Logbook report for CUCC expo 2017

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DateLogged trips and diary entriesCaveText..WordsAuthorWho else
Tue 11 Jul 2017 Expo - Food and prep. an…    Drills batteries and computer… 
503
Elaine
Tue 11 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - Rigging trip …  1623-258
After a slow start at base ca… 
92
Rob Watson Luke Stangroom,
Tue 11 Jul 2017 Balcony - rigging trip  1623-264
Rigged Balcony entrance serie… 
17
Nathan Walker Brendan Hall,
Wed 12 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - Rigging trip …  1623-258
After failing to locate any r… 
166
Rob Watson Luke Stangroom,
Wed 12 Jul 2017 Balcony - rigging Hilti-…  1623-264
Rigged Hilti-a-Plenty pitches… 
12
Nathan Walker Mark Dougherty, Nadia Raeburn,
Thu 13 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - Rigging trip …  1623-258
With me having a plane to cat… 
234
Rob Watson Luke Stangroom,
Sat 15 Jul 2017 Expo - Week 1    So, the first week of CUCC Au… 
997
Rob Watson
Sun 16 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - rigging to bo…  1623-258
Rigged Tunnocks from Number O… 
40
Nathan Walker George Breley, Luke Stangroom,
Mon 17 Jul 2017 Balcony - Sloppy Seconds  1623-264
Went down Balcony to Bat Coun… 
33
Nathan Walker George Breley,
Tue 18 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - 1st  1623-258
The team out in the first wee… 
368
Chris Densham Elliott Smith, Katey Bender,
Tue 18 Jul 2017 Balcony - Sloppy Seconds…  1623-264
Rigged pitch/traverse to ~100… 
89
Nathan Walker Becka Lawson, George Breley,
Tue 18 Jul 2017 Balcony - photos, touris…  1623-264
Went down Balcony for a quick… 
58
Brendan Hall Luke Stangroom, Philip Withnall,
Tue 18 Jul 2017 Expo - Food on a budget …    On Calories. Last year, a fe… 
1253
Elaine
Wed 19 Jul 2017 Balcony - Natural Highs  1623-264
Aim was to drop the famed QMA… 
110
Becka Lawson Adam Aldridge, George Breley, Rachel Turnbull,
Thu 20 Jul 2017 Balcony - Sloppy Seconds…  1623-264
Dropped 20m pitch in SS [Ed: … 
26
Nathan Walker Adam Aldridge, Katey Bender,
Thu 20 Jul 2017 plateau - Prospecting an…    No GPS so we were relying on … 
175
Becka Lawson George Breley,
Thu 20 Jul 2017 Expo - ice waterfall in …    Just checking I can remember … 
227
Brendan Hall
Fri 21 Jul 2017 Balcony - destroying Gal…  1623-264
Elliot, Nadia, Rachel and I w… 
66
Philip Withnall Elliott Smith, Nadia Raeburn, Rachel Turnbull,
Fri 21 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - Camp Kraken  1623-258
21st: underground at 10am, ca… 
317
Becka Lawson George Breley, Luke Stangroom,
Sat 22 Jul 2017 plateau - Prospecting    A bad weather forecast saw mo… 
57
Philip Withnall Nadia Raeburn,
Sat 22 Jul 2017 Expo - Elliott and Katey…    Elliott and Katey's first wee… 
1430
Katey Bender
Sun 23 Jul 2017 2012-OK-01 - Prospecting…  1623-2012-OK-01
Due to another apocalyptic we… 
194
Philip Withnall Nadia Raeburn,
Mon 24 Jul 2017 base camp - Pathetic fes…    Everyone in Top Camp festered… 
18
Philip Withnall
Mon 24 Jul 2017 Expo - Calibrating Distos    Surveying Where better to l… 
375
Brendan
Tue 25 Jul 2017 Balcony - Cathedral Chasm  1623-264
This was myself and Corin’s f… 
