Definately not, bograt. There are a few of us working very hard behind the scenes to keep the exploration alive.
Stay tuned for some long awaited projects...
Whilst pumping has largely been done around derbyshire with your generations work on the hillocks knotlow system. There are a couple of sumps that could do with a bit of work, but most are out of reach of generators. One such that might still benifit from pumping with a generator is one in peak cavern showcave, which apparently was still going when the 1st credit crunch drew to a close.
There are a dedicated few that are also having specialist training in persuasion techniques.
I for one am keen to show some of the new people the old school persuasion techniques such as plugs and feathers and hilti capping. As well as one TSG member who told me tonight that he wants to learn bolt climbing, he will certainly get an opportunity to do that, as we've got a project that needs it!
As i said before just a SUSS in joke, if you look at any adult club there are one or two members that do other things. It's just our close relationship with those ...students that means they give us some tongue in cheek comments. But we're 'proper' cavers so we can take it.