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dark etc, etc. If not it's time you learnt how to use a map snd compass.

SUREAOE RavicATION

Could you find your way from Juniper or Pipikin in thick mist /driving rain/

following article written by our eqidpt- advisor P, Ton should help.

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Place the compass on the map
baseplate jt ing your present position ond your destination.
(Check the 'direction-of-travel arrow’ is pointing towards
your target,

Hold the baseplate ond map firuly and turn the compass dial

so that the orienteering lines are parallel to the grid lines
on the map, "Check the 'N' on the dial is pointing towards
KORTH on the sap.) |

Lift the compass off the map and add 8° (to allow far magnetic
Geviation,) Hold the compass level with the 'direction-of-
trevel arrow pointing away from you, Turn yourself and the
compasa until the red needle points to 'N' on the dial. The
‘'@irection-of-travel srrow' is pointing at your terget. Put
your Compass away and walk the required distance in the
direction of your target.

Tf you take a bearing and then walk along it you are likely
to wise your target (e.g. the stream junction above), ending up
to one side cr the other. On arriving ot the stream you will
not kmow in which direction to look.

It is better to ‘aim off' te one side as shown in ‘BY. As
soon as you reach the stream you will know that your target is to
your right; you cen only ‘aim off* at 2 continuous feature such.
as 2 wall or streag.

ATTACK POINTS.

If you vere at position 'Pt in the diagram above and your
target was the building showa, it woulé be umvise te aim directly
at it since you are very likely to be off course, particularly in
dense woodland, mist or at night, Look for an easily found
“atteck point", euch es the stream junction (which oan be found

" by ‘aiming off") then take a bearing from the junction (your

attack point) to your target.

A BLASS? FROK THE PaST ( OR...-Rasblings of a geriatric....-)

The Saturday had been quite quiet on Stanley Moor having travelled out frou crewe;
having an entertaining night in Buxton,& the youth Hostel.(the jokes and storie
don't change _ just the faces.)
We needed an early start on the Sunday because we were doing gldon & thut
want a 3-4 ir. walk--- I told you cavers were hard in those days.
ie arrived at the Pot a little late having called in for 4 couple ea route,
(and they say times are a-changin' I've spilt wre beer down wy tie than cliffs
ever drunk.) We began rigging the short side-our ladders were how wade with
by 2" wooden rungs with sore doubtful looking hemp of about washing line
diameter joining the together.a thuib knot stopped thes slipping down but
since nothing stopped thes slipping the other way the trick was to put at least
one length upside down (you can guess the result.) The short lengths were tied
together with,a variety of knots and then linked to a thicker piece of lifeline
with a krab atatere cost of 3/9 i.e.'18p.wnich was*tied to a big block.
The anchor :an was tied to the saze block (we only had one rope- hand sade
in sisal from Peak Cavern!)The various ascents & descents work well but
jasted hours since everyone had to have a go-Bventually as dusk fell we knocked
affe started to derig. Surprise, surprise? The ladder stuck. Muxerous atte pts
were rade to no avail and it was just starting tb rain & the sist caue down,
relting snow had rade the ledge mddy.We were cold ahd fed up. ( sounds
fariliar?) an idea wes to untie the lifeline, take it to the opposite side and
pull the ladder up from there.-it seered to take an age but eventually all three
of us were in position. (the other's had already set off to catch the last %
train from Chappel-en le-frith, they were working on the jonday)Qne good pull
should do the trick.......it di & sent us all sonersaulting backwards down
the hillside wrapped up in the resains of our lifeline,the rest of it still,
preeuiubly, attached to the ladder at the bottom of gldon} We had neither the
strength nor the equipsent to recover the tackle.

What we did do was to take a look at a new idea which the French had cous
up with, souething called "electron" ladders. Perhaps I'll tell you in another

issue how we wade our first batch fromtelevision ariels'+

P.3, I never did get w krab back.

AES

These now stand at €@ for full wubers, £92 for joint h usband/
wife sexbers (upon production of acceptable proof of varriags )
| £ for associated ieubers (no voting powers) and juniors & full- tise
students. If you paid before 31 Warch you got a £2. discount. and
renesber this year you get your newsletter,such a valuable docurent as it
is, PRES ,yes,FRSEtAlrignt you don't have to read theu you can always use
them as wallpaper. Failing that they be used for all sorts of erergency
e.g. bunch aicm hole in the top left hand corner 2% c1. frou the top & si
(diagram supplied on receipt of sue.) ill accoumdate a 10mm krab/yo
dr hook. This can then be suspended frou your eit (317, pleasenote kevin «
Phil) harness with all the other junk you yongeters carry these days.
it will be handy for all those little ewrgencies that crop up such as
when you drop your descender at a bolt hanger or when the rope snaps.
The possibilities are endless.
STOP PRESS.

