Adventures with M

SARAWAK, East Malaysia – 28 September – 6 October 2024
The main focus for our time in Sarawak was, of course, the caving.  But we did a few things that I thought were blog worth, so here are a few random snapshots of some of the other things we did … Continue reading →

FASTLANE & LAGANG CAVES – 4 & 5 October 2024
I was booked in to do the Sarawak Chamber, but had cancelled that as the 8k walk with a backpack didn’t sound enticing, so signed up for these two caves, then, the next day I was the only person signed up for Fruitbat Cave, and as it wasn’t feasible to run the trip with just me, I decided to tag along with another trip to these caves, but this time I’d do some of the adventure trip through the cave (bonus!). Continue reading →

CLEARWATER & WIND CAVES – Mulu NP, Sarawak, East Malaysia – 1 October 2024
I’d already been into these two caves on my “adventure” trip, but my anxiety level, knowing that I had to do 8k of cave (instead of my anticipated 4.8k) was so high that I pretty much didn’t see anything.  So, instead of having a rest day, I decided to do the Conference field trip through the tourist caves.  Who would have thought I’d enjoy a tourist cave as much as I did? Continue reading →

CLEARWATER CONNECTION – Mulu NP, Sarawak, East Malaysia – 28 September 2024
Apparently, you can’t do the Clearwater Connection adventure cave unless you’ve done a “Moderate” one as it’s an “Advanced” cave.  We’d done the moderate cave (Stone Horse) yesterday, and I must have proven that I could handle the advanced cave as I was officially on the list of participants. Continue reading →