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Caving: Photos + Vid from Gaping Gill | Exploration Talk on Wednesday | Next Trip 21-23rd Nov (Yorkshire, Lost Johns)
by Jarvist Frost 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

*Photos + Vid from Gaping Gill* Absolutely cracking set of trips this weekend just gone, did a Flood / Bar exchange down into the main chamber of Gaping Gill in Yorkshire. Set off a flare, which lit up the chamber most spectacularly. NPC has just been done up as a hut, central heating and a great new wood fire, very very comfy! Photos (just a few, camera didn't like the cold): http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/photo_archive/trips/2008-11-07%20-%20y… Flare Vid (exciting at 10s when Dan steps to the fore and catches on fire), though perhaps most amusing is my distressingly geeky voice over [*ooohooho, fifteen thousand candelalala*] :) : http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/photo_archive/trips/2008-11-07%20-%20y… ---- *Usual Meet 7:30pm Tonight (6pm in Stores for cleaning for those who went at the weekend)* ---- *FREE Talk* by *Fleur Loveridge* on cave exploration "*Life on the Dark Side, *Exploring caves from Wales to China" Starts 7:30pm, near by in Pimlico. Food available in bar. The Chadwick Street Recreation Centre, 1 Chadwick Street, London SW1P 2EP<http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=SW1P+2EP&sll=53.800651,-…> http://www.aacuk.org.uk/Talks.aspx ---- Next trip is now to *LECK FELL, YORKSHIRE*, *November 21-23rd*. We've got a permit to do Lost Johns', which is possibly the best novice rope trip available in Yorkshire. Usual £10 to sign up, absolutely cracking trip, check out some of the prior writeups: http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/yorkshire/yorkshire-2007-11-30.php http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/yorkshire/yorkshire-2006-winter-tour.p… Cave safe chaps, Jarv

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CAVING: 7-8th Nov WEEKEND TRIP TO YORKSHIRE (ROPEWORK!) | Photos | Tues 4th Nov 7:30pm Union Meet | Wed 5th Nov Noon Tree Train
by Jarvist Frost 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Dear Cavers, * FIRST ROPE TRIP OF THE YEAR! 7-8th November - Yorkshire* Bounce your way down the tallest UG waterfall in the country (105m) to explore the closest you will ever come to an underground cathedral, crypt included. And of course, being so close to 5th Nov, fireworks and fire will be an integral part of the weekend! This photo is by us and of us standing there in the big chamber last July. The white lines are sunlight streaming through the waterfalls from the surface above. Anyone got a frisbee? [image: GG_mainchamb_GREYCstoration_a16_p12_dt100_gimp_burn]<http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/photo_archive/trips/2008-04-25%20-%20a…> <http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/photo_archive/trips/2008-04-25%20-%20a…> But seriously, the trip will be spectacular. The high-adrenaline buzz of abseil and swinging effortlessly through black space is what keeps us cavers caving, and we're organising it so that all you novices out there can come and enjoy a taste of this high octane pleasure. Usual excellent accommodation (who would camp in the UK in November?!) at the NPC with COAL fire & much foodage to make up the calories lost in the field. Standard ten squid deposit, come along to *Tues Meet* (*7:30pm Union Bar*) / *Wed* (*Tree Training*) to reserve your place, first come first served, yadda yadda. Actually, more seriously - we're full up, but our members are so nice that we can make room for a couple more keen freshers... Come out of the sidelines and get in touch! * Mendips* (this weekend just gone) Great set of wet 'n' wild trips this weekend. 1) Went straight to the cave on Friday evening (1am) and caved through the night to avoid the crowds in Swildons (Hallo'ween party with real bats...). 2) Crawled out of bed midday on Saturday before zooming off for more underground rivers in Charterhouse. 3) Absolutely fantastic meal in the super comfy Belfry hut [avoiding the rainstorm outside and enjoying the cherry-red pot-boiler fire], before getting the bare necessary of shut-eye and then taking on some sump free-diving on Sunday to achieve the Black Hole. Come along on Tues to hear the wild-eyed stories of underwater sump free diving. * Some Photos:* Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=100195&id=222400238&saved=> http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/photo_archive/trips/2008-10-31%20-%20m… *Weekly Meet (TUESDAY): *We'll be washing kit in stores from *6pm* on Tuesday for those who were on the trip at the weekend, before moving onto the union bar for *7:30pm* ish. * Tree Training (WEDNESDAY): *From *Noon *(now that there's less light). Meet in *stores at 12*, or come straight to *Princes' Gardens* thereafter. You need SRT skills learned in the skills before heading off to Yorkshire/Derbyshire! If our times are not convenient, email and we can arrange some 1-on-1 teaching. *Last of the Autumn Meets Calendar:* *Nov 21-23rd* - CHECC, Derbyshire *Dec 5-7th* - Yorkshire, BPF And in case you missed them here are the photos from the first trip of the year to Wales: http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/photo_archive/trips/2008-10-17%20-%20w… Your Secretary, Jarv

