Some Photos of Philippine Caves

[jingvelos]

Hi Guys!

Just sharing to you my old caving pictures in the Philippines.



Maetas Cave, Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines (2007)


Lamac Cave, Cebu, Philippines (2005)


Otso Cave, Kapalong, Davao Del Norte (2006)


Lagbasan Cave, Sen. Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat (2005)


Klaja Cave, Gen. Santos City (2005)


Duba Cave, Baggao, Cagayan North (2005)


Sumalsag Cave, Bukidnon (1999)



Salkak Cave, Polomolok, South Cotabato (2004)

Salamt (Thanks)

Jing Velos

[Squirrel Girl]

Thanks for posting the pictures!! We don't get enough of 'em here and yours are great.

Wow, that Duba Cave pic... ya have to look closely to see the little people in it!

[wyandottecaver]

thanks squirrelgirl, I saw that pick and just thought it was a cobble crawl!

[jingvelos]

Thanks, By the way Duba Cave is in Nothern Tip of the Philippines. It is site of the 6th National Philippine Speleological Society's Caving Congress in 2005..

Jing

[jingvelos]

Sharing some pictures from our recent cave exploration at Kulaman, Southern Mindanao, Philippines with NSS Glen Malliet


Mr. Jungee Animas, cave flashman




Ms. Bing Non-Our Cave Biologist


Glen Malliet




Termite Mud House


Tropical Rain Forest


Flash system of Glen with my cam Olympus C8080 and Pentax ME Super with 24mm f2.8 lens (film)


Sarangani Bay Area Outdoor Club "Goes Everywhere" My club



All photos were taken with Olympus C8080 and suntax flash

[asiancave]

When you were there did you do only dry caving or did you do some underwater cave diving? I have run alot of exploration trips over there myself. I have about 7 more unexplored caves to try out. When I say unexplored I would mean the underwater sections have not been dove. This is info coming from a guide of mine in the area I have been exploring.

asiancave

[jingvelos]

Not yet into cave diving......

Anyway, The Caves in our area in Southern Mindanao Philippines is mostly unexplored. On the Kulaman Con Karsts Area, some parts of the karstland is still covered with tropical rain forest , big rivers. This Ausgust, our club, The Sarangani Bay Area Outdoor Club, Inc. (http://www.sbaoc.com) together with Speleo we'll be back again there for our 3rd exploration for the coming 3rd PSS Mindanao Caving Forum.....We'll be exploring two large sinkhole (both with 50 mtrs diameter at 50 to 75 mtrs pit)....We'll give you feedback after the exploration...

[Squirrel Girl]

Not yet into cave diving......

Anyway, The Caves in our area in Southern Mindanao Philippines is mostly unexplored. On the Kulaman Con Karsts Area, some parts of the karstland is still covered with tropical rain forest , big rivers. This Ausgust, our club, The Sarangani Bay Area Outdoor Club, Inc. (http://www.sbaoc.com) together with Speleo we'll be back again there for our 3rd exploration for the coming 3rd PSS Mindanao Caving Forum.....We'll be exploring two large sinkhole (both with 50 mtrs diameter at 50 to 75 mtrs pit)....We'll give you feedback after the exploration...

Quit posting all this cool stuff! You're gonna make me figure out how to take a trip to the Philippines!!!!

(just kidding--it's great to see what you're doing over there)

[Glen Malliet]

Howdy Jing-
I have a group interested in a recon expedition with SBAOC in SK later this year. I can't find any email address for you or SBAOC. Please contact me at my yahoo email account as soon as convenient.
Hope all is well and good with you all-
Glen Malliet

[self-deleted_user]

OH wow...old thread bump...and awesome photos!!! Some of those look like paintings! Dang!

[pub]

Hey there Glen,

Long time no look! Charlie tells me you & Melody wore your Mabini T-shirts in spite of the snow @ SpeleoEd… thanks for the use of your photo!

The only contact info I have for SBAOC is from the 11th National Caving Congress where one of their members is listed in the directory; I sent it in a PM to you.

You can also try contacting Jing thru his multiply.com account.

...and welcome to cavechat!

[jingvelos]

@ Pub, thanks for informing...Its been a while that i visit my multiply and cavechat account....Anyway i just requested glen to add me on his facebook account...Salamat

@Glen....Long time to hear from you....Kumusta na....How are you and Meloy...Congratulations

BTW...Bing, Titing and Mikko has just been to SK on a 9 days cave bioinventory project with students from the biology department of Mindanao State University. Right now we're planning to bid for 2013 PSSI National Caving Congress at SNA...We are now into negotiation with government officials of the province..This coming July, we be having a cave assessment with the Department of Environment and Natural Resource and the Municipality of Kabacan as part of the requirement for cave classification of the Regional Cave Committee. As you know, Kabacan is located in Cotabato-Bukidnon Karsts and much bigger than Kulaman Karsts...This is a big challenge as the area is near conflict zone...

If ever your plan will push thru, just contact me in my facebook account, we'll gladly accommodate your expedition team to Sultan Kudarat. Just PM me for your requirements....SALAMAT

[pub]

YW Jing, hope you two get connected.

Glen, hope you’ll have time to swing by our part of the country!

Here are more photos just to stay OT.
This is my first attempts at HDR:

…and a regular flash shot:

Taken at the Cabalyoriza entrance to the Santo Rosario Cave System, Mabini, Pangasinan.

[self-deleted_user]

I like the 2nd better actually :)

Also wowwww prettttttttttttty!

[Ernie Coffman]

Nice seeing you still involved, over in the Philippines, Glen. Like others have mentioned, "Long time yakking with you." Guess you've told all the cavers about your own cave, King Tut's, 'eh what? Stay well and welcome to the listserv.
Ernie Coffman