Anyone encountered this stuff in a cave? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realgar I would be interested in confirming what the deposit is, its in Wales, so should I contact the people mentioned in this thread? http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php/topic,10261.0.html Cheers Charlie

The velcro has come off the tabs used for sealing the cuffs on my meander oversuit. It did this in otter hole so I got about 10L of liquid mud up my arm.  ;D I want to repair it but I am crap at sewing. Has anyone tried glueing the velcro back on? Did it work? Any tips on repairing the cuffs...

Is anyone planning on doing any of the following trips and would be happy for me to tag along? Diau - as a long weekend or a week during the summer. Paris catacombs - for a weekend. :beer2: Cheers Charlie

I have just got a job in warrington and am looking for somewhere to live. Any cavers in manchester or liverpool got a room spare? An introduction to some people [students?] who have a spare room and wont object to smelly caving kit would be a good alternative. answers on a postcard PM please...

I am looking for a really big tackle bag, partly to shove caving kit in when in the car, partly so I can carry a full tackle bag + oversuit + srt kit in one bag for those long walks to caves, and partly because bags that everyone says take 100m of rope only really take 80 and I would like to...

this thread http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php/topic,6949.msg93749.html#new got me wondering about how dangerous misuse of krabs actually is. the link from that thread http://www.onrope1.com/Myth2.htm seems to suggest that krabs under tri-point load break at about 85lbf [40kg or 0.4KN] whereas...

During a digging session on Saturday there was an abrupt change in the type of sediment, I want to know what caused it and if we can draw any conclusions from it about future prospects. the passage goes off a streamway about 3' above the water level, going up at a slight incline, the initial...

I was wondering what people think of these 3 diffrent types Fischer 3 flute found in http://www.fischer.co.uk/befestigung/index.html as SDS plus driller Hilti standard [TE-C] drill bit http://www.hilti.co.uk/holuk/modules/prcat/prca_navigation.jsp?OID=-27774 this is the x type with 2 main...

Kong have this marked as "coming soon"  and the petzl one is the standard so, Does anyone know of a caving shop that sells Kong gear? Any ideas about weather it will cost more/less and be better/worse than the petzl? Anyone know when it is going to be available? possibly an idiot question...

No, it isn't a new hammerdrill from hilti. Its the US navy's new toy http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/4231461.html?nav=RSS20 Anyone else think this is just slightly too cool to give to the military?

I have just been told i can get rid of the bits from some old hang-gliders that are clogging up the club stores. Basically there are a load 2" diameter aluminium poles from 3' to 18' long and 5 large sheets of waterproof material. If anyone has a use for that stuff in a dig and is prepared to...

http://www.fantasypumpkins.com/ Silly man

These things have been designed for use belaying directly from anchors, and are also [apparently] failsafe. http://en.petzl.com/petzl/SportProduits?Produit=204 http://www.bdel.com/gear/atc_guide.php I would like peoples opinions on weather they have any advantages/disadvantages compared to an...

I am getting a bit tired of running the same routes in OFD with groups of novices and was looking for something diffrent. Can anyone give me a description of the tackle I would need to get a group into the OFD streamway by the knave this weekend? Info about length of ladder, lifeline, slings...