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  1. Jon

    Harness found

    I found a purple Petzl harness in the Bull Pot farm washing pool today, I left it next to the farm door. It has a bit of rust on it, not sure how long it's been there
  2. Jon

    Cow Pot in wet weather

    I've read the guidebook weather warning relating to Cow Pot. Do any local experts think it'll be too wet based on Tuesday's or Wednesday's forecast?
  3. Jon

    Search function problems

    If I want to search for "Cow Pot wet weather", is there a trick to get it to work? Currently the search function ignores the three letter words so just produces threads relating to "weather".
  4. Jon

    Notts route recommendations

    I'm hoping to go down Notts this week, does anyone have any recommendations as to which route I should take for a first time visit? Sent from my Lenovo YT3-X50F using Tapatalk
  5. Jon

    Boxhead Pot

    I've been trying to get to Boxhead Pot the last few weeks but failed due to various issues. This weekend it looks wet with possibly some rain on Monday, the day I'm hoping to go. Before I apply for a permit, can someone tell me how bad Boxhead gets in wet weather? Thinking of doing the Kendal...
  6. Jon

    Bolt failures

    I try to rig with best practice in mind, one of the considerations being a bolt failure. Am I correct in assuming that P bolt failures are rare or non existent, through bolt failures are rare but spit failures occurred enough to warrant the move to P bolts? With P bolts and through bolts, is it...
  7. Jon

    Comparing different weather forecasts

    Has anyone took the time to compare different forecast providers for caving areas to see which is the most reliable? I contacted a few of the providers that I use recently to find out about the differences in data and modelling and got the following replies. I'd be interested in anyone's...
  8. Jon

    Juniper Gulf sump

    Does anyone know where the Juniper Gulf sump connects to? Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk
  9. Jon

    Historic weather forecasts

    Does anyone know how to get a historic weather forecast? I should have taken a screenshot last Thursday but forgot.
  10. Jon

    Kong Indy Evo

    Has anyone used one of these? https://www.kong.it/en/2-products/items/f19-descenders/p280-indy-evo Sent from my Lenovo YT3-X50F using Tapatalk
  11. Jon

    Two interesting bits of kit from Grivel

    An ascender that you can also descend on - http://www.grivel.com/products/rock/belay_rappel/82-ad video - http://www.ukclimbing.com/gear/news.php?id=6594 And a twin gate snaplink carabiner - http://www.grivel.com/products/full_product_list/fpl_carabiners.php...
  12. Jon

    why rock climbers aren't a liability to landowners

    https://www.thebmc.co.uk/why-rock-climbers-arent-a-liability From the BMC. Would this not be the same for cavers?
  13. Jon

    Knock Fell caverns suggested route

    The current plan is to wander around with the survey but I've heard mention of a recommended route but can't find one online. Does anyone have any suggestions?
  14. Jon

    Dismal Hill / Old Ing

    Thinking of the through trip on Thursday morning, hopefully before the rain arrives. Does anyone know what Dismal Hill is like in wet weather? Also, I know the location of the sump bypass in Old Ing but I've never been in Dismal Hill, is it hard to find from that end?
  15. Jon

    Spits in Magnetometer Pot

    Has anyone been to Magnetometer pot recently and tell about the state of the spits?
  16. Jon

    The BMC model

    As mentioned before by Stu, climbers and hill walkers are represented nationally by the BMC, who have area reps who deal with access issues locally.  Why can't caving be the same? Why can't the BCA take over access issues, appointing cavers local to each area to deal with local issues? I...
  17. Jon

    CNCC AGM 1st March 9.30am Hellifield Institute

    Who's going? I'm free and I'm quite keen to see what it's all about so I'll pop along.
  18. Jon

    Is Death's Head Hole a phreatic riser?

    Or am I completely wrong?
  19. Jon

    Rude Nora II

    Rude Nora II Available Soon - Rude Nora II                                             ..... Ruder How soon?
  20. Jon

    Clarifying the CROW access debate

    I'm starting to get lost in the access debate amongst the personality clashes, off topic diversions and gazillions of posts. Would it help if each main "protagonist" wrote a summary of their reasoning & plan of action? They could be posted on here or on a blog. Please, pretty please. Be...
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