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    For Sale: 2x 10m Caving Ladders

    Two 10metre wire ladders. Good condition, the c links at ends. Used and trusted, loads of life left in them. Based in Yorkshire. £45 a piece. Call me on o79 2o4o 2o5o Cheers Si Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Krab in Calf holes / brough gill

    Calf Holes, Yorkshire Dales Krab jammed and stuck in a bolt at the top of the waterfall joining the two caves.  If you have strong fingers, or pliers, please get it back and let me know so I can investigate why it failed to open under normal circumstances (as i have many similar in use). and...
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    Bisun Prototype Mod for Duo

    A little while ago, I asked Potholer to make me a mod for my Duo...  As the lamp is rugged and waterproof, and has a sound battery box built in; why scrape together an old leaky CAEG and make a battery box for it?  (not doubting that many have success doing this). After a couple of weeks he had...
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    Wanted AV Oversuit

    Anyone got one? They seem pretty good, anyone got one? How tough are they?  Got a warmbac and dont want a Meande-rip :-)  Dont own enough glue to fix it every week :-)
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    Yorkshire

    Hi all I live in Steeton and work shifts, as Im a nurse. Fancy finding some new people to go underground with, as many people are stuck to weekends... Up for anything... Old Storrs Moor or Notts 2 to Hurnell Moss or Rowten, Ireby my fave so far... Let me know Si
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    Spare Jammer at Dolly Tubs Alum Pot

    I dropped my Wild Country Ropeman - grey with a red cam - in the pool just at the pitch head of dolly tubs.  Fished around for a while but the girl I had taken was getting too cold... Many thanks if you happen to see something glistening!! Simon Moorhouse o79 2o4o 2o5o
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    1w LED for Duo... Verdict poor!

    After browsing the many pages on the forum re Petzl Duos, I decided to go for a 1w LED to replace the halogen - which is near useless... Had it on for half an hour, and it broke!  Simply went out (whilst I was belaying my wife on a ladder).  Switched on backup torch, and all was well... Turned...
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    Clubs in Yorkshire

    Im after a club to join; i like most things - big pitches, little crawls, could maybe fancy a bit more diggin... Main thing is I live in Steeton, near Skipton, and would like to meet up with other locals to go caving with... Any advice on which clubs do more of what?  Which are more active? ...
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    Weather; like "Thursday Snow" - but not Thursday!

    Anyone been out and about in the dales today? Just wondering if the Kingsdale road is any better than it was couple of days ago... si
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    Ladders... NOT AN SRT vs LADDERS DEBATE...

    i have trawled through many many posts looking for the advice i seek... it is hinted upon in the title, maybe in post number two or three... but then every topic about ladders is a debate about whether to use them or not!! Please good people, I ask the following from you... I understand that...
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    Grease for Petzl Duo

    Well hello there chaps - and chapesses! Anyone had any bad experience with different types of grease on the seals of a Duo...  The silicone stuff from Petzl is v.pricey for what it is...  I have a tub of lithium-based grease that I might splodge on...  I have heard that Vaseline is prone to...
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    Oversuits...

    I have a Warmbac Cordura oversuit at present - which has been fab for my first year of caving :-)  It is really tough - even survived a digging / scouting trip down new rowten without so much as a scuff... I dont like the legs - now i only have little legs... Im about 5'9" and my legs only...
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    Tatham Wife Hole

    Tatty Wife on the 11 Dec 09 Naomi, my wife, and I arranged to meet our friend Bruce at Inglesport cafe for a :coffee: before going underground, for a change!  Dave managed to persuade the less eager of the party that the cave would be warm... and that the duck would be f-f-fine even with the...
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    Tatham Wife Hole

    Hello people  ;D Please help, I want to get it right, as I am sick of carrying way too much rope... there is really no need for 2 x 30m ropes in sunset hole!! Heading down Tatham Wife Hole tomorrow morning, rigging guide shows 7m then 45m rope needed... But also says rig the 1st two pitches...
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    new photo site

    wow doc you certainly have a talent - and a passion :-)  The cave diving looks amazing... never dived anywhere with a roof!  ...yet...
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