Recent content by Hammy

This hits the nail on the head. The more versatile your rig, by virtue of carefully considering the knots and attachments, the better. Worst case scenario is that you have nothing else with you bar your own SRT setup. So my footloop setup is - Krab clipped to harness loop - barrel knot -...

I had a brief foray into Smoo last week. I was quite content to limit my explorations to the walkway and felt no desire to go swimming up towards the thundering waterfall - there was some pretty heavy water around, and no boat to be seen. The signage informs that the Smoo Cave Tour Guide is...

Burtersett Sandstone Slate Mine near Hawes https://photos.app.goo.gl/MTdzcxFJR26o5vFD9 https://www.aditnow.co.uk/Mines/Burtersett-Sandstone-Mine_2983/

Armchair Caving at its best...or should that be worst....

Try Ammo boxes on EBay?  Seem good value though I haven?t tried the plastic ones. Remind me of my early caving days!

There?s a CATMHS meet today (Sunday) at Greenside today for a surface walk. No plans for underground meets just yet.

http://www.high-pasture-cave.org/

Great to see the photos of a completely sumped Pate Hole. I've had about ten trips in there in the last few years and it is a really interesting place to visit. There is a nice round trip if the water levels are low and settled, and the sump pool is a beautiful and underestimated place. I...

Just to be clear, it?s not very scientific testing, but it does demonstrate the relative integrity of different plastics...

Helmets used in a situation where the provider has responsibility for safety should be able to pass a PPE check, as detailed here https://www.petzl.com/GB/en/Sport/News/2019-2-14/How-to-inspect-your-helmet Unscientific ?testing? on a quiet day at work a few years ago...

https://ukcaving.com/board/index.php/topic,3221.0.html And here is the thread that preceded it...

https://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=3697.0 Yes here is an example of a resin bolt failure in Rhino Rift

As far as I know the only professional caving ropework best practice document is this one, available in the public domain. http://british-caving.org.uk/wiki3/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=training:ropework_jan19.pdf Is this the one you are referring to Mark?

Hi Hellie it would be good if your survey acknowledged that the BCA doesn?t just represent cavers, but mine explorers too. There are many Mine explorers that don?t go caving, and cavers that don?t go mine exploring. There are also many that do both! A vision for BCA must fully represent the...

I?ve had a Fenix HL60R for two years and it?s done just on 300 trips. Burn time is excellent, brightness and spread is excellent. No issues at all with the USB port, and very convenient to charge. Spare battery easy to carry, though I rarely need it as on setting 3 (out of five) it?ll do seven...