SamT
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On recent trips into giants I was surprised to see dumps of carbide that looked fairly fresh. Now I've always assumed that these dumps were placed there in 1952 when cavers used carbide and didn't know better.
Its become apparent that cavers still do use carbide, I saw at least 3 people with sets on Saturday and that wasn't including mine.
Its also apparent that people still bloody well dump it.
Not under a rock, not in a stream or down a hole. but in nice little pile slab bang in the middle of a bank of sediment
Do they think it looks nice and neat, that people will admire their work, "oh look Jim, over there - a nice pile of spent carbide, oh how it enhances the caves appearance. How I wish I had my cameraâ€
Does it magically evaporate.
The only time I've been in a cave long enough with carbide that it gets to the stage that I needed do dump it, it was in a fast flowing stream. Now this is probably not ideal and will have some sort of effect on the environment (possibly beyond the resurgence).
But come on who actually still dumps it – If your listening – you can get natty little bags now, specifically for the job.
Please, please don't dump it, if you absolutely have to – do it in a stream.
On recent trips into giants I was surprised to see dumps of carbide that looked fairly fresh. Now I've always assumed that these dumps were placed there in 1952 when cavers used carbide and didn't know better.
Its become apparent that cavers still do use carbide, I saw at least 3 people with sets on Saturday and that wasn't including mine.
Its also apparent that people still bloody well dump it.
Not under a rock, not in a stream or down a hole. but in nice little pile slab bang in the middle of a bank of sediment
Do they think it looks nice and neat, that people will admire their work, "oh look Jim, over there - a nice pile of spent carbide, oh how it enhances the caves appearance. How I wish I had my cameraâ€
Does it magically evaporate.
The only time I've been in a cave long enough with carbide that it gets to the stage that I needed do dump it, it was in a fast flowing stream. Now this is probably not ideal and will have some sort of effect on the environment (possibly beyond the resurgence).
But come on who actually still dumps it – If your listening – you can get natty little bags now, specifically for the job.
Please, please don't dump it, if you absolutely have to – do it in a stream.