Name: Erikas Laiconas
Location: Išlestakiai, district of Jurbarkas(natural-born citizen of Kaunas)
Contacts: erikas[eta]speleo.lt
Caving club: Speleo-Info-Centras, tel.: 8-447-77002
Additional information:
1977-81 and 1983-84 - president of caving section „Omega" of Kaunas;
1978 - In the Lithuanian cave Karvės ola (Cow's cave) found a skull of a bat belonging to a new species ( the 14th) in Lithuania - Myotis mystacinus. During an underwater exploration of the cave led by E. Laiconas, A. Silantjevas scuba-dived in a cave for the first time in hystory of Lithuanian speleology.
1980-81 and 1983-85 -Head of the caving comission of Kaunas city;
1983 - received a title of „USSR head instructor in caving";
1984-85 - president of caving club of Kaunas;
1985-90 - Head of caving comission of Lithuanian Republic;
1986-90 - Member of USSR Central caving comission (delegate for Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia);
1987 - Participant of the 5th USSR conference of karst and caving „The problems of cave exploration, ecology and protection" in Kiev (Ukraine);
1987 - received a 1st category of cave tourism judge;
1988 - Participant of the 2nd regional conference of karst and caving „The karst-cave explorations, resort and protection of Western caucasus karst massives and caves " in Sochi (Russia);
1988 - Participant of the 3rd international congress of cavers-Esperanto users in Liptovo Mikulash (Slovakia);
1989 - Participant of the 10th UIS congress in Budapest (Hungary);
1989 - Participant of the 4th international congress of cavers-Esperanto users in Shimonphoye (Hungary);
1990-92 - presidium's member of Lithuanian cave sports asociation;
1992-96 - general secretary of Lithuanian cave sports asociation;
from 1993 - permanent delegate of Lithuania for UIS;
1993 - Participant of the 11th UIS congress in Peking (China), where initiated acceptance of Lithuania into UIS;
1993 - received a title of „Lithuanian head instructor in caving";
1995 - Participant of the 1st congress of Romania cavers;
1997 - Participant of the 12th UIS congres and the 1st international symposium of archaeology and palaeontology of the caves in La Sho de Fone (Switzerland).
Main expeditions and caves:
1967 summer - first infiltration into an underground cavity. Odessa, Ukraine. Catacombs of Odessa.
1971 spring - first infiltration into a cave. Dolgoruki-Yayla, Krymas, Ukraine. Cave: Kyzyl-Koba.
1972 autumn - valley of river Gauja, caves of Latvia, leader E. Laiconas.
1973 winter - first descent of Lithuanians into a vertical cave. Tchatyr-Dag, Crimea, Ukraine, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Gugerdzhin-Khasar (-22 m), ...
1973 spring - Ternopol, west Ukraine, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Oziornaya, Mlynki, ...
1976 spring - Ternopol, west Ukraine, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Oziornaya, Verteba, ...
1978 winter - valley of Pinega, district of Arkhangelsk, Russia, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Leningradskaya, Kulogorskaya, Vodnaya, Pinezhskaya, Golubinsky proval.
1978 summer - Vorontsovo, west Caucasus, Russia, leader V. Lerinman. Caves: Kobanya (-75 m), Dolgaya, Vorontsovskaya, ...
1979 spring - Khmelnitsky, west Ukraine, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Atlantida, Perlina, ...
1979 summer - Alek, northwest Caucasus, Russia, leader I. Abramov. Caves: TEP (-300 m), Geographitcheskaya (-260 m), Osenniaya (-200 m),...
1980 winter - Kodor, west Caucasus, Abkhazia, Georgia, leader R. Jakubonis. Caves: Kapba, ...
1980 summer - the north Ural mountains, Russia, leader E.Laiconas. Caves: Divja, Ladeinaya, Tiomnaya, Obvalnaya.
1980 summer - Sumgan, the south Ural mountains, Bashkiria, Russia, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Kutukskaya-4 (-175 m), Sumgan-Kutuk (-130 m), Zigzag (-110 m).
1981 spring - Alek, northwest Caucasus, Russia, leader V. Rezvan. Caves: TEP (-450 m), Geograficheskaya (-300 m).
