But what a great publicity stunt that would be - you order the pizza, then delivery guy labours up the track on his mountain bike and frisbees it to you from the surface! It's guaranteed to go viral on Tik Tok...Today I managed to make a mobile phone call (and had 3g) from an iPhone whilst stood on the “bridge” half way down Alum Pot.
Unfortunately the Pizza company don’t cover that post code !!
We had a similar experience when we were down there on a really hot evening in August this year. Whatsapp messages pinging through to several people in the group on the greasy slab.
Not sure if it's unusual or not, but we could clearly hear the train down in the valley which took us a while to figure out what it was. And overflown by some Eurofighters. Clear night, full moon, quite spectacular.
In the 1960-70s it was thought that radio could not work underground ,.one Red Rose member found long wave (ie Radio 4) did .On trips to Bull pot of the witches near the end he would turn it on very slightly !! What a lot of fun hard cavers would go ashen excuses to go out and the looked spooked--- when the radio appeared what a relief and the trip would carry on !Today I managed to make a mobile phone call (and had 3g) from an iPhone whilst stood on the “bridge” half way down Alum Pot.
Unfortunately the Pizza company don’t cover that post code !!
(I was using the phone as a camera and got a surprise message through).
Possibly so, but a lot of us routinely use them for photography. The quality is good enough for "socials" and memory making. Modern kit is relatively shock and dust resistant so not too bad a riskIt seems a bit risky taking your phone underground. I bet a few have been lost/destroyed already. And I go caving to escape from bloody phones having spent years at the end of them.
And phones are useful for taking photos of surveys for navigation underground (cheaper and easier than buying paper copies and laminating them). And the risk of damage isn't that great when they're in a Daren drum/pelicase.Possibly so, but a lot of us routinely use them for photography. The quality is good enough for "socials" and memory making. Modern kit is relatively shock and dust resistant so not too bad a risk