Wee Jasper Caving Trip

All aspects covered in trip log, such as equipment/meals taken, general description of activities undertaken.

Location:  Wee Jasper






Equipment taken:

• Harnesses
• Multiple Length of ropes both static and dynamic
• Helments
• Head tourches
• Carbines
• Figures of eight
• Overalls 
• Tent
• Self-inflating map
• Sleeping bag
• Tourch
• Clothes
• Tragnia stove with a gas converter 
• Pillow
• Spare shoes

Meals taken:

• Mongolian lamb and vegetables                                  (Dinner)
• Sweet and sour pork and vegetables                           (Dinner)
• Pancakes with M&M's                                               (Breakfast)
• Ham and cheese wraps                                               (Lunches)
• Scrog-gen                                                                   (Lunches)
• Multiple cups of tea and coffee with sugar and milk      (with most meals)

Activities:

The majour activities we did on camp were as follows:

• Caving though dip cave
• Punch bowl cave
• And we also abseiled in devils punch bowl as a short day activity.

The minor activities we did on camp were:

• Roast Marshmallows
• Talk around the camp fire
• Camp out in tents
• Pack the bus mulitple times
• Set up anchours
• Prepare equipment

Highlights:

The Highlights on the trip for me were; Abseiling into devils punch bowl, the thrill of abseiling from a height and with controled speed made my day as it got my blood pumping. David also showed me how to tie a tape note and also showed me a faster and easyier way to pull up safety ropes and also I got to use a french prusik.

The trip into Carey's Cavey's cave was also one of my highlight we all got to look at different cave formations and the formations of differnt structures inside the cave. The caretaker also provided comedic reliefe :)

The Beach

Reflections on the trip

1) Was the right gear taken,especially your gear?
I believe that we did indeed take the right gear with us to the beach and the gear i used and brought myslef was especially good. My wetsuit was warm and my snorkel and mask had a good tight fit, which helped me in the water

2) What was your imput and participation in group activities?
My input and participation the groups activities was standard, i went along with the activities and participated in the group when i needed to.

3) Were your expectations that you had at the start of the trip met?
Yes, my expectations of the trip were met by the end of the trip. We went down the coast, went for a snorkel and lent, practiced and used the knowledge we got lent in class.

4) What was your highlight?
The highlight of the trip for me was pretty much the whole thing, i really enjoyed the snorkeling, how relaxed the camp site was and how much free time we had to ourselves.

Expectations

This was our pre-dive video :)

Pretty beach dive

First dive at pretty beach

This is Pretty beach it is located on the east coast of NSW, this was our first dive site on our snorkeling trip with Lake Tugerranong collage. The water on the day was slightly murcky and there was a masive rip on the left side of the beach.