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How do you prefer to first hear that a dig has gone?

How do you prefer to first hear that a dig has gone?

  • An article in Descent

    Votes: 7 18.4%

  • A post on UkCaving

    Votes: 20 52.6%

  • An article on the club's website (if there is one of course)

    Votes: 4 10.5%

  • Some other website (such as HnH's site for Peak Disctrict)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Not at all!

    Votes: 1 2.6%

  • Other...

    Votes: 6 15.8%
  • Total voters
    38
Rob

Rob

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I'd guess that directly from the diggers, and probably in a pub, is generally going to be the optimum, so i want to only concentrate on bigger scale broadcast with this poll.

And no I'm not trying to undermine any of the mediums, especially Descent where i think it's always worth sending in articles, it's just whether people prefer to wait to see it in print, or get the gossip straight away? Maybe by seeing some selective information about it on here will encourage you to go and buy Descent to see all the juicy details?
 
That would be feeling that the dig had gone, not hearing it, perhaps listening to the sound of the draft through your whiskers would be more appropriate? ;D
 
I would prefer to hear '' Don't bother bagging any more, I can see 300 metres of finely decorated passage. Let's take a look''.
It would most likely be ''Carry on bagging, I can see 3 feet of muddy passge followed by a huge boulder choke''.
;D
 
By the sound of rocks falling away down a 70 foot pitch as we heard on the breakthrough at the top of Shower Pot in Bath Swallet. ;D ;D
 
I reckon Robs got a point with the "Club Website Article" - makes it feel more official in a way

So I'd go with...

1) An article on a clubs website, preliminary survey & pictures ect
2) A link to the article from UK Caving forums
3) A proper "glossy" article in Decent

Then we might cut down on the endless questions & have everything in one place so we don't have "Breakthrough" on page 1, "Photo's" on page 25 & "Survey" on page 115 of the thread!
 
I agree with BenM's post.

however - keeping 'gossip' underwraps is getting harder with the advent of t'interweb
 
graham said:
SamT said:
however - keeping 'gossip' underwraps is getting harder with the advent of t'interweb
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Some parts of UK are managing it at present. ;)
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Although not now you have posted that comment  ;D I imagine it is probably in Mendip, and possibly one of the caves where big discoveries have been made recently  :-\
 
I would prefer to hear a dig has gone 2 weeks before it actually does so I can be there when it does, but to my knowledge this isn't possible. An no I'm not a cave grabbing glory hunter or whatever  :ras:

Officially I think it can be declared wherever but the full report should go in a club journal or descent.

 
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