Okay I assumed so but wanted to check. Thanks!

Great, thank you Martin! Out of interest, which email address did you send it to, so I know for future reference?

Afternoon everyone, Did a small trip in Eastwater (just past the ladder pitch) yesterday and on the way back out, a member of our party ran into some difficulties in the low section coming back into the bottom of Dolphin Pot; a section of the roof of the crawl collapsed as he was coming through...

Awesome thanks 😁 I am actually already a CSS member but barely ever seem to run in to other members aside from Adrian and John (mostly up there in the mid week so could be why!). I’ll ask around :)

Hi Gabby, are you involved in the dig? I’ve been looking at getting involved in some digs for a while and would love to help out if you need a hand 😁

I’ve seen a couple of these around recently on club trips and asked where they came from. Apparently they’re very rare now, though even years later are still solid! I’m assuming someone has already tried, but would be interesting to create an oversuit with built in, ‘half moon’ (covering the...

I actually had a pair of pull-on ones that I glued to some old long wet socks that I snipped the feet off, and the wraparound design worked quite well (plus if they did shift from crawling you still had some padding), but they restricted movement rather a lot. On the contrary I’ve had Warmbac...

I’m using the Velcro variety; mine aren’t the Kevlar type (not that it matters, because they haven’t lasted long enough for the pad itself to even be scuffed). I always struggled with the pull-up type; they either seem to flap around and get in the way or cut off the feeling in my feet...

I’ve had a lot of issues with the strap stitch points on the last few Warmbac pairs I’ve had? After three or so trips the strap has ended up clinging on to the pad just via the black trim section around the edge, as all the fabric on the stitch point has just disintegrated :(

I actually had a look at these and was tempted to give them a go; only reason I got the Gul ones instead was because I wanted to see how D30 would hold up in a cave, as it’s a fascinating material. Might a buy a pair then if you reckon they’re worth a shot! Do you find they help hold the...

I have noticed there seems to be stock issues with them but they do come up if you hunt enough! My next step is probably to double them up with my Warmbac pads and see how comfortable/practical they are for longer crawls (though mostly to protect the knee fabric on the oversuit)

So I made a bit of a discovery recently and after finally getting them underground a bit, thought I’d share the experience, as these are honestly the best kneepads I’ve ever used! I recently bought a pair of Gul Pro D30 kneepads from Amazon; they popped up on my search when I was looking to...

Unfortunately I think the only proper long pitch we have nearby is probably Atlas Pot in Thrupe Lane Swallet, which we have yet to manage to explore (I’d love to, but can’t seem to find a leader), so a pulley is definitely a good idea!

Brilliant, that’s some great advice, thank you! I think we’re going to pop over to Hunter’s Hole for a trial at some point in the next few weeks so I’ll remember the disadvantages you mentioned and see if the modern gear designs might have rectified any of the issues you had. Whether or not...

Yeah I did wonder how much energy it would actually save over a proper long pitch; in terms of speed it makes sense, but in comparison it’s basically squats versus walking up stairs isn’t it? Maybe when I test it I’ll do the same pitch twice with frog and stair-walking with a stopwatch, and...

See for yourself 😉

So the original reason I assumed it wasn’t going to work was because of the chest roller too; I’ve read about the American system quite a lot and it seemed like a faff. However the authors insist that they have made it work using only a chest jammer with the repositioned hand jammer, and...

That was rather similar to the response I got from friends that I mentioned it to 😂. I’ve been researching it for a few months and found relatively little. While perusing a tree surgeon/rope access retailer I found a whole section of knee ascenders and discovered hundreds of arborist videos on...

Out of interest, has anyone here had any experience of trying a knee ascender/stairwalking SRT technique? I recently bought Alpine Caving Techniques which mentioned the French using a bungee cord to position a hand jammer at knee height and a pantin on the other foot, which allowed them to...

I’ve just checked the website. You can buy the tubes for 49p each!