Recent content by Paul Smith

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    Digging in Fairy Cave Quarry

    So who is digging in Fairy Cave Quarry currently? I spotted two dig sites yesterday when I was there climbing. Getting up to the base of Withy Crack is currently a tad more tricky with all the rubble around.
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    Lifespan of equipment

    Have you ever wondered what the different climbing equipment manufacturers state as the maximum life span of their different products? As many of the manufacturers product caving equipment, I would imagine that this may be of interest to you. Well to save you the time of looking for all of the...
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    Loose bolt in Swildons.

    Just to let people know that I noticed today that the top bolt of the pair of glued in bolts at the top of the Twenty is moving around. Not enough to pull out currently, but there is cracking all round the resin. I'm sure that others may have noticed, but thought that I should share my observation.
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    Rubbish in Swildon's

    During a quick afternoon jaunt in the Upper series of Swildon's we found 4 empty cans of energy drink, three of them just dropped on the floor, but one was carefully positioned near the columns of the long dry way. We have been removed them, as you would expect.
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    Upper Balls Green Mine

    Has anyone else been in this mine recently? We went for a quick explore this afternoon of what we thought was it. (I.e the fenced off Mine marked on the 1:25K map near Ball's Green) and we couldn't find anything that looked like the photos that we had seen of it during our research. We entered...
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    Recommend me some local trips to do.

    Evening all, I've after some recommendations on local (Mendip/Bath) trips to do, that aren't gated/locked, I'm not after really tight stuff or anything particularly technical from a rope work point of view. I'm currently not that interested in the faff that is trying to get hold of keys (not...
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    Caves / Mines that are suitable to be used by a Level 1 Cave/mine leader

    I was wondering if you lot can help me, I work in a school in Malvern and am the lucky person to be in charge of all of the outdoor education. I'm mainly a Mountaineer / Climber / Kayaker / Canoer, who has played around a few times in the past with a spot of mining and caving, mainly in North...
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