358
Lydia Leather Ashley Gregg, Corin Donne, Michael Sargent,
Tue 25 Jul 2017 Bad Forecast - (2017-PW-…    Found ~40m horizontal passage… 
118
Nathan Walker Philip Withnall,
Tue 25 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - Camp Kraken: …  1623-258
After the rain on the 24th de… 
557
Nadia Raeburn Chris Densham, Haydon Saunders,
Thu 27 Jul 2017 Balcony - Cathedral Chasm  1623-264
Went back to Cathedral Chasm … 
209
Ashley Gregg Elaine Oliver, Elliott Smith,
Fri 28 Jul 2017 Balcony - Nothing to See  1623-264
After hearing about Luke’s ma… 
245
Ashley Gregg Adam Aldridge, Kristian Brook, Luke Stangroom,
Fri 28 Jul 2017 plateau - Prospecting, 1…    After beginning to cairn a ro… 
339
Rob Watson Becka Lawson, Nadia Raeburn, Rachel Turnbull,
Fri 28 Jul 2017 Bad Forecast - chossy sl…    On a wet, claggy day we decid… 
353
Michael Sargent Corin Donne,
Sat 29 Jul 2017 plateau - Prospecting, 1…    Tempted back by that sweet, s… 
296
Rob Watson Becka Lawson, Luke Stangroom,
Sat 29 Jul 2017 Bad Forecast - surface s…    Returning from the previous d… 
68
Michael Sargent
Sun 30 Jul 2017 GSH - Glücklich Sch…  1623-291
We returned with more rope an… 
378
Rob Watson Becka Lawson, Luke Stangroom,
Sun 30 Jul 2017 Balcony - Sloppy Seconds  1623-264
The four of us set off with t… 
292
Nadia Raeburn Brendan Hall, Fleur Loveridge, Pete Talling,
Sun 30 Jul 2017 Expo - Perspective of a …    Perspective of a newcomer to … 
926
Phil Withnall
Mon 31 Jul 2017 GSH - pitches, crapping …  1623-291
After the excitement of yeste… 
483
Rob Watson Luke Stangroom,
Mon 31 Jul 2017 Tunnocks - Underground c…  1623-258
Set off from the Stone Bridge… 
304
Michael Sargent Becka Lawson, Rachel Turnbull,
Tue 01 Aug 2017 GSH - Dropping the big p…  1623-291
After having worked out the o… 
241
Rob Watson Luke Stangroom,
Tue 01 Aug 2017 CUCC-2017-28 - initial e…  1623-290
The two of us were led to a s… 
321
Nadia Raeburn Nathan Walker,
Tue 01 Aug 2017 plateau - Prospecting, 2…    Revisited 2016-01 (explored b… 
198
George Breley Fleur Loveridge, Pete Talling,
Tue 01 Aug 2017 Balcony - Nothing To See  1623-264
My first trip on the hill hav… 
356
Mike Butcher Adam Aldridge, Kristian Brook,
Wed 02 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - The Beast, tr…  1623-258
(Katey and George failed to w… 
271
Brendan Hall Adam Aldridge, George Breley,
Wed 02 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - Camp Kraken: …  1623-258
On 1/8/17 Becka and co came o… 
411
Fleur Loveridge Ashley Gregg, Pete Talling,
Wed 02 Aug 2017 Balcony - not finding Sl…  1623-264
We headed to Balcony with the… 
467
Alice Shackley Corin Donne, Michael Sargent, Rachel Turnbull,
Wed 02 Aug 2017 GSH - bottom of big pitch  1623-291
With Rob escorting Nadia down… 
169
Luke Stangroom Becka Lawson,
Wed 02 Aug 2017 CUCC-2017-28 - aka Fisch…  1623-290
Went to drop the pitch reache… 
101
Mike Butcher Nathan Walker,
Wed 02 Aug 2017 Expo - Update 2 new caves    Quick stop press ahead of a f… 
70
Rob W
Thu 03 Aug 2017 Balcony - Cathedral Chasm  1623-264
We went down Balcony to inves… 
34
Radost Waszkiewicz George Breley,
Fri 04 Aug 2017 Expo - Dinner, Achieveme…    As the expo dinner approaches… 
