(Edelrid) Spoc and microtraxion look pretty much the same (except for the weight) - basically the same efficiency and features. Nanotraxion is lighter but you lose the ability to lock out the cam. The reality is these are all extremely efficient devices so if you are struggling to haul with a...

I thought the same but I was either wrong or the rules have changed. https://www.iata.org/contentassets/6fea26dd84d24b26a7a1fd5788561d6e/passenger-lithium-battery.pdf So the guidance in that is that 'personal electronic devices' (PEDs) should go in cabin baggage, but they are allowed in...

As a small wriggly person, I'm can get out of Stile Pot pretty quickly. I don't think I've tried going in via Stile. The final open chimney is the only bit that stops me sending students up or down it :P Generally I think for novice trips Small Mammal is probably a bit easier than Bar as there...

I think I am also confusing various rifts in various places (namely the rift that takes you down towards Whitehall, and some other horrible rifts off Whitehall itself).

For some reason nearly all descriptions of the route from Small Mammal to Bar Pot seem to be a little bit light on details... particularly the first bit where there are various places to go (briefly) wrong e.g. (if my memory is correct) when heading away from the pitch heading left rapidly ends...

Portable bag weighing scales are an essential. Carry-on weight can be a problem and if you are bringing a laptop, power bank, multiple headlight batteries etc. you can end up in trouble (I had issues leaving Vietnam when the domestic carrier weighed the carry-on bag and I got rushed to the...

Dig through here or go on UKClimbing and you will read many stories of people trying to take rope, carabiners, SRT kit etc. in hand luggage and having it confiscated. Some people will swear blind it's fine 'I've done it loads of time, it's fine' - until it happens to them (little sympathy is...

you must be thinking of someone else :P I have a large head but not that large...

Agree entirely that a trivial pitch/slope doesn't need a topo if the rope length and suitable description (e.g. 2 resin anchors, 10m rope required) is provided. The problem with doing a really good job is that it makes perfection seem more achievable and indeed unreasonably expected :P

As a (very recent) anchor installer (not with the CNCC) I am aware that installing resin anchors is a fairly substantial faff, as is returning to the installation location later, rigging it, derigging it, and then measuring all the rope lengths... However, the BCA paid for those anchors and it...

Out of curiosity, does the CNCC intend for every CNCC-installed anchor to be shown on a topo (or at least described) on the CNCC web page? I know of at least two locations with IC anchors that have no CNCC topos (namely the Dome Alternative in Lost Johns, and Upper Trident in County Pot) that...

Last time I tried that I couldn't find a deviation, went back up and went down a different route.

Still space I think?

In this case (not necessarily to be extended to other cases) it would give you 12 hours, plenty of time for a normal caving trip even if the heavens burst immediately after you entered. If you went into Sleets Gill while it was raining, then you only have yourself to blame. But 12 hours even in...

Sudden bleeding after removal of large rocks is pretty much the only even vaguely plausible scenario I can think of (in response to your final question)... I have sealed saline pods in my first aid kits which are mostly there because I have contact lenses and might need them once day, but would...