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12/10/2024 – Time to revisit GB

Adam Erskine-Jones - 0
For some reason I had taken it upon myself to organise people into the caving groups for the day, sorting everyone into GB or Swildon's. As I hadn't been down GB in a good few years, I decided to put myself on the team. Joining me would be Jess...

5th October 2024 – ULSA GIAG

Adam Erskine-Jones - 0
The title could have used some more thought, but it's penned now. I woke up at around 7am this day, the Friday having been a tired one with training ending at 10pm, all of us trainers being fairly knackered, though we all still went for a pint. Waking myself up...

5th May 2024 – A trip down Swildon’s

Adam Erskine-Jones - 0
We woke up relatively early at Wookey Farm Campsite, mostly at 8ish due to Alex Midgely waking us. We ate our own breakfasts next to the remains of the previous nights fire. I had a handful of nuts, but Emily Crossley's insistence that it wouldn't be enough convinced me...

Caving Audio Documentary:

Adam Baldock - 0
Zach Harland and Adam Baldock Over the past few months, myself and Zach have been working on an audio documentary about caving, and I will be posting the documentary on the website alongside this rant. This rant is sort of three mini rants in one, with detail about the process....

Lundy Island – The Devils Slide

Brendan Hall - 0
After seeing a picture of a cool-looking climb in a book and then finding out it was only a HS James was very keen for a trip to Lundy. Which is tiny (5km long and 1 km wide), but has lots of sea cliff climbing on its west face....

Sailing in Greece 2024

Brendan Hall - 0
For the past few years, Phil Sargent has been spending his summers sailing his Yatch Elin around Greece. He has a pretty generous offer of letting people sail around on his boat with him so long as they pay for food. After doing a competent crew course the year...

Self limiting bow wave

Sam Allshorn - 0
This cave has been rumoured to be there for years. Mr T and Mr A had been. I had their notes about it but it wasn't until January this year (2023) after an initial effort with Hugh St Lawarence that I finally got in. The initial return involved wearing...

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