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Logbook report for CUCC expo 2017

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DateLogged trips and diary entriesCaveText..AuthorWho else
Tue 11 Jul 2017 Expo - Food and prep. and Tra…    Drills batteries and computer…  Elaine
Tue 11 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - Rigging trip #1: E…  1623-258
 After a slow start at base ca…  Rob Watson Luke Stangroom,
Tue 11 Jul 2017 Balcony - rigging trip  1623-264
 Rigged Balcony entrance serie…  Nathan Walker Brendan Hall,
Wed 12 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - Rigging trip #2: b…  1623-258
 After failing to locate any r…  Rob Watson Luke Stangroom,
Wed 12 Jul 2017 Balcony - rigging Hilti-a-ple…  1623-264
 Rigged Hilti-a-Plenty pitches…  Nathan Walker Mark Dougherty, Nadia Raeburn,
Thu 13 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - Rigging trip #3: 1…  1623-258
 With me having a plane to cat…  Rob Watson Luke Stangroom,
Sat 15 Jul 2017 Expo - Week 1    So, the first week of CUCC Au…  Rob Watson
Sun 16 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - rigging to bottom …  1623-258
 Rigged Tunnocks from Number O…  Nathan Walker Luke Stangroom, George Breley,
Mon 17 Jul 2017 Balcony - Sloppy Seconds  1623-264
 Went down Balcony to Bat Coun…  Nathan Walker George Breley,
Tue 18 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - 1st cam…  1623-258
 The team out in the first wee…  Chris Densham Katey Bender, Elliott Smith,
Tue 18 Jul 2017 Balcony - Sloppy Seconds again  1623-264
 Rigged pitch/traverse to ~100…  Nathan Walker Becka Lawson, George Breley,
Tue 18 Jul 2017 Balcony - photos, tourists  1623-264
 Went down Balcony for a quick…  Brendan Hall Philip Withnall, Luke Stangroom,
Tue 18 Jul 2017 Expo - Food on a budget as ti…    On Calories. Last year, a fe…  Elaine
Wed 19 Jul 2017 Balcony - Natural Highs  1623-264
 Aim was to drop the famed QMA…  Becka Lawson George Breley, Adam Aldridge, Rachel Turnbull,
Thu 20 Jul 2017 Balcony - Sloppy Seconds 2  1623-264
 Dropped 20m pitch in SS [Ed: …  Nathan Walker Katey Bender, Adam Aldridge,
Thu 20 Jul 2017 plateau - Prospecting and ref…    No GPS so we were relying on …  Becka Lawson George Breley,
Thu 20 Jul 2017 Expo - ice waterfall in Ice C…    Just checking I can remember …  Brendan Hall
Fri 21 Jul 2017 Balcony - destroying Galactica  1623-264
 Elliot, Nadia, Rachel and I w…  Philip Withnall Nadia Raeburn, Rachel Turnbull, Elliott Smith,
Fri 21 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - Camp Kraken  1623-258
 21st: underground at 10am, ca…  Becka Lawson Luke Stangroom, George Breley,
Sat 22 Jul 2017 plateau - Prospecting    A bad weather forecast saw mo…  Philip Withnall Nadia Raeburn,
Sat 22 Jul 2017 Expo - Elliott and Katey's fi…    Elliott and Katey's first wee…  Katey Bender
Sun 23 Jul 2017 2012-OK-01 - Prospecting - Ba…  1623-2012-OK-01
 Due to another apocalyptic we…  Philip Withnall Nadia Raeburn,
Mon 24 Jul 2017 base camp - Pathetic festering    Everyone in Top Camp festered…  Philip Withnall
Mon 24 Jul 2017 Expo - Calibrating Distos    Surveying Where better to l…  Brendan
Tue 25 Jul 2017 Balcony - Cathedral Chasm  1623-264
