Out of interest what's your opinion of the Petzl Freino (or the other way round Z). Do you not use them in your setup due to wear/economy, or other reason? andrewmacleod: There is also the Petzl Ball-ache which is available on the Am'D. Fixed it for you!

An oddity of caving carabiner discussions is that snaplink always seems to *assume* solid gates Personally I find camp nano 22 (wire gate) to be big enough to be useable and fine wearing gloves - can't say the same for all small carabiners. And at only 22g compared to Petzl djinn at 45g...

He says it's not science unless you have a sample size of 2, so this is fully scientifically rigorous 🤣 Jump to 3:23 if you want to go straight there without seeing kong slide

Bar first pitch is an odd one, some people (similar builds) seem to find it fun and others have an absolute nightmare. (Luckily I'm in the first category) It seems a bit "marmite". I'd be up for trying stile some time, but a bit intimidated by the description above, sounds a route finding nightmare!

Beat me too it. Go over to the UKC forums and check yourself, climbers have similar issues. Taking "dangerous" items like carabiners you are at the mercy of the random opinion of a LOT of people between public departures area and your seat. It only takes one officious nutjob to decide it's not...

*HUGE* thanks to tour guide extrordinaire: wormster Shame we couldn't be joined by the other member on this trip, hopefully we'll be diving at Vobster again and be able to see more Swildon's (or other cave) some time I now have sensible answers to my stupid questions!! having been to the 20...

Wondered that myself, when there I was sitting at the bottom of the first pitch waiting for someone who really struggled to manage the chimney squeeze top section. I was pondering that very crawl (to the "right, opposite side from the scaffolding) and wondering if it offered escape and was the...

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That's no depth gauge, that's a speed camera for ducks

Ahhhh makes sense! I got a super cheap Chinese wetsuit jacket and despite washing it on cold super quick wash (so face fabric shrinkage seems unlikely) it dropped a size after about 4 or 5 washes or something. Was wondering how that was possible, maybe the above is the explanation

Ironically Petzl comment on durability and quality are missing a letter from the first word of the text 🤣 https://m.petzl.com/US/en/Sport/News/2023-11-14/Reinventing-The-Way-You-Rack DURABILITY t seems like things don’t last as long as they used to. The desire to keep costs low has led other...

Depending on if it'd be a liability for you, but you could contact the bona vacantia office and ask if the company should be considered bona vacantia and if so ask if you can buy it for £100? Totally unlikely to work, but there is a tiny slim chance it might, sometimes if you are simultaneously...

I particularly like the little eye graphic on the far right at ruler height 10-12 if you look closely, to me anyway... it has an almost stern feel perhaps it's unapproving? 😠

Just in case anyone wants to know what the optional doo-dahs look like. Thanks Lyon/Petzl

The thing that can go wrong is if the zip linee is caught by unexpected gusts of wind and/or the staff didn't add enough weight to a light and they aren't quite fast enough to hit the stop on a long zip line. Then they *nearly* arrive and go in reverse towards the lowest point. A member of staff...

Fixed it for you

Priddy Green Sink sounds worse? That's reputedly constantly bad rather than sometimes bad. And presumably the Dales has it's own "treasures" too? I've only seen CAW once and it was dry (well sticky stinky mud, but no water at all) despite the fact the rest of the system was decidedly damp. When...

While I'm unconnected to university caving, do you realise how much of a can of worms your comment opens? If BCA started to view eligibility for the insurance to be linked in some way with demonstrable competence (qualifications?) for Higher Education, what logical difference to that and non...

Would a big fistful of water purification tablets chucked in and left for a bit make matters marginally less bad, or would the water just get replaced/exchanged with fresh worm infested filth too quickly

Don't tell anyone before the patent is secure!!