Mendip weekend

[mike leahy]

[quote="Steve" post=3343]Finally got round to purchase a shiney new oversuit ready to get it minging on the weekend....can't wait!!

Will need to pick everyones brains tommorrow night at the pub as to what other gear etc. is required. Can anyone suggest a good brand of tampons?! :S[/quote]
 did you get one of the ebay bargains or did you splash out on a newby.
 
 
 (1)if you dont have a furry(ferry cross the mersey ) thermals will do
 (2) sleeping bag
 (3)lid ,lamp.
 (4)new purchase (caving suit)
 (5)bloody ear plugs there are some noisy bastards about

 ect ect ect bla bla bla

[Claire Brimson]

[quote="TimWatts" post=3330]ok, so:

furry, oversuit, wet suit, srt gear, hat and lamp, photo/filming gear, slackline, powerkite. make-up and tampons.

check.

but, what about:

sleeping bag?
any ropes/rigging?
1 man (just in case) tent?
anything else??[/quote]


Ropes/rigging?  I am bring 15m of 9mm.  Bring some spits and rope as well if you want to do srt just incase.  Also,  LADDER for swildons (forgot mine)incase we decide on Swildons

[Steve Rogers]

Splashed out on a newby....naturally I negotiated a good deal! Thanks for kit list, will speak to you on Thurs re: food etc!

[quote="mike leahy" post=3345][quote="Steve" post=3343]Finally got round to purchase a shiney new oversuit ready to get it minging on the weekend....can't wait!!

Will need to pick everyones brains tommorrow night at the pub as to what other gear etc. is required. Can anyone suggest a good brand of tampons?! :S[/quote]
 did you get one of the ebay bargains or did you splash out on a newby.
 
 
 (1)if you dont have a furry(ferry cross the mersey ) thermals will do
 (2) sleeping bag
 (3)lid ,lamp.
 (4)new purchase (caving suit)
 (5)bloody ear plugs there are some noisy bastards about

 ect ect ect bla bla bla[/quote]

[Tim Watts]

OK, I'll bring a nice light 50m 9mm, a handfull of hangers and bolts and a ladder.

Now, more important than any of that, wellies with or without holes???

[Tim Watts]

Its gotta be tampax - extra absorbent super size.

Speaking of tampons - mike knows a good joke about that which i'm sure he'd love to post on the joke of the day :-)

[Claire Brimson]

[quote="TimWatts" post=3357]OK, I'll bring a nice light 50m 9mm, a handfull of hangers and bolts and a ladder.

Now, more important than any of that, wellies with or without holes???[/quote]

mmmmm, thats a hard one!!  With holes??? then you can use the super size tampons/tampax to plug the gaps or are they to soak with beer for hydration later?

[Tim Watts]

hmmm.... drinking beer out of wellies - with tampons stuffing up the holes......u sure you've not been on a UCET night out before? :-)

[mike leahy]

[quote="lab rat" post=3363][quote="TimWatts" post=3357][/quote]

mmmmm, thats a hard one!!  With holes??? then you can use the super size tampons/tampax to plug the gaps or are they to soak with beer for hydration later?[/quote]

 you sure know how to get a guy excited :S  :S  :S  :S

[Les Williams]

[quote="lab rat" post=3354][quote="TimWatts" post=3330]ok, so:
Bring some spits and rope as well if you want to do srt just incase.[/quote]

Spits not required for most Mendip caves. We have 'P' bolts almost everywhere.
Bring mallions though.

Rhino Rift Right and route is on M8 spits but Rhino is sort of out of bounds at the moment.
http://cscc.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=news:start

Also note that Cavers use M8 spits whereas lots of mine explorers use M10. It can save a lot of unnecessary running around and changing of plans if you are aware of that point... :blush:

[Frank Hill]

Problem come up for me and won't be able to come now, most disappointing.
If the situation changes (unlikely) I'll see you down there in the pub.
Let me know if you need payment for the hut.
Cheers
Frank

[mike leahy]

boydy,mike-l,crazy,linda and tim got within half an hour of the club hut when a tree jumped out and wrote the car or at around 9.30 ish. so had to call recovery out to drag the car out and take us home , got home about 4.30. bit of a shame but nobody got hurt except for a few aches and pains, car totally written off. thank god for air bags. if it had of been an old car someone (at least) would have ben killed  

[Ian A]

Glad you are ok :unsure:

[mike leahy]

cheers ian , a close shave really. shame about the caving

[Ian A]

Caving can wait. Life can't

Still .... All's well now .....

[mike leahy]

i believe you have just purchaced a sten-light for woman(back light for photo's really)