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CAVING: Cheese, Wine & Slide-show Extravaganza: 7pm SR3 Union Building: TONIGHT! (Mon Oct 27th)
by Jarvist Frost 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Dear Cavers, A little reminder: What: *Cheese, Wine & pretty picture Slide-show *Cost: *FREE* Where: *Seminar Room 3, Upstairs in the Union Building* When:* 7pm Mon 27th Oct* Come to see what's involved in the caving club, both on weekend trips around the UK, underground camping, foreign tours and a few photos from our summer expedition* VOTLA GORA 2008 *which set out to find the *2nd longest cave in Slovenia...* Come promptly to stuff yourself silly, Jarv

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Caving: Wales Trip Photos | Meet Tues 21st Oct 6pm | Slideshow, Cheese & Wine Mon 27th Oct 7pm | Hallo'ween trip Weekend 31st Oct-2nd Nov (Mendips, Somerset)
by Jarvist Frost 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Dear Cavers, Lovely trip to South Wales this weekend just gone, everyone made it down (and then up river!) to the Top waterfall in the mighty Ogof Fynnon Ddu cave system*.* There's a few photos on the website already, more to come: * http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/trips/2008-10-17%20-%20wales/<http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/photo_archive/trips/2008-10-17%20-%20w…> Upcoming Events:* * Tues 21st October 6pm:* Meeting in stores to wash the kit from the weekend will then proceed to the union bar for ~7:30pm. Come along to say hello, we'll try and take a few helmets + lights along to make it clear who we are! *Mon 27th October 7pm, Seminar Room 3 [Union building]:* Discover the true realities of caving, a description of sports and exploratory caving at home and abroad. *FREE wine and cheese to munch on during the pretty picture slide-show*. * Weekend 31st Oct-2nd Nov* (meet Fri @ 6pm in Stores, Beit Quad, back ~10pm Sunday): Hallo'ween special caving trip in the Mendips, Somerset. Bonfires, bats & subterranean waterfalls. Few spaces left, usual 10 squid deposit to gurantee your place. A rock-bottom all-inclusive *£20 for freshers*. *A quick note on Weekend Trips:* We've not been very good at communicating what goes on on weekend trips. We stay in really quite plush dedicated caving huts with showers, flush toilets & bunk beds with mattresses, well stocked kitchens and fridges, common rooms with entertaining locals and log fires. We have a monumental greasy fry up / porridge fest to acquire the calories at breakfast, pause for a chomp on pita-bread sandwiches poised above crashing underground torrents, and round off the evening eating an enormous meal before slumping in front of the fire and playing dubious health-and-safety games with the other student caving groups. * WE DO NOT CAMP, OR STAY IN 'CAMPING BARNS', OR CAMP UNDERGROUND*! ***[Unless you really want to go camping & cave exploring in Daren]** * Cave safe guys & girls, Jarv* *

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Caving: Tues Union Bar Meet 7pm | Wed Tree Train Noon-ish | Weekend trip to Wales 17-19th Oct
by Imperial College Caving Club 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

Cavers, *Tuesday 7pm Union Bar *First bar meet of the term, your chance to come and chat about the dark arts. Bring *£10 deposit* to guarantee your place on one of the freshers' trips. We'll stick a helmet on the table to advertise our presence. If the Union bar is rammed we might end up outside. * 17-19th October - South Wales - **£**20 all in (food, accommodation, transport, moral guidance)* Zooming off to the Swansea valley, staying in a comfy hut with a wood fire and big fat ovens just a 200 metre stumble through the national park to the cave entrance, where we can get stuck right in to some nice 8hr+ trips. Start your caving career with a big bang and get lost in the mighty Ogof Fynnon Ddu: http://ogof.net *Wednesday Noon-ish - Tree Train - **£FREE* Come outside and practice your rope techniques on the trees of princes gardens: climb up a piece of nylon the size of your finger then abseil down, pass deviations and rebelays, swing manically on the curious 'electron' ladders... Good fun, swinging from a tree. Meet Noon-ish at stores, or come direct to Princes Gardens' and look for the ropes.* *Stores is here:* http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/stores.php * Princes gardens is that big patch of grass and trees south of Ethos and north of Southside halls, east of exhibition road. * Recent Trips by ICCC* 46 Hours Camping Underground in Daren Cilau 10-12th Oct 2008 <http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/trips/2008-10-10%20-%20daren…> <http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/trips/2008-10-10%20-%20daren…>Having finally run out of excuses, a one-man team from ICCC set off on the train to Abergavenny to join the Daren diggers at their Hard Rock Cafe. An amazing weekend to join the Daren crew, a wonderful time had stumbling around the enormity of this complex cave. A few photos and a quick writeup to come... A few photos...<http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/trips/2008-10-10%20-%20daren…> PhD Freshers OFD/WSG Trip 2008 3-5th Oct 2008 <http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/trips/2008-10-03%20-%20wales…> <http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/trips/2008-10-03%20-%20wales…>Quickly quickly before all the undergraduates arrived, we shot off for a little weekend trip with the JN/EXSS group of the physics department to enjoy the pleasure of Top Entrance (OFD <http://ogof.net/>) and the perverse delights of evening games in the WSG hut. Major washout on the Saturday which prevented us from venturing to the streamway, rain had stopped by Sunday lunch in time for a beautiful walk up a hill in the Brecons. Photos!<http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/trips/2008-10-03%20-%20wales/> Cave safe kids, Jarv *Oct 31st - 2nd Nov* - Mendip, BEC hut<http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/trips/2007-11-23%20-%20mendi…>/ Swildons, GB<http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/trips/2007-11-23%20-%20mendi…> *Nov 7-9th* - Yorkshire, NPC *Nov 21-23rd* - CHECC, Derbyshire *Dec 5-7th* - Yorkshire, BPF -- Imperial College Caving Club http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving ic.caving [AT] gmail.com