Phe potential of this innovation is such that delicate negotiatons are now
taning place with a cervaia manufacturer of caving gear conceralng the
production of a waterproof holder to combat problems experienced en wet

pitches. ; 4

WOTES ON REBAIRING AND HANDLING NIFS BATTSRIUS;

when changing electrolyte first completely discharge the battery at
nor al rate to about 0.8 volts per cell.1n dismantling take care not
3o disturb the steel nuts under the connectors as these control the
tension on the leakproof gland. Any incrustation on the 3

be st removed with warm water only. DO NOT shake during espyying Aue
be fo? wash out with water-allow to drain for thirty minutes not
Tore and immediately fill with new electrolyte to the correct depth
at a specific gravity 1.210

Fully charge battery once and repeat once wore.

Note: The electrolyte is potassium hydroxide which is obtained in
pellet form from

PaYNBS CHENMST, BELGRAVE RD., LONGTON.

jdx this wath distilled water to gravity of “L.2L0

PRECAUTION:
@ Wear goggles & rubber gloves when handling batteries.

In case of burns do the gollowing;
b) Immediately cover with BOKAGIG FullUsit.

For eyes wash out with clean waver Tussowed by a soiuvon of

poracic powder to one teaspoonful to o @ pint of water. Have thi:
in readiness whilst handling batteries. Finally,never add battery

‘asia to alkaline cells as this will completely destroy 1t.

P.Porster.

Prom ¥.Ton. (equip sent advisor

wh en joining ropes to bolts you should wike certain the loop of
the second rupe passes thru’ the loop of the first .(see diag. a.)
Should the bolt fail, in diag. B the Krab/ millon, will be subjected
to a shockload in which case it my fail.

Not all of us follow thig practise, do your

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OTTR (MID) HOLE.

The story begins with m, Cliff, lelv., Zig,George,ant and Paul,at a barn
dance; which mant no sleep for three of us,and a lot of energy expenditure
for Cliff(who upheld he was sec so it was his job!)

4 a.m cam around too quickly and with great effort we got cliff up by
setting fire to sore bread rather close to his head.anyway we got to the
rendez-vous nearly on tiue and after a pleasant half hour conversation
Paul discovered that he was not talking to Ian-the -Guide, but Ian-soue-
Weigdo who hangs around lanes at 5a.m. The guide did arrive thot &
proved to be a femle,so I thought it wouldn't be such a hard trip after
all. (was that ue saking a sexist comment?)

after the epic warathon to get to this infernal hole there followed the
longest 300ft. of flat out thrutching in the md & crawling that I'd ever
seentIt was mga-worse on the way back, but that was prob. due to 4 rope
which I carried being over-friendly to the md. Ralph warned us that

soe people bottle out in that bit,but it wasn't bad at all, so don't
listen to him Bt aprés there is wre mid,cliubs,scra wles,heaving
oneself up (and I amnot referring to the excesses of the previous night)
“nothing very awe-inspiring.In short a bit of a grovel.

The “suip" entailed a paddle thru' so.e mcky stuff,then we slowed down a
little because we knew we were “there!

When we got to "it" (the hall of Thirty) no-one failed to be imressed,
but anthony's couzent kind of summed it up when he pointed out that

down Lancaster you don't have to go so far to get to the "good bits".
Retrospectively,there is nothing quite so beautiful in the country as
the formtions in Otter.(excepting of course the fair ladies in 0.¢.P.0.)
Not even Daren Cilau can co pete (yet).

we ploughed on to the basecaup-to the collection of mgs-(us, us Paul
pointed out.),and had breakfast,I guess this was about 5 or 6 hours in.

On the return the cliubs becare mre interesting and so did the squeezes.
The pitch was a bit of a pain being subject to the occasional smil
overhang and loose holds which sufficed to ake it awkward.I' nm not sure
whether it was this,or gut rot which sparked off Cliff's desire to retire,
but he recovered later anyway.

what wre can I say, except the 0.P. was very nice afterwards?
Otter is a fun cave if you're into md & boulder chokes in a big way.
Once outside my imediate impression was "thank goodness", but I've
booked the cave again so that I oan reach the end,

Just about everyone in the club has done Otter, if you haven't then it's wel
worth a trip. a word of warning- altho' it isn't technically de uwnding

it's easy to becomdisheartened on the way in,for it ia tiring since

the slog never stops.

