What caving related thing did you do today?

[paul]

Moderator Comment: split out posts about Adit or Tunnel in Nantmor to nes thread in Wales section: https://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?threads/tunnel-or-adit-near-nantmor.32284

 

[Stevie]

Tinkering with my helmet to try and stop the lamp pointing at my toes the whole time.

 

[alanw]

Another day digging, hauling and sifting mud above Clapham Bottoms. Lots of bones, some chert. Autumn is definitely here. Cloudy, a lot cooler and a few drops of rain

 

[Graigwen]

Moderator Comment: split out posts about Adit or Tunnel in Nantmor to nes thread in Wales section: https://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?threads/tunnel-or-adit-near-nantmor.32284

Good call Mod.
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[JAA]

As Tony put it, I “invested in potential”…. I look forward to being “blinded by brown”

 

[pwhole]

Rescued this cutie from the bottom of Eldon Hole today. Whether it'll survive or not upstairs is in the lap of the gods now, but it definitely wouldn't have down there. Hope I haven't inadvertently started WW3...

 

[mikem]

Looks like a juvenile pigeon

 

[pwhole]

It was. At the top, two large crows were circling, though luckily a bird of prey arrived, and they started chasing that instead! My conscience is clear

 

[deffonotmaria]

I had my very own SRT kit delivered today!! Unpacked it all and set it up to realise I had forgotten a maillon to connect my hand jammer to my safety cord...

 

[Babyhagrid]

I had my very own SRT kit delivered today!! Unpacked it all and set it up to realise I had forgotten a maillon to connect my hand jammer to my safety cord...

Use a screw gate crab not a maillon!! Much better and more versatile IMO

 

[Mr Mike]

Picked up a new to me A1 printer for my mine plans. Got to set it up yet, prob will only happen when I get an order. Last minute dot com

 

[The Old Ruminator]

I am too kackered after two days digging to talk about it.

 

[JoshW]

Use a screw gate crab not a maillon!! Much better and more versatile IMO

THIS. Can’t believe anyone uses a maillon at all for this purpose! I also use a small carabiner to connect the safety link to me meaning the whole thing can be disconnected if I need to

 

[mikem]

Umm, if you have a spanner then you can always undo a maillon, same not true for a krab... (If you shock load your ascender then it is possible to break a krab, you won't manage that with a similarly rated maillon)

 

[andrewmcleod]

Umm, if you have a spanner then you can always undo a maillon, same not true for a krab... (If you shock load your ascender then it is possible to break a krab, you won't manage that with a similarly rated maillon)

I think you are more at risk of being struck by lightning while indoors than managing to shock load your hand ascender so badly that you break a carabiner...

 

[mikem]

Obvs: "About one-third of lightning-strike injuries occur indoors."

Safety Guidelines: Lightning

Take steps to protect yourself and others when there is lightning.

www.cdc.gov

You would indeed be very unlucky, but it's not so much the force, rather the orientation which can be affected by a fall - the same issue as gates being levered across bolts, whilst maillons can be loaded in any direction.

 

[ChrisB]

whilst maillons can be loaded in any direction

Are you sure? CE marked maillons (in this link) are only rated for longitudinal load, while PPE certified maillons (this link) are 55kN on the long axis but only 10kN on cross loading.

Something I didn't know until I looked up those figures is that PPE maillons are a minimum of 8mm diameter.

 

[legendrider]

Filled thermos, loaded up the car, dodged school-run SUVs, headed out onto Staindrop Road

promptly turned right back around at third flood in as many miles and headed home.

Torrential rain overnight - not a good omen for upper Weardale.

 

[Babyhagrid]

Currently digging (surface support)

 

[braveduck]

I am too kackered after two days digging to talk about it.

Well if you want to be less knackered ,put the hauling ropes on the drag tray at the bottom .it does make it a lot easier to pull . I have suggested this before ,but you have chosen to ignore it so far !