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24/04/2025
𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁: 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗰 “𝗣𝗼𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗷𝗮” 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮
The 2024 Migovec expedition was a tremendous success, celebrating the 50th anniversary of exploration in Sistem Migovec (“Pol Stoletja” meaning “Half Century” in Slovene) and also marking 30 years since the Imperial College Caving Club joined the local JSPDT caving club in making it the longest cave in the whole of Slovenia. This year over a kilometre of new cave was added to the system, we left with more leads than we had started with, 6 cavers were introduced to alpine expeditionary caving for the first time and a fantastic anniversary celebration was had at the end, bringing together cavers from the past 50 years of the expedition to share photos and tales from the depths. A guest appearance from the British Embassy in Slovenia to mark the occasion made for an amazing end to an expedition of great discoveries, fine weather and high spirits. The expedition was joined by 30 cavers from 10 countries.
The 200m of Korda’s rope (https://sacidkordas.com/en/) was incredibly well received, with numerous comments on its superior quality to other ropes on the mountain, and the tackle sacks from Aventure Verticale (https://www.aventureverticale.com/) were much loved, providing a long overdue upgrade to the decrepit and well-used existing bags, many of which were immediately retired.
While there were a few minor setbacks, such as fewer than expected leaders in the first week and one of our three cavelinks breaking, the Pol Stoletja expedition exceeded its aims and left a multitude of exciting projects to return to next year. Most importantly, after the catastrophic storms and lack of underground camp in 2023 left the expedition feeling a little worse for wear, this year proved once again that our continued effort to train the next generation of leaders set us up for success when it matters. In particular, Chris Hayes and Ellie Pizey, both of whom first joined the expedition in 2022, each led multi-day underground camping trips and both made major discoveries.
You can read the full report here:https://www.eurospeleo.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ESP2024-06-Pol-Stoletja-Slovenia.pdf
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘰 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 (𝘌𝘚𝘗) 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘍𝘚𝘌 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘰 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘚𝘌 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: https://www.eurospeleo.eu/eurospeleo-projects/
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗶𝘀 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