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Caving 2008 | Tree Training Wednesday 8th Oct 1pm (Beit Quad) | Autumn Calendar & etc.
by Imperial College Caving Club 08 Oct '08

08 Oct '08

Dear Cavers-to-be, Great to speak to so many of you at Freshers Fayre! * Tree Training Wed 8th Oct 1pm [[THIS AFTERNOON]]* It looks a little like this: TREE TRAINING WITH BALLAST<http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/photo_archive/trips/2004-12-01%20-%20t…> We'll meet in *Beit Quad at 1pm*, go down to stores (in the far left basement corner of the union) and gather some equipment before heading off to the trees. Here are some photo directions for stores, or look for someone familiar (& probably wearing a helmet with a *LIGHT*) in the Quad: http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/stores.php This will also be a chance to chat about caving in a slightly more relaxed setting, and to signup to the weekend trips - bring a 10 squid deposit to guarantee a place! If you're much later than 1pm - go straight to Princes Gardens (you'll see the ropes in the trees), its the patch of grass to the north of SouthSide and south of Ethos, the otherside of Exhibition road. If you miss this one because you're climbing, don't worry - we'll be out most Wednesdays in October, weather permitting. Forecast is good for tomorrow - 15C and sun, so come to enjoy the last of the outdoor warmth! *Weekly Meetings Tuesday 7:30pm Union Bar* Come along for a few choice ales / coca-colas, and chat about plans for future caving... *Events Calendar* Standard weekend trip involves: Meet Fri 6pm in stores, pack vast quantities of expensive club kit which fits, pile into back of minibus at 7pm, razz along the M6 with the Joy Division pumping, stopping at a Tesco super stores to stock up on porridge and mars bars, rock up at a fabulous hut in the middle of nowhere and get the fire & cheese-on-toast production line cranked up, sleep in bunk beds, get up on Saturday and conquer caverns measureless to man, get out & go via the pub if still open then back to the hut and cook a 3000+ calorie meal. Repeat on Sunday, then drive home in time for last tube. Dump stuff in stores & cleanup before the Tuesday social meet. Ideally you'll bring your own sleeping bag, though we have a few club ones to lend. *Oct 17-19th* - Wales, SWCC hut<http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/trips/2007-04-12%20-%20wales…>/ OFD<http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/trips/2007-04-12%20-%20wales/> *Oct 31st - 2nd Nov* - Mendip, BEC hut<http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/trips/2007-11-23%20-%20mendi…>/ Swildons, GB<http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/trips/2007-11-23%20-%20mendi…> *Nov 7-9th* - Yorkshire, NPC *Nov 21-23rd* - CHECC, Derbyshire *Dec 5-7th* - Yorkshire, BPF *Website *There's an absolute shed load of information on our website, so hit: http://union.ic.ac.uk/caving To see the pretty pictures & read the wicked stories. If you're interested in the exploration side of caving, you might want to jump straight in at our Slovenia exploits: http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/slovenia/intro/slov_intro.php * Committee* The cheeky chaps running the show this year are the following mugs: <http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/mugshots/tom%20jenkins.html> <http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/mugshots/james%20kirkpatrick…> <http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/mugshots/jamie%20perrelet.ht…> *President:* Paul Hutton (below right) *Treasurer:* Ben Banfield (below centre) *Secretary:* Jarvist Frost (below left, emerging from a toilet) *Social Secretary:* Jamie Perrelet (left) *Foreign Secretary:* James Kirkpatrick (far left) <http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/mugshots/Jarvist%20Frost.html> <http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/mugshots/Ben%20Banfield.html> <http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/photo_archive/mugshots/Paul%20Hutton.html> The following guys and girls help out an awful lot: [image: Jana Carga]<http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/photo_archive/mugshots/Jana%20Carga.ht…> [image: Dan Greenwald]<http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/photo_archive/mugshots/Dan%20Greenwald…> [image: Tim Osborne]<http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/photo_archive/mugshots/Tim%20Osborne.h…> [image: Sandeep Mavadia - IMGP0642]<http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/photo_archive/trips/2006-11-24%20-%20w…> Jana (left), Dan (above), Tim (right), Gergely & Rik (part of the musical trio on far right). We've got an absolute cracking set of UK trips lined up for the Autumn, a record breaking connection to make in our Slovenian Explorations and a whole world of limestone to explore in the tours. Your smiling secretary, Jarv -- Imperial College Caving Club http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving ic.caving [AT] gmail.com

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