddy / dirty\n Small bottle of water\n Personal medications (epipen\, inhaler etc)\n Snacks / small lunch\n Old shirt / pants / overalls you can wear inside the cave\n Small backpack to carry your things\n Gloves (eg gardening gloves)\n If you have your own SRT equipment\, please bring them along (eg Caving / Canyoning Harness\, Caving Descender\, Chest A scender\, Hand Ascender)\n\n*These can be borrowed from the club on the m orning of\n\n\n\nDrum Cave is an advanced caving trip (and a long day!)\, where vertical rope skills is a must. When signing up for this trip\, plea se make sure to include a) Have you ascended using Mechanical ascenders be fore b) Do you have any prior experience ascending / descending past rebel ays. If not\, are you planning to attend one of the SRT Ledge workshops? ( sign up links below) c) what your favourite arachnid is!\n\n \;\n\nSig nups for the Ledge SRT Workshops here:\n\nhttps://unswoc.org/wordpress/eve nts/caving-srt-workshop-ledge-25-06/\n\nhttps://unswoc.org/wordpress/event s/caving-srt-workshop-ledge-02-07/\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://unswoc.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/ 2026/06/drum_1.jpeg CATEGORIES:Caving LOCATION:https://share.google/TqEVT8agBt9jMxvB4 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney X-LIC-LOCATION:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20260405T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR