Adventures with M

BORENORE – 19-20 October 2024
With most of our “usual” caving areas closed, MSS were making a concerted effort to “break out” and familiarise ourselves with some other areas.  So, I contacted the Orange Speleos (OSS) and they agreed to show us around.  Big thanks to OSS for being so generous with their time. Continue reading →

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 →