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Recent content by Edd

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    MTDE Chest Harness in Swildons

    My MTDE Gamma chest harness (bra-type) with a red crab is somewhere in Swildons. I did the Priddy Green Sink-Mud Sump-Out trip. It's likely to be by the dive weights by Swildons Four but it could have also fallen out of a tackle sack on the way out. If it fell out of a tackle sack, it's most...
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    Fenix (?) torch in Oxlow/Maskhill

    I found a fancy torch in West Chamber (the big bit at the bottom) during a Maskhill-Oxlow exchange trip on Saturday 7th December, 2013. The torch is short (hand-sized) and black and looks like it's a Fenix design. If you want to claim it, you'll have to describe the distinctive item that it was...
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    P8 - Idiot's Leap Rope (& lost gear)

    Rosie from SUSS has reported that the knotted hand-line on Idiot's Leap has been removed (it was there on Sunday afternoon when I used it). She has also found a krab with orange & purple tape markings.
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    Parking in Ingleton

    We had three cars parked in the Wheatsheaf pub car park on Saturday morning while we went to Inglesports/Bernies. We got ?40 fines for it. There are now a signs up saying they'll do this. Consider parking somewhere else.
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    Wales in the wet

    The weather forecast is lots of rain up to and including Friday and then fine (apparently) and I'm going to have a party that is probably quite low on experience. Any suggestions for a decent days caving in Wales this Saturday? I was thinking of playing about in the Clydach Gorge, Ogof Clogwyn...
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    Longwood Advice

    I'm planning to go down Longwood this weekend (if I can miss the heavy rain) but I was wondering about two things. 1. What's the best way to rig the traverse - are there obvious rocks to use? 2. What are the danger points in the wet? Mendip Underground mentions the drainpipe & wet chimney and...
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