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Once upon a time three cavers went to descend Hurnell Moss Pot. Theres a big old traverse around the top and Dave was in front. Requesting the spanner to fit the bolt in the spit, i passed it to him smug that i had hung my rigging gear bits on some nice thin kevlar cord. He took it and examined...

As Gm says, thanks to all .

After a lot of faff been able to display a 1966 survey onto modern mapping . Its definitely worthwhile .

Personally battling through Qgis to try to make sense of layering old surveys on maps and new surveys. A number of us up north would really appreciate any input on this. Any chance of a course sponsered by CNCC to spread the knowledge?

Hi Tim, going to check it out tmro. See you soon maybe at Sixpence next week?

Hi JAA, if you have one going spare that would be great! Thanks

Personally i really dont like to post stuff like this cos im always glass half full. Unfortunately the Angels of the North dig was raided last week by who knows what kinda nutters. They slashed our ropes to nick expensive pulleys and brand new scaff clips recently supplied via NE and BPC. They...

Thanks LadyMud!

Thanks all done now!

Renowned cave photographer makes bid for role in La La Land 2.

A 30m SRT rope to go. I can get it to most clubs huts across the dales if anyone is up that way.

Few weeks ago my mate left his oversuit at home inadvertently so i did dig surface and lent him my suit. Next week another pal left his helmet and lamp. Lended mine pm. Feeling smug the week after and all tooled up I reached for my grinder to sort some bolts on the conveyer belting. No locking...

Hello, this is exactly what I /we need to recover a survey whence the data was destroyed by relatives of a deceased colleague. Any further info appreciated.

Anything at Gaping Gill if you sign in at the winch meet you can ride the winch back up and no prussiking.

Hi Snebbit, Alanw, thanks for the interest. Its basically a loop from the bottom of the straight run of steps through to the Sentinel, near the Reideer steps. The bit across the road is the original miners entrance rift which was skilfully capped with concrete rings by former owner Gordon...

Well, children have often asked me whats your Favourite cave? (Having been an outdoor instructor) Well , my answer has been, " silly question but thanks for asking. They are all different, but i am grateful for each and every one of them. My favourite cave is a cave."

If you dismantle it take pics at every stage!

I knew him as "bouncing bushell". On the Berger in 94 he climbed a 50 ft pitch ahead of me without attachment to his ascenders. He had just presented me with two stuffed sacks of rope in addition to those i carried. Near the top he fell off, i think he forgot his foot jammer wasnt attached when...

In Cumbrian, "leck" means a very hard subsoil......

Hi Pete, I have no knowledge of any official disposal documents. When we first started looking for belting, to try to reduce the number of underground personnel required, i went on ebay. It was quite clear that theres a trade in s/h belting. The materials we received are excellent and could...