Dec. 19, 2007A group of mountaineers from Multi Media Exponent have started their SRT training at Wawa dam located at Bry. San Rafael, Rodriguez. The basics of Single Rope Technique were introduced to TonTon Hernandez, team leader & mgr at MME together with staffers Julius and Christian. With a couple of hrs in the morning spent on equipment intro, knot-ties, and a lunch break, the whole afternoon was dedicated to practice riggings, abseiling, & prusiking along the rock cliffs by the river. Training was conducted by Bobby Manas and assisted by Mike Nera. A campsite for the night was set at a mountain farm, courtesy of our guide, Frank Mendez, where tales of deep caves and explortation lingered thru the night, amidst the food & beer and the slowly creeping fog.
Dec. 20, 2007
After coffee, breakfast, and packing up, the team did the river crossing and headed for Pamitinan Cave where rigging started into the pit towards Sump-2. Three pitch anchor rigs were rigged that abseiled the team down to 150ft/45m leading to the sump pool. After a short rest by the pool, the team prusiked back up the line and on to the main cave. Then a visit up into level-2 by the "hall of dwarves" was led by Frank as the spelunking part for the MME team. The entire caving trip took an "easy going" time of app. 5 hrs.
Photos of this trip are now in Gallery section entiltled "MME Cavers".
