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    The Assault Course via Peak Cavern.

    I think it’s very likely there’s more to be found - but I’ll leave it to someone else. You’d need to be insane to dig up there with any sort of regularity.
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    The Assault Course via Peak Cavern.

    Oscar Doyle + Andy Thompson Derbyshire’s most feckless duo have had Assault course in our sights for some time - so it was that on Saturday morning that we extricated ourselves from our nice warm beds, shook off the hangover and loaded up the car. Getting to the cave just in time ~10:15 -...
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    Caving Memes

    All credit to TSG Adam for the photo-doctory.
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    Dachstein 2023

    20/08/2023 Oscar D and Alex R - Pitch Pitch, Mud Mud Fast forwarding to Sunday morning - Saturday was spent in Camp 1 doing a inventory of all the supplies, making a detailed list of every last Spork, gas canister and out of date packet of Smash that we could find. We had big plans for the...
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    Dachstein 2023

    18/08/2023 Oscar D and Alex R - The Definition of Madness After a relaxing Thursday spent resting at Camelot and enjoying some liquid refreshment at the Weisberghaus - we spent the evening packing and re-packing our freeze-dried meals, sleeping mats and various bolting equipment ready for...
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    Dachstein 2023

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    Dachstein 2023

    16/08/2023 Oscar Doyle and Alex Ried - Quest for the 70 dry bypass Pt.2 An early reveille at 7am was followed by 2 hours of gear hassle and rope packing. Finally at 9:30am we began the walk up to WUG. Arriving at the entrance and grabbing our gear from under the tarp we prepped for the trip...
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    Dachstein 2023

    15/08/23 Alex Ried and Oscar Doyle The Quest for the 70 dry bypass. Last year Alex and I spent a good couple of hours stuck in a bothy bag on a ledge above the last pitch of the 70. The 70 is a series of pitches that follow the entrance series to WUG and are just before the 110 pitch series...
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    Earthquake, may have affected Peak District caves

    This explains why the furniture was shaking at the Chapel last night…
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    Advice on getting more sleep in a bivi bag

    Looks like an army surplus one - they have a very wide opening at the head. Something with a closure or a smaller opening would probably be cosier.
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    Blue AV suit lost at BPF

    Caver post to the TSG would be preferred - if not then I might be able to arrange picking it up.
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    Blue AV suit lost at BPF

    Large blue AV Titan - lighter in the chest pocket. Left to dry on Saturday (31st) in the corner of the drying room at the farm. Couldn’t find it on Sunday so I assume someone has mistaken it for theirs and taken it home.
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    Dachstein Expedition 2022

    Monday 22nd August 2022 After having to bail early on Thursday's rigging trip and having been confined to surface duties for the weekend by the rain - we were desperate to get back underground. A three day camp trip was planned so that Alex and I could attempt to climb 'Forbidden Aven' at the...
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    Dachstein Expedition 2022

    Wednesday 17th August 2022 At 10:00 we headed down into WUG to start the re-rigging from the tight pitch head down after our successful trip yesterday exploding the tight pitch head to make it the “less tight pitch head.” Alex drilling in the tight pitch head Equipped with a large volume of...
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    Dachstein Expedition 2022

    Tuesday 16th August 2022 After a bit of rough night sleep owing to the mice we seem to be sharing Camelot with this year - we awoke to a new and exciting day on the mountain. View from the kitchen window Alex Ried and myself set off for WUG to rig the entrance pitch and go down to -120m to...
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