Hello & I'm visiting the UK from the US....
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Glenn
Member
Hi Amy, any BCA member club can provide you with 17 consecutive days temporary membership. They just need to record your name and address and send it to me at the end of the year. See Q's 55 to 57 here:
http://www.british-caving.org.uk/?page=15
Where proof of membership is required, D-Y-O for example, the club needs to contact me (at my usual BCA email address) so that I can provide confirmation of temporary membership. Hope this helps,
Glenn (BCA membership person)
http://www.british-caving.org.uk/?page=15
Where proof of membership is required, D-Y-O for example, the club needs to contact me (at my usual BCA email address) so that I can provide confirmation of temporary membership. Hope this helps,
Glenn (BCA membership person)
Glenn
Member
Les W said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
The earliest citation given in the Oxford English Dictionary for any word used as a name for this element is alumium, which British chemist and inventor Humphry Davy employed in 1808 for the metal he was trying to isolate electrolytically from the mineral alumina.
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Davy settled on aluminum by the time he published his 1812 book Chemical Philosophy :tease:
Although at this point in time, IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) while originally officially adopting Aluminium as the spelling when they were formed, as during the time of discovery of Aluminium were lots of other "ium" elements which they wished to stick with, with the "ium" ending is the one that caught on. However now both spellings are recognized to be legitimate by the IUPAC.Glenn said:
/chemistry nerd
Basically, being schooled in the use of Aluminum it is my standard way of spelling and saying it. However, if I see it written Aluminium I will use the other pronounciation.
Peter Burgess
New member
Back to the caving, in the Dales, to lob in a few suggestions;
For some easier caving (well, easy as in going down multiple pitches without having to go back up) there's the Simpson or Swinsto through trips, mix of walking and crawling with only a short pitch up to exit.
Or for a fair bit of climbing down scaffold, you get a pleasant streamway and nice formations in Notts II (although that's another one that requires a permit, so you'd have to plan that one in advance a little! although if midweek there shouldn't be much trouble getting a permit)
Think someone said Alum Pot above, big open shaft (spacious and scenic) but the classic view out across it is obtained by descending Lower Long Churn Cave and popping out part way down the shaft, then you continue down some more pitches before heading back out and having a quick run up Upper Long Churn, nice little trip. (and no permits here, just a small fee payable to the farmer)
Guess it depends what kind of caving you enjoy!
For some easier caving (well, easy as in going down multiple pitches without having to go back up) there's the Simpson or Swinsto through trips, mix of walking and crawling with only a short pitch up to exit.
Or for a fair bit of climbing down scaffold, you get a pleasant streamway and nice formations in Notts II (although that's another one that requires a permit, so you'd have to plan that one in advance a little! although if midweek there shouldn't be much trouble getting a permit)
Think someone said Alum Pot above, big open shaft (spacious and scenic) but the classic view out across it is obtained by descending Lower Long Churn Cave and popping out part way down the shaft, then you continue down some more pitches before heading back out and having a quick run up Upper Long Churn, nice little trip. (and no permits here, just a small fee payable to the farmer)
Guess it depends what kind of caving you enjoy!
Getting a mix is good, I mean something with a lot of work interspersed with through trips with just some walking and crawling is probably a good idea, haha. I still think the coolest cave to date was OFD (did short round last year) and that's probably the most challenging one for me so far too (if you ignore the ladder climbing at the falls in Swildon's >_> which if those rungs had been closer on that damn thing it would have been a lot easier! lol) So yeah, getting some easy caving interspersed with harder trips...I like that idea! Wear myself out less, can see more and do more caving in the meantime!
Is a scaffold equivalent term to our scaling pole? That is much easier than a cable ladder
Oh and thanks Glenn for the membership info. I doubt I would be there more than 17 days so that's perfect!
Is a scaffold equivalent term to our scaling pole? That is much easier than a cable ladder
Oh and thanks Glenn for the membership info. I doubt I would be there more than 17 days so that's perfect!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_digging - there's a picture on that page of just a part of the Notts II entrance shaft, should give you a fairly good idea of the way in to that cave!
I assume he means Ker-Plunk, a game of skill where you take turns to remove 'straws' from a tube without any marbles dropping down.
http://www.toymonger.co.uk/GamePages/kerplunk.htm
http://www.toymonger.co.uk/GamePages/kerplunk.htm
