We are in the middle of making as much of the Crewe Climbing and Potholing Club's written archive available on the club web site as we can. So far all our Newsletters back to September 1991 are on line and one of our five Journals. The index to all other known Newsletters and Journals is...

I'm patching various holes in an old Meander oversuit. Unfortunately, I've run out of patch material. Does any one know of a source of small quantities of suitable PVC proofed material that will stick well with PVC cement?

Lava tubes on the moon. https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/27/warm_lunar_pits/ Found by looking for open holes. A steady 17C inside, so a lot warmer than UK caves. According to a documentary series broadcast in the early 1970's, the easier way of finding these would be to look for the shiny...

When Crewe Climbing and Potholing Club moved their Peak District Rigging Guide on line 30 months ago, we weren't sure how people would most likely use it. Would they download and print the complete pdf? Would they just view and download topos for the caves they planned to visit on a day? Now the...

What's the current thinking on these? They were always shown as an option for making cows tails, for example in Marbach & Tourte's Alpine Caving Techniques. Is this still the case, or are they now discouraged? I'm often out of touch with the state of the art. For attachment to a D Maillon, or...

One for any expert on the SMF forum software that powers UKCaving. I've looked in the Simple Machines on-line help, but can't find what I'm looking for. Is there a way of making a hyperlink that takes you to the most recent reply in a particular topic, that is stable over time with the topic...

Andy and Antonia Freem have just released the latest film in a series they are making on the Peak/Speedwell system. This is of the Ink Sump project, by Jim Lister and others. Some impressive underwater filming, digging and engineering in a very remote location over many years of work. They've...

A search doesn't seem to pick up this subject since around 2007, so I thought I'd ask. Has anyone looked in to using rope access, or linesman helmets for caving, instead of the climbing ones that are more common? Prices, compared with mountaineering helmets are a bit cheaper for rope access...

Crewe Climbing and Potholing Club have been producing the Peak District Rigging Guide as a booklet for some years. It has gone through eleven editions as new routes were added and existing ones changed. The most recent edition came out in 2012. Sales of the paper version have declined in recent...

Went down Lathkill Head Top Entrance yesterday and we got in to Tiger3. Completely dry down there and a strong draught, so could be open to Lathkill Head Cave. Will try the through trip hopefully before the weather breaks. In Tiger 3 there are lots of weird shell like nodules in the roof...