LEARNING EVENT ON BASIC CAVING, SURVEY AND MAPPING AND CAVE PHOTOGRAPHY

(CAVING 101) FOR VIS-MIN CLUSTER

July 23 – 27, 2018 | Dingle, Iloilo City

PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES

TIME DAY 0 DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5

July 22 July 23 (Monday) July 24 (Tuesday) July 25 July 26 July 27
(Sunday) (Wednesday) (Thursday) (Friday)
8:00 – 8:30AM Registration Practical
8:30 – 9:00AM
Arrival of exercises
Opening Program Open Forum
9:00 – 9:30AM participants Processing of
➢ Prayer and National Anthem Minimum Impact and post-
Cave Survey and results:
➢ Welcome Remarks Caving Code evaluation
mapping
By Ms. Dorina Ararao
Jose J. Patubo, Jr. PhD Plotting and
Municipality of San Enrique, Iloilo Group 1 Preparation
Cristales, Ararao of Cave Maps
➢ Messages Group 2 (Cristales)
Livino B. Duran Mentens, Salazar
OIC-Assistant Regional Director for
Technical Services Cave
DENR Region VI photography

➢ Rationale of the Activity Group 3 and

Ms. Joy Navarro Group 4
BMB-CAWED Mejorada

➢ Introduction of participants

9:30 – 10:00AM Salient Provisions of cave-related Leave No Trace

10:00 – 10:30AM policies and issuances Ms. Dorina Ararao Synthesis
BMB-CAWED

10:30 – 11:00AM Basic Caving: Introduction & Cave Survey and

11:00 – 11:30AM History of Caving Mapping Closing and
By Mr. Aris Cristales awarding of
Mr. Aris Cristales certificates
BMB
11:30 – 12:00NN
12:00- 12:30PM Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
12:30 – 1:00PM
1:00 - 1:30PM Cave & Karst Landscape Cave Survey and Practical Plotting and
1:30 – 2:00PM By Ms. Dorina Ararao Mapping (cont’n) exercises Preparation Homebound
(continuation) of Cave Maps
By Mr. Aris Cristales (cont’n)
2:00 – 2:30PM Cave Hazards & Safety Cave Photography Cave Survey and
By Mr. Marc Mentens mapping (Cristales)
By Mr. Juan Mejorada Group 3 Cristales,
2:30 – 3:00PM Ararao Cave
3:00 – 3:30PM Group 4 Mentens, photography
3:30 – 4:00PM Caving Equipment Salazar processing
By Ms. Dorina Ararao Mejorado
Cave
4:00 – 4:30PM photography Presentation
4:30 – 5:00PM of outputs/
Group 1 and
Group 2 results
Mejorada Group 1
Group 2
5:00 – 5:30 PM Single-rope Group 3
technique Group 4
Demonstration
(optional)
6:00 PM Dinner