Xevin- how did you get hold of this write-up- It was intended for N.U.0.0.

LIN.

LOST, FOUND, EXCHANGE, FOR SALE.
DONT FORGET YOU CAN MAKE USE OF THIS FACILITY FREE‘ USE IT FOR
DISPOSING OF SURPLUS ITSMS SUCH AS UNWANTED GEAR,WIVES BTC. SHOULD
YOU WANT TO OBTAIN GEAR OR AN@THER WIFE(HEAVEN FORBID) IT COULD BE
THE ANSWER TO YOUR PROBLEWS.

“-BATRE}Z SXPLORATION_ CaVE DIVING e+eee+ BY Mertyn parr

This lecture was prepared for clisbers of all people, hence began
with basics;"this is a bottle", and was delivered in fairy tale lan-
guage which at tiues I found extrenely patronising .This was nore than
compensated for by his photographic prowess. a

after an attempt at describing the inherent pleasures of cave-diving
and confessing to his lunacy, lartyn proceeded to relate the probleus
experienced on his first expedition tb the Bahams e.g. how to get
close, unodservedly to the topless ladies.

Blue Holes present a particular hazard to divers owing to the “blow
& suck" I.B. the sea current drawing in and later issuing forth from
the holes.Diving tines had to be mticulouely calculated,and dives
sade between the suck & the blow, so that at least should soxe mishap
occur the diver would be blown towards the entrance.Once in the
current it is nigh on impossible to swim agaimst ity the usual flow
withwhich the divers had to contend was 5u.p.h.

Visibility for diver muber one was excellent allowing him to see
wonderful forsations proving that the Bahaias were once high & dry,
but for nuthers 2,3,84 it progressively reduced to zero. Three and
four were usuully the sherpds who on nore than one occasion had

to battle against the current.

although one generally considers the Blue Holes to be large ,spacious

diving ground, yartyn informed us that the false sense of security
gained on the-inward dive could prove fatal if a diver used over &
third of his air before returning or replacing his bottle. The line
would sink & fall into small @revices leaving the diver thinking
"funny, it wasv't this tight on the way in,", talcing longer for the
dive out and therefore using ure air. jartyn himself nearly caxe to
grief in such a mmner.Qne diver who did cose to grief sow yerd
earlier in the hole in which they first dived provided excellent
salvage.The team reported the finding to the local authorities but
obtained no response - the police were too concerned with facilitaging
the easy access of prohibited drugs. Pushers in the Bahams thought
nothihg of an occasbonal horicide to preserve their secretive trade.
For this reason the team reubers never ventured forth alone. Indeed
stete of nerves was such that in the few days after the discovery

of the body they decided not to dive.The prospect of the sports
Council reclaiming their grant spurred thex on however,

Back in theU.K. and yartyn gave an indepth report on Wookey Hole.
declaring that they'd never heard of decomression in those days,so
the dives didn't take so long,

I asked himif he preferred his wookey extensions $o those in yaren
Cileu.He replied that he was above all a caver and never called
hirself a diver, and Daren Cilau was infinitely mre fun since he did
not care meh for diving!

There proceeded a discussion on heliumé oxygen wixtures, which was
out of wy depth (groan) so I brought it back down to w level with «
series of questions on the subject of diving inotter Hole. Unfort-
unately, his answer was as unproductive as his. dives there and the
evening care to a close with the news that he has beaten us all to
China - It's next on his hitlistt

One last question I was bursting to ask him"would Descent fold up
if he was killedp"

LIN.

THE CLUB "DO

Tye club do took place on Sat 1ath at the Buiddulph aris,
Forty six people turned up for what turned out to be an
excellent night out.As usual our resident D.J. (Cliff) pro
evyided an entertaining evening with his msic and of course
the fauous "WALLY avARDS". Mplv won first prize for losing
sozething or other in Yorkshire, with Zig a close second far
his impersonation of a R.N.L.J. volunteer in Dan-yr-0gof,
Green Canal.Ralph, anthony, Kev and Phil(last year's winner)
were also nominated but were not in Mel'vs class.

Alan & Chris did sterling work on the photographic “Pprint*
competition which was won by Pete Forster with a shot of lost
year's Ireland trip.

