Caving Crew wetness P scale (suggested)

[tdobson]

P0: like a desert. No water. eg some parts of Alderley Edge West Mine.
P1-2: small amounts of optional water/puddles. eg Wapping Cumberland mine
P3-4: above wellie depth, mandatory water. eg Bagshawe Main series
P5-6: Maybe isolated significant wetness, but full immersion not required. Eg Bagshawe lower series
P7-8: Small areas of dryness but significantly soggy. Wetsuits recommended. eg Giants Round trip
P9: not one bit of dryness left on your body. eg Giants East Canal, probably
P10: monsoon like. Sporting. Wetsuits mandatory. Maybe you misread the weather forecast or freedived something. eg Swildons sump 1

The P scale is named after a trip to P8 with Dean, Alison, Judith and Matt that also was "a P8".

 

[A_Northerner]

It really bothers me that this P scale doesn't apply commensurately with all the other Perryfoot caves.

 

[langcliffe]

Up in Yorkshire, we have nowt, damp and sporting.

 

[shotlighter]

I only know of 2 grades
1 Dry and dusty. - Anything up to neck deep.
2 Barely above ankle deep. - You'll be swimming.

 

[SqueezyPete]

How about adding a P0(xlow): Definitely a dry trip, until you get soaked through by intermittent dripping before remembering how wet the wet pitch actually is.

 

[Katie]

I'm with A_Northerner
Don't think I can cope with a P scale that doesn't correspond to the other P numbers! Gunna be really confusing if P3 (Gautries) is actually P8 and P12 (Giants) is really to be found somewhere between P7 and P9!

 

[mikem]

& I thought it was going to be related to the amount of beer your drank previous night...

 

[crickleymal]

Surely if it's a P scale there should be a warm and wet in there somewhere?

 

[alastairgott]

I'm not so sure Mike, I thought that would be the PU scale as in Jrat's logbook: http://www.mcra.org.uk/logbooks/files/JRatVol1.pdf