Rants
5th October 2024 – ULSA GIAG
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 with a cold shower, I rapped on Carla's door at 7:50am as requested the night before. She started getting ready as I lugged my gear into the back of the...
5th May 2024 – A trip down Swildon’s
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 to eat my noodles. After a proper amount of faff, we headed to the caves, leaving at 10:15. Nem had consistently been "joking" about not wanting to cave. Nonetheless, she...
Caving Audio Documentary:
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. For the documentary itself scroll down to the bottom.
Beginnings:
After ranting to Zach about naked caving and smashed plates for a good hour and rifling off random cave names, I quickly...
Lundy Island – The Devils Slide
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. To stay at the island you normally have to book well in advance as there are only 40 camping spots but we managed to book at the last minute to...