The raffle, subsidised by CAVING SUPPLIS3, mde a profit of
£3.30. was won by Lynne,£20 ¢,3. token) yho deserved it for enter-
taining us with a couple of songe, the first accompanied by Bill
who proved to be an accouplished guiturist. The second nuzber

was written especially for the occasion- take care, YOU night
feature in next year's rendition, even if you avoid nozination

for the Wally awards.

A collection was radé for the D.C.R.O. resulting in £6.24 which was
rade up to £7 The "do" itself mde & profit of £i7e2 plus 90p from
somewhere’ i
Pinally thanks to all the people who helped in so sany weys, selling
raffle tickets, collecting soney, heaving around the disco geur, etc.

Ralph.
RESCUS PRaCTICS MARCH '85.

For those who turned up, sany thanks- the session at the police st-
ation and later down Knotlow was very useful and informative. One
small point ererged regarding efficiency; if every vember has aw
ascedder & descender for abbing in and self lining owt then a con-
siderable amunt of tiue & effort can be saved.

Most of you are now aware that due to wy advancing years Paul has
now taken over the work of tean leader. I'u sure you will give hin
the help and support you've given ue over the years.it's not an easy
job-you can please all the folks sone of the tie and sone of the
folks all the tise, but never all the folks all of the tine, bu

you ‘ve heard that before somewhere.

CAVING TRIPS

TP You aRE GONG oH ESP AMD ARE WILLING 70 THCLIDE OTIS GIVE
RALPH A RING. HE CAI THEN PASS OM THE DETAILS TO ANYONE RIMGING IN.
‘I STANDS TO RBASOM THAT THE MORE PEOPLE YOU IMWVITE THE GREATER THE
‘THE CHANCE OF YOU BEING INCLUDED IN THRIR ARRANGEMENTS. INCREASE IN
MEMBERSHIP IS MAKING COMMUNICATION DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE SO DO

‘HOUR BEST TO INCLUDE OTHERS BY SUPPORTING THE ABOVE SYSTEX AND DO
PLEASE TRY TO aMTSND MEETINGS.

FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS.

4s: MAY AXE HOLE STOP DOWN BOOZE UP ETC.

48 MAY PENYGHENT Por

8p JUNE: SOUTH WALES

43 JULY @.G. ETC.

22 JULY G,BERGER AVEC ROCHDALE

JULY AUG. JURA VERCOURS OR VICE VERSA RING JOHN G.
3AUG, BIRXS FELL

40 AUG OPTER HOLE

14/15 SEPT KETTLEWELL OP. PROV.DOW OP STRANSGILL OP ETC
260cT, NOTTS POT ETC.

2 NOV. JUNIPER GULF L.KIN . RIFT . NICK.

17 NOV. LOST JOHNS ETC,

24 NOV LANC. PIP, LINK ETC.

THIS REPRESENTS ONLY A FRACTION OF WHAT REALY TAKES PLACE.RING RALPH
FOR UP TO DATE INFO, THERE IS NORMALLY AT LEAST ONS TRIP EVERY WEEKEND,
AND OFTEN MORE, MIDWESK TRIPS ARE ALSO BECOMING POPULAR.

NB.NO PRIZES FOR SOLVING THE 'OP' PUZZLE .Uf HOLDS THE KEY

FOR WEATHER INFORMATION RING DENT(05875) 462 (WEEKENDS AND BANK
HOLIDAYS) THIS GIVES A RECORDED MESSAGE. COVERING THE YORKS. DALES.

ROPES___COLOUR CODING

FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEW MEMBERS AND THOSE WITH SHORT MEMORIES OUR
ROPES ARE COLOUR CODED.AS THE COLOUR GET'S DARKER THE ROPE GETS
LONGER (IN THEORY) wixTE=50" YELLOW=60 RED=100° GREEN=120°
BLUB=150/ SHOULD YOU AB. OFF THR END OF A ROPE INCORRECTLY
CODED a.COS, THE TACKLE OFFICER WHO ISSUED THE ROPS b. BLAME THE

IDIO? WHO FAILED TO TIE A KNOT IN THE END BEFORE SETTING OFF.

STOP PRESS KV. AND PAUL (ASSISTED BY 2PUPILS FROM H.L.H. ) COMPLETED
THE THREE PEAKS IN 9/2 HOURS, WHICH INCLUDES A SESSION IN THE HILL INNt