1981 autumn - Kyrk-Tau, the Gisar Alay mountains, Uzbekistan, leader V. Rezvan. Cave: Kiyevskaya (-990 m).
1982 spring - Karabi-Yayla, Crimea, Ukraine, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Molodiozhnaya (-261 m), Gvozdeckovo (-191 m), Mir (-135 m), Monastyr'-Tchokrak (-110 m).
1982 autumn - Alek, northwest Caucasus, Russia, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: TEP (-450 m), Shkolnaya (-320 m).
1983 winter - Bzyb, west Caucasus, Abkhazia, Georgia, leader V. Rezvan. Cave: Snezhnaya (-1320 m).
1983 autumn - Alek, northwest Caucasus, Russia, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Nazarovskaya (-330 m), ...
1984 spring - Vorontsovo, west Caucasus, Russia, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Gornaya, ...
1984 summer - Karlukov, the Stara Planina mountains, Bulgaria, leader A. Žalovas. Caves: S-20 (-101 m), Dylbokata (-71 m), Prochodna Dupka, Temnata Dupka, Ovnarkata, ...
1984 autumn - Bzyb, west Caucasus, Abkhazia, Georgia, leader V. Rezvan. Cave: Napra (-490 m).
1985 summer - Alek, northwest Caucasus, Russia, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Nazarovskaya (-330 m), Geograficheskaya (-310 m), ...
1985 autumn - Alek, northwest Caucasus, Russia, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Osenniaya (-460 m), Rucheynaya-Zabludshikh traverse (-510 m).
1986 summer - cave search expedition, leader E. Laiconas:
- Chodzha-Mumin, south Tadzhikistan. Caves: Bol'shogo Cirka (-120 m), Tigrovaya, ...
- Rangkul' massif's karst, the east Pamir mountains, Tadzhikistan;
- Chil-Ustun, the Gisar Alay mountains, Kirghizia. Cave: Chil-Ustun.
1987 summer - Vorontsovo, west Caucasus, Russia, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Partizanskaya, ...
1988 spring - Vorontsovo, west Caucasus, Russia, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Dolgaya, Vorontsovskaya, Vostochnaya Khosta, ...
1988 summer - karst of the west Tatra mountains, Poland, leader E. Laiconas.
1988 autumn - - karst of the west Tatra mountains, Slovakia;
- Moravian karst, Czechia.
1989 summer - the Sikhote Alin' mountains, Primor'e, Russia, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Bely Dvorec, Przhevalskovo, ...
1989 summer - Hungary. Caves: Remeny (-80 m), ...
1990 winter - karst of the Ardennes, Belgium.
1991 spring - Chodzha Mumin, south Tadzhikistan, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Solianoye Chudo, ...
1991 summer - karst of Latvia and Estonia, leader E. Laiconas.
1993 summer - karst of the Taichangshan' mountains, China.
1995 autumn - the Apusen mountains, Romania, leader E. Laiconas. Caves: Vintului, Chetacile Ponorului, ...
1997 summer - karst of the Alp mountains, Austria and Switzerland.
1998 summer - karst of the Low Tatra mountains, Slovakia.
1998 summer - Karst massif, karst of the Dinar mountains, Slovenia.
1999 summer - karst of the coastline Alps, Monaco.
2000 summer - Karst massif, the Dinar mountains, Slovenia.
2001 summer - karst of the Pyrenees mountains, France.
2002 summer - Bishev island, the Adriatic sea, Croatia. Cave: Blue grotto.
2002 summer - „Secrets of Europe", leader E. Laiconas:
- valley of Lesse, karst of Ardennes, Belgium;
- valley of Vezer, karst of Central massif, Dordone, France;
- karst of the coastline Alps, Monaco;
- valley of Rak Shkocyan, Karst massif, karst of the Dinar mountains, Slovenia.
2003 autumn - Velebit massif, karst of the Dinar mountains, Croatia.
2004 summer - Biokovo rajonas, karst of the Dinar mountains, Croatia.
Area of interest in speleology: hystory, terminology, collecting, literary work.
Deepest descent: Snezhnaya (-1320 m) - 1983-2001 Lithuanian record of the deepest descent.