1077
Rob W
Sun 06 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - 'The Bea…  1623-258
Based on tunes originally whi… 
281
Kristian Brook Becka Lawson, George Breley,
Sun 06 Aug 2017 2015-DL-01 - Guten Morge…  1623-2015-DL-01
After walking across to the O… 
104
Jacob Podesta Elaine Oliver,
Sun 06 Aug 2017 204 - warm-up trip  1623-204
Tourist trip to test out Phil… 
40
Philip Sargent Becka Lawson, George Breley,
Sun 06 Aug 2017 FGH - below first pitch  1623-290
We descended the entrance ser… 
220
Aidan Marks Adam Aldridge, Rob Watson,
Mon 07 Aug 2017 2015-DL-01 - Guten Morge…  1623-2015-DL-01
Elaine and I returned to GMH … 
246
Jacob Podesta Elaine Oliver,
Mon 07 Aug 2017 plateau - Prospecting be…    GPS track recorded for whole… 
184
Philip Sargent Adam Aldridge, Aidan Marks,
Mon 07 Aug 2017 FGH - dropping pitches, …  1623-290
Firstly we went down to the l… 
109
Radost Waszkiewicz Alice Shackley, Becka Lawson, Rob Watson,
Mon 07 Aug 2017 Balcony - Nothing to See…  1623-264
We descended the Balcony entr… 
156
Sarah Connelly Kristian Brook,
Mon 07 Aug 2017 Balcony - Sloppy Seconds…  1623-264
Had walked up on Sunday ready… 
269
Fleur Loveridge Corin Donne, Pete Talling,
Mon 07 Aug 2017 Balcony - Sloppy Seconds…  1623-264
Batteries were in very short … 
280
Becka Lawson Rob Watson,
Mon 07 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - Camp Kraken: …  1623-258
From camp, we headed north to… 
162
Rachel Turnbull George Breley, Mike Butcher,
Tue 08 Aug 2017 FGH - pushing the big pi…  1623-290
Radost and I dropped a pitch … 
156
Aidan Marks Radost Waszkiewicz,
Tue 08 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - Caramel Catha…  1623-258
Haydon and I went from the St… 
85
Jacob Podesta Elaine Oliver, Haydon Saunders,
Wed 09 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - Camp Kraken: …  1623-258
Underground just after 9am. I… 
446
Jacob Podesta Becka Lawson, Rob Watson,
Wed 09 Aug 2017 Balcony - Sloppy Seconds…  1623-264
Having escaped the deep Tunno… 
227
Fleur Loveridge Pete Talling,
Wed 09 Aug 2017 Balcony - Cathedral Chas…  1623-264
All of the more experienced e… 
221
Corin Donne Aidan Marks, Alice Shackley, Radost Waszkiewicz, Ruairidh MacLeod, Sarah Connelly,
Thu 10 Aug 2017 Balcony - Cathedral Chas…  1623-264
The aim of the trip was to de… 
490
Rachel Turnbull George Breley,
Thu 10 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - Shallow Tunno…  1623-258
We decided to investigate le… 
316
Aidan Marks Fleur Loveridge, Pete Talling, Ruairidh MacLeod,
Mon 14 Aug 2017 Tunnocks - Camp Kraken d…  1623-258
The paella had been unanimou… 
492
Rachel Turnbull Alex Hanam, Rob Watson,
Thu 17 Aug 2017 Expo - Derigging begun    The expo is nearly over and d… 
1306
Philip Sargent
Mon 21 Aug 2017 Expo - Whiteboard    New to Expo 2017 - a whiteboa… 
234
Becka Lawson
Mon 21 Aug 2017 Expo - Beyond my comfort…    Beyond my comfort zone​ It's … 
1569
Becka Lawson
Mon 21 Aug 2017 Expo - End of Expo update    End of Expo update​ Here's so… 
796
Becka Lawson
Fri 29 Sep 2017 Basecamp - aftermath    [from UK Caving blog by Cavin… 
182
Elaine Oliver Elliott, Haydon, Thom,

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