 This was myself and Corin’s f…  Lydia Leather Ashley Gregg, Corin Donne, Michael Sargent,
Tue 25 Jul 2017 Bad Forecast - (2017-PW-01)    Found ~40m horizontal passage…  Nathan Walker Philip Withnall,
Tue 25 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - Camp Kraken: Densh…  1623-258
 After the rain on the 24th de…  Nadia Raeburn Haydon Saunders, Chris Densham,
Thu 27 Jul 2017 Balcony - Cathedral Chasm  1623-264
 Went back to Cathedral Chasm …  Ashley Gregg Elaine Oliver, Elliott Smith,
Fri 28 Jul 2017 Balcony - Nothing to See  1623-264
 After hearing about Luke’s ma…  Ashley Gregg Adam Aldridge, Luke Stangroom, Kristian Brook,
Fri 28 Jul 2017 plateau - Prospecting, 110 ar…    After beginning to cairn a ro…  Rob Watson Nadia Raeburn, Becka Lawson, Rachel Turnbull,
Fri 28 Jul 2017 Bad Forecast - chossy slope    On a wet, claggy day we decid…  Michael Sargent Corin Donne,
Sat 29 Jul 2017 plateau - Prospecting, 110 ar…    Tempted back by that sweet, s…  Rob Watson Becka Lawson, Luke Stangroom,
Sat 29 Jul 2017 Bad Forecast - surface survey    Returning from the previous d…  Michael Sargent
Sun 30 Jul 2017 GSH - Glücklich Schmette…  1623-291
 We returned with more rope an…  Rob Watson Becka Lawson, Luke Stangroom,
Sun 30 Jul 2017 Balcony - Sloppy Seconds  1623-264
 The four of us set off with t…  Nadia Raeburn Pete Talling, Fleur Loveridge, Brendan Hall,
Sun 30 Jul 2017 Expo - Perspective of a newco…    Perspective of a newcomer to …  Phil Withnall
Mon 31 Jul 2017 GSH - pitches, crapping out K…  1623-291
 After the excitement of yeste…  Rob Watson Luke Stangroom,
Mon 31 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - Underground camp, …  1623-258
 Set off from the Stone Bridge…  Michael Sargent Becka Lawson, Rachel Turnbull,
Tue 01 Aug 2017 GSH - Dropping the big pitch …  1623-291
 After having worked out the o…  Rob Watson Luke Stangroom,
Tue 01 Aug 2017 CUCC-2017-28 - initial explor…    The two of us were led to a s…  Nadia Raeburn Nathan Walker,
Tue 01 Aug 2017 plateau - Prospecting, 2016-01    Revisited 2016-01 (explored b…  George Breley Fleur Loveridge, Pete Talling,
Tue 01 Aug 2017 Balcony - Nothing To See  1623-264
 My first trip on the hill hav…  Mike Butcher Adam Aldridge, Kristian Brook,
Wed 02 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - The Beast, trip #3  1623-258
 (Katey and George failed to w…  Brendan Hall Adam Aldridge, George Breley,
Wed 02 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - Camp Kraken: below…  1623-258
 On 1/8/17 Becka and co came o…  Fleur Loveridge Ashley Gregg, Pete Talling,
Wed 02 Aug 2017 Balcony - not finding Sloppy …  1623-264
 We headed to Balcony with the…  Alice Shackley Corin Donne, Rachel Turnbull, Michael Sargent,
Wed 02 Aug 2017 GSH - bottom of big pitch  1623-291
 With Rob escorting Nadia down…  Luke Stangroom Becka Lawson,
Wed 02 Aug 2017 CUCC-2017-28 - aka Fisch Gesi…    Went to drop the pitch reache…  Mike Butcher Nathan Walker,
Wed 02 Aug 2017 Expo - Update 2 new caves    Quick stop press ahead of a f…  Rob W
Thu 03 Aug 2017 Balcony - Cathedral Chasm  1623-264
 We went down Balcony to inves…  Radost Waszkiewicz George Breley,
Fri 04 Aug 2017 Expo - Dinner, Achievements s…    As the expo dinner approaches…  Rob W
