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Дата: 4 Jul 2009

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3-rd BALKAN CAVERS` CAMP
 “Olimpos” - TURKEY

The 1st Balkan Cavers’ Camp took place in the village of Teshel in
Bulgaria in 2007. The second one was held from 13 to 22 June 2008 in
Kokinogia - Greece.
The honor to organise the 3-rd Camp had the Union of Turkish Cavers.
On the 24th of June, the famous Kadir's Tree Houses in Olimpos area,
Antalia County, Turkey gathered in total 172 cavers from the 5-th
following countries:
Bulgaria – Alexey Zhalov – Vice-President of Bulgarian Federation of
Speleology, Secretary General of the Balkan Speleological Union,
Vice-Secretary of European Federation of Speleology; 57 other cavers
from 14 Bulgarian caving clubs;
FYR of Macedonia – Oliver Gichevski – Vice-Chairman of Macedonian
Speleological Federation and 2 other cavers from 2 Macedonian caving
clubs;
Greece – Nikolaos Mitsakis – Chairman of the Greek Federation of
Speleology; 6 other Greek cavers from 4 clubs;
Romania – Viorel Lasku – Chairman of the Romanian Federation of
Speleology, as well as 26 Romanian cavers from 10 clubs;
Turkey – Meltem Pancarci – Secretary General of the Turkish Cavers’
Union and 78 cavers from 14 Turkish Clubs.

The official opening of the Camp took place on the evening of 25th June.
The event opened Ms Meltem Pancarci and the leaders of foreign delegations
welcomed the participants on behalf of the relative speleological
federations. After a tasty buffet, the cavers danced and enjoyed all
night.
The following days, the program of the Camp included penetrations in some
of the not very long and deep, but quite interesting caves like Tabak,
Kilise and Kocain, which were visited by 108 cavers in total. Later, we
all had the pleasure to visit also the tourist caves Dim near the town of
Alanya and enjoyed its beautiful decoration. Those who were interested in
archaeology and history, visited the famous antique-mediaeval town Olimpos
(2 C B.C- 6 C A.D). In the end all of us took bath in the Mediterranean
see and enjoyed the sun of the exotic Olimpos beach .
During the evening hours of the camp were submitted approximately 10
speleological movies and presentations. The farewell party was organized
on 27th June. It was the apogee of the Camp nights, full of emotions and
fun for all participants.
Official events
The General Assembly Meeting (GAM) of the Balkan Speleological Union took
place on 26th June with the participation of the national delegates of all
Balkan countries presented in the camp. Albania was represented officially
(by proxy) from Alexey Zhalov.
The members of the Assembly listened and accepted the Moral Report of
Secretary General about the last 2 years and Financial Report of the Union
for the same period. The Agenda continued with the discussions on some
changes of the BSU Statute. All of them were accepted. The most important
thing in the new adopted statute was the creation of BSU Commissions. As a
first step in this direction, the Assembly decided to create Cave
Training, Cave Rescue and Cave Protection Commissions.
 Peter Beron spent two consecutive terms as a President of BSU. According
to the Statute, the GAM has to elect a new president. At the same time,
Ms Meltem Pancarci resigned as a member of BSU Bureau. After discussions
and voting, Mr. Viorel Lasku from Romania was elected as a new President
of BSU. Ms Asli D?nmez from the Turkish Cavers Union was elected as a
member of the Bureau.
The Romanian colleagues confirmed their intention to be hosts of the 4th
Balkan Camp in 2010. The event will take place in Padish - Caput Area from
28 July to 1st August 2010. The delegates agreed that only one Balkan
event per year is not enough for the further developing of Union. That is
why in the future, BSU will organize Balkan speleological expeditions,
cave rescue and training camps every year. The Balkan expedition in 2010
will take place in Bulgaria. The host of the 5th Cavers Camp and the next
Balkan expedition will be organized by the Macedonian Federation of
Speleology.
The four days of this event flew out like sand through fingers and the
morning of 28th June marked the final of the 3rd Balkan Cavers Camp.
We are sure that the meeting managed to fulfill its main aim – to create
conditions for mutual familiarizing of the participants and establishing
of deep friendly contacts among the cavers from the Balkan countries. All
we get back home full of impressions of Turkey – its nature, culture,
traditions and hospitable people.
The successful organization and carrying out of the Camp is a result of
the several months’ efforts of the members of the Turkish Cavers Union,
especially of its Secretary General - Ms. Meltem Pancarci and her team. We
are very thankful to all of them for the worm hospitality and their
friendship.
Special thanks we owe to all Turkish sponsors in the face of TAMAK (Toros
Antalya Cave Research and Protection Association); Antalya Muratpa?a
Municipality; Kadir's Tree Houses, Olympos; Antalya Big City Municipality;
Antalya Directorship of Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Antalya City
Museum Project; Kemer Life Hospital; Tropik Restaurant; Dilek Color; Kutay
Limited Company, which all contributed to the realizing of the event!

Reported by Alexey Zhalov – Secretary General of BSU.

Contact addresses of BSU Bureau

Viorel Lasku - President:
Nikolaos Mitsakis - Vice President:

Alexey Zhalov – Secretary General :

Asli D?nmez – member:
Oliver Gichevski – member:


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