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    Eldon Hole - Trip Report

    Better late than never :) The Pigeon Carrier - http://www.butteredbadger.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=407:the-pigeon-carrier&catid=45:eldon-dig-reports&Itemid=58 Ivor, Mark R, TomTom 14/07/16 This report has been written a little late so apologies for vagueness. We...
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    Eldon Hole - Trip Report

    You're about to be spoilt! Here's Thursdays report with Sundays soon to follow I imagine. Ivor, Mark R, TomTom 23/06/16 Whilst the country was having its EU vote on whether to cut off its nose to spite its face a small contingent of badgers headed off to do some twilight caving...
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    Responsible cavers

    A responsible caver? Someone who helps and encourages others to cave. Someone who creates a positive image of caving. Probably something like that.
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    Lunacy

    Could be worse, could have been found prussiking up the bucket haul line in a 13m dig shaft which was held in place by a overhand knot jammed into the pulley at the top. Followed by tieing herself to a handline which blatantly wasn't the 60m entrance shaft only to get stuck a meter off the floor...
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    Mr S Pole goes digging down Eldon...

    Happy to see that the video has gone down well  ;D Now to complete the trilogy by strapping the GoPro to a plank for part two, and a..... scaff clip(?) for part three If we ever decide to make and epic fear not, there is a 10 hour version of the song...
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    Win a Makita Drill, charger and 2 batteries!!

    I am submitting a report on behalf of a Mr S Pole of the Buttered badgers. He is somewhat lacking in opposable anything so his report will be a vlog  :halo: http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=18285.375
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    Eldon Hole - Trip Report

    ...We exited some time after 10 having collected some footage for an unusual trip report... Yes, we assisted our friend Mr S Pole with recording his first ever trip into a cave, and here it is: !Enjoy!
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    Eldon Hole - Trip Report

    If only I was there to help. I do love carrying loads up that field. Oh well, there's always Thursday.
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    Eldon Hole - Trip Report

    David S, Ivor, Mark R, TomTom 28/04/16 I was running a little late but as it turned out it all worked out, Mark and David were just heading up the hill as Ivor and myself arrived. We had plenty of planks to take to the dig and with a few of us going down Mark rigged the North and West routes...
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    Eldon Hole - Trip Report

    Pretty much no capping needed at the moment. The occasional one needs the rock net to haul up but most are easily handled.
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    Eldon Hole - Trip Report

    In fact, all done.... Production value Henry R, Ivor, Mark R, TomTom 14/06/16 http://www.butteredbadger.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=394:production-value&catid=45:eldon-dig-reports&Itemid=58 Arriving at Eldon hole I was greeted by Ivor who had read about the dig on...
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    Eldon Hole - Trip Report

    We filmed a video tour of the dig on Thursday night, I'll quickly stitch it together and get it on here this weekend along with a report. The dig now also has a very impressive ladder installed (yes, there is such a thing).
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    Eldon Hole - Trip Report

    Will do, I'll take the camera and you can take my share of scaffold poles :)
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    More media - an alternative view

    As requested...
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    Eldon Hole - Trip Report

    Mark R, TomTom 07/04/16 Whilst the morning was wind and hail central by the time it was dig o?clock the weather was back to being rather nice again. The weather did however mean that both Mark and myself had to abandon our cars at the limit of their momentum. Tonights load was much more...
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