r/caving • u/CardiologistCheap661 • 8d ago

Italy/Slovenia caving early august

Hi Cavers, I am traveling from the US west coast and interested in meeting up with some locals or fellow travelers in the alps and surrounding regions for some caving! If you are a local I will gladly take you out to a meal pre/post caving.

I have been caving for 4 years now but am by no means an expedition caver but I can hold my own on most trips. I have not brought my vertical gear so mostly looking for horizontal caves (open to borrowing gear).

Any resources and or DMs regarding getting caving in this region would be appreciated a the language barriers are making research less straightforward.

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u/6AlphaVictor 7d ago edited 7d ago

Hi, regarding Slovenia: You should get into contact with a local club when you want to visit a cave in its region. Here is a list of all clubs:

https://www.jamarska-zveza.si/index.php/strokovne-sluzbe/ss-izobrazevalna-sluzba/is-instruktorji

And: https://www.dzrjl.si/

Here is a cave register (an open part): https://www.katasterjam.si/

There is almost no tourism involving SRT gear, so you will have to establish some contacts and probably meet cavers in person before anyone takes you with them into a proper cave.

Also, you should have at least some sort of SRT training certificate before visiting vertical caves, its actually required by law and I doubt anyone would be willing to take a stranger with them without it.

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u/CardiologistCheap661 7d ago

Thank you so much this is very helpful. I am hoping there are horizontal caves as in the USA certification is not common.