The re-anchoring has been done, and the new anchors should be OK to use from the 19th, as said. If anyone who’s going down that route in Jingling soon could take a bottle of water and wash away any drill dust you see, that would be helpful! We took (a lot of) water with us, but it wasn’t quite...

Time for some bolt climbing?

This sounds great! Maybe not so much around Dow, but in other places it could eventually help stabilise cave entrances and reduce water surges in rain. That’s very long term and location dependent though. Temperate rainforest, not tropical rainforest 😜 There are many examples of it on the west...

That’s really helpful thanks

Getting hold of a replacement spin dryer is not a problem, I’m thinking more about what we could do so it doesn’t keep getting broken, and consuming people’s time in repeatedly fixing or replacing it.

Found one of the Petzl Superavanti leg loop buckle protectors at Bull Pot Farm this week. Let me know if you’ve lost it, or, if the owner doesn’t come forward, whether you’d like one. Might as well go to a good home.

Yup, that kind of thing, although I don’t know the exact model off the top of my head

Since we’ve recently had a washing machine thread, why not keep the theme going and talk about spin dryers too? 🥳 The spin dryer in our club hut frequently gets damaged, partially because it’s a little too small for most furries, partially because it’s a slightly flimsy plastic design where...

Is it a tea tray, complete with a selection of beverages and tasty snacks?

This page on the CPC website seems to suggest the magnetometer picked up railway tracks which were used to cover the shaft entrance, and several other websites also say the magnetometer picked up whatever was covering the shaft. I haven’t found a canonical source. The angle iron we removed...

Thanks to the help and patience of my friends on our trip down Magnetometer this weekend, we removed a decent handful of rusted angle iron, wood and oil drum bits from the chamber at the bottom of the entrance pitch.

It’s been a few months, so time to resurrect this thread. I got some 1.2mm stainless spring wire and have made a replacement spring. It’s ugly, but so far it seems to work. Photo below is before I trimmed the legs down to size. The one on the right is the original failed one, missing a leg 🤕...

Found on Tuesday (18th Feb 2025): lens from a headtorch, on the track towards County Pot, quite near Bull Pot Farm. About 35mm diameter, looks like it’s come unscrewed from the headtorch body. Has an o-ring on it. Not sure of the brand.

As it’s reached its 10 year birthday, I’m retiring and replacing my helmet as per manufacturer’s instructions. It’s had quite a lot of UV exposure in its life (expeditions and outdoor climbing). I have a vague memory of reading somewhere about people wanting old equipment for drop testing. Is...

If the readings are uploaded, they should be correct. It looks like a load of readings weren’t uploaded in the last few days — this typically happens due to internet problems, or wireless connectivity problems. I’ve not been able to debug the problem enough to fix it perfectly. You can see if a...

I’m hoofing a hard time keeping up with all these jokes

Recip saw is packed 👨‍⚕️🔪

I’m planning on removing the horse tomorrow (Friday 29th), meeting at 18:00 on the fell. Currently samouse1 is coming along — it would be handy to have one or two others so there are some extra hands. Anyone keen? I can give lifts in the local area, but am heading to BPF afterwards so can’t do...

That’s very kind, but I’ll go with Ian Walker’s offer (since I’ll see him quite soon), thanks!

The InsideOut website is indeed unmaintained and shouldn’t be accepting orders. Don’t try and order anything from it!