If you want to see expert laddering, check out Fred Dibnah's videos.

In 1974, we had a trip to Poland. See Dave Gill's book. Visited Czarna, Mietusia and, of course, Sniezna/Nad kotlinami. Excellent caves, wonderful people.

I once had a great "opportunity" to help a group of "white Zimbabwean farmers" get their money out of the country before it could be acquired by Robert Mugabe. Points for creativity but not much else - the details were beyond stupid!

RIP Dave. What a great bloke and a great loss. He typified the hard men of the Eldon in the 60s and 70s and was a driving force behind so many expeditions - I was privileged to be with him on a few of those - PSM, Poland, Nare in PNG and China, as well as on a wide variety of Eldon trips over...

Probably wouldn't use a posser in those...

At the risk of starting a ladders vs SRT debate, why would anyone NOT put a ladder on a 20 foot pitch, such as SAY Garland's Pot in Giants. It's just too much faffing about with ascenders etc. Talking of Garland's, if it's wet, a ladder and a strong lifeline will get people out quicker and...

There's a midden in Ashford Black Marble mine that has (had?) a wooden clog sole, obviously the clogs had fallen apart. The sad thing is that it was only about six inches long - child labour...

On a walking holiday in Interlaken in Switzerland, I spotted a colourful bug on the footpath and bent down to look at it, nearly knocking heads with someone doing the same thing. Turns out it was another Eldon member!

His good mate Paul Deakin always used to refer to him as Woolly Jerryridge - something to do with the beard! A sad loss indeed.

Very sad; what a humorous and polite gentleman he was. And an excellent ballroom dancer, if I recall.

Yep, had a few fun nights there! And, as Jon said, he was a very generous man with his mates. Another great caving character!

At the risk of hijacking the post, there are very many stories that could be told about Ken, numerous of them with potential legal implications (although Ken passed away a few years ago). We took Ken to the punk disco, The Ranch, in Manchester and then afterwards he took us to one of his haunts...

You're welcome!!! :devilish:

Paul sent me a DVD with all the photos taken in the Berger from 1985 - 1988, if that's of interest.

This appears to be a spectacularly counter-intuitive site to try and negotiate. Any ideas on how to actually view the total images?

What's PNG Pot?

Streaker Sue from Southampton... But maybe not the nude photos of Luton Ron...

Reality check for how old you think you are. Fall over in front of a group of people and - if they laugh - you are young - if they panic and rush to help you - you're old!

I think the Descent ads were from Aquaquipment of St Albans. I got one of their kits and cut the whole thing out with the scissors on my Swiss Army Knife! A mate's wife once sewed sequins all over the arse of his wetsuit - made it easy to see him when you were following him!