Bulletin of the Slovak Speleological Society
No 4/2005
CONTENS Marcel Lalkovič Ján Ducár Lukáš Vlček & Dušan Čipka Martin Horčík & Tibor Máté Lukáš Vlček Ján Dzúr Tibor Máté Vladimír Košel Elena Hipmanová Alexander Lačný Ján Dzúr Peter Holúbek, Peter Magdolen Branislav Šmída Vladimír Fudaly Pavol Horváth Marek Velšmid Ján Ducár Bohuslav Kortman Vladimír Vadovský Ján Ducár Peter Holúbek Bohuslav Kortman
How it was with the Čachtická Cave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Visiting the hermitage of St. Svorad in Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The Daxner Cave – further steps taken in surveying the underground karst system Suché doly – Teplica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Surveying the northern rim of Muránska planina (the Muráň Plateau) . . . . . . . . . 19 What do we know about the “kostolícke” stone hedgehogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Jaskyňa Okno (The Cave Window) – latest discoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Jaskyňa teplej stráne (The Cave of Warm Hillside) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Which is the warmest? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 The system of Hipman’s caves has grown by few meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 The Orešanská Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Pustá Cave – discoveries of Snail Dome and Corridor of Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 The expedition “Siberia 2005” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 The 14th International Speleological Congress Athens-Alamos 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . 45 46th Speleological Week organized by SSS “Belianske Tatras 2005” . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Wild boars in the cave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Steps – “stúpačky” (climbing aid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Short report on first concrete laying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Spelunkers in Manínska tiesňava (the Manín Narrow Gorge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 “W”-short story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 News in Slovak speleological literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Recent History of the Slovak Speleology – will it be issued? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 PhDr. Juraj Bárta, CSc. – in our memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Achievements of the Chmela brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Congratulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Cover photographs: 1st page of cover: Descent to the October Cave in Aja Bay region in Baykal. Photo: Peter Holúbek 2st page of cover: Newly discovered Corridor of Joy in Pustá jaskyňa (the Grim Cave) in Demänovská Valley. Photo: Ján Dzúr 3st page of cover: Jazerná studňa (the Lake Well) in Večná robota (the Eternal Toil) in the system of Hipman’s Caves. Photo: Elena Hipmanová 4st page of cover: Saloniki Pit in Jakupica Plateau in Macedonia. The 275 m deep abyss was explored in September – October 2005 by Slovak speleologists in cooperation with Macedonians. View of the bottom of 265 m deep vertical shaft. Photo: Juraj Szunyog Editorial board: Compiled by: Graphic arrangement: Editing: Print:
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