Sun 06 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - 'The Beast&#x…  1623-258
 Based on tunes originally whi…  Kristian Brook Becka Lawson, George Breley,
Sun 06 Aug 2017 Guten Morgen Höhle - tri…    After walking across to the O…  Jacob Podesta Elaine Oliver,
Sun 06 Aug 2017 204 - warm-up trip  1623-204
 Tourist trip to test out Phil…  Philip Sargent George Breley, Becka Lawson,
Sun 06 Aug 2017 FGH - below first pitch  1623-290
 We descended the entrance ser…  Aidan Marks Adam Aldridge, Rob Watson,
Mon 07 Aug 2017 Guten Morgen Höhle - tri…    Elaine and I returned to GMH …  Jacob Podesta Elaine Oliver,
Mon 07 Aug 2017 plateau - Prospecting beyond …    GPS track recorded for whole…  Philip Sargent Adam Aldridge, Aidan Marks,
Mon 07 Aug 2017 FGH - dropping pitches, ice  1623-290
 Firstly we went down to the l…  Radost Waszkiewicz Alice Shackley, Rob Watson, Becka Lawson,
Mon 07 Aug 2017 Balcony - Nothing to See - su…  1623-264
 We descended the Balcony entr…  Sarah Connelly Kristian Brook,
Mon 07 Aug 2017 Balcony - Sloppy Seconds to S…  1623-264
 Had walked up on Sunday ready…  Fleur Loveridge Corin Donne, Pete Talling,
Mon 07 Aug 2017 Balcony - Sloppy Seconds: Sec…  1623-264
 Batteries were in very short …  Becka Lawson Rob Watson,
Mon 07 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - Camp Kraken: killi…  1623-258
 From camp, we headed north to…  Rachel Turnbull Mike Butcher, George Breley,
Tue 08 Aug 2017 FGH - pushing the big pitch  1623-290
 Radost and I dropped a pitch …  Aidan Marks Radost Waszkiewicz,
Tue 08 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - Caramel Catharsis …  1623-258
 Haydon and I went from the St…  Jacob Podesta Haydon Saunders, Elaine Oliver,
Wed 09 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - Camp Kraken: below…  1623-258
 Underground just after 9am. I…  Jacob Podesta Rob Watson, Becka Lawson,
Wed 09 Aug 2017 Balcony - Sloppy Seconds, Sec…  1623-264
 Having escaped the deep Tunno…  Fleur Loveridge Pete Talling,
Wed 09 Aug 2017 Balcony - Cathedral Chasm, at…  1623-264
 All of the more experienced e…  Corin Donne Sarah Connelly, Ruairidh MacLeod, Aidan Marks, Radost Waszkiewicz, Alice Shackley,
Thu 10 Aug 2017 Balcony - Cathedral Chasm and…  1623-264
 The aim of the trip was to de…  Rachel Turnbull George Breley,
Thu 10 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - Shallow Tunnocks l…  1623-258
 We decided to investigate le…  Aidan Marks Pete Talling, Fleur Loveridge, Ruairidh MacLeod,
Mon 14 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - Camp Kraken derig  1623-258
 The paella had been unanimou…  Rachel Turnbull Alex Hanam, Rob Watson,
Thu 17 Aug 2017 Expo - Derigging begun    The expo is nearly over and d…  Philip Sargent
Mon 21 Aug 2017 Expo - Whiteboard    New to Expo 2017 - a whiteboa…  Becka Lawson
Mon 21 Aug 2017 Expo - Beyond my comfort zone    Beyond my comfort zone​ It's …  Becka Lawson
Mon 21 Aug 2017 Expo - End of Expo update    End of Expo update​ Here's so…  Becka Lawson
Fri 29 Sep 2017 Basecamp - aftermath    [from UK Caving blog by Cavin…  Elaine Oliver Haydon, Thom, Elliott,

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