Sheffield University Speleological Society (SUSS)

By Andy Chapman
Me and a few of the Eldon boys (Hibberts, Toogood, Jams and Pemberton assisted by a cast of thousands) have been down Gautries, digging at the minute. A pretty amazing trip and if you’d like to help assist carrying dive bottles to the end, please feel free to ask!!
Anyway, a nice description for [...]

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By Ali Arm-Bar
At 8pm on 18/11/09 Mike, Lorrie and I embarked on what would turn out to be a truly epic adventure.  We set off in the dead of mid-evening into the Peak District in a silver automobile – akin to Kit from Knight Rider, but a different colour, and probably better.  Negotiating the treacherous [...]

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By Imo
Norman, Mark, Imo, Rosie,Tom1,Tom2 and Ozzie James went to Crem last night for a big hauling trip.
80 buckets shifted. Really good result. In at 7.15pm out at 9.45pm
Tom2 operated the bike winch, and Norman dug spoil. The rest of us switched around jobs, some at the dig face, some at the shaft. We had [...]

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By Imo
Back to the Dollimores with Tom2, some OUCC members, some UBSS members and some from Abba Uni.
Once more I was reminded of my lack of caving fitness. Its been quite a long time for me in Draenen and my crawling prowess is definately not what it once was. Still as they say – no [...]

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By Imo
Okay guys and girls, roll up roll up, we are open for business. Norman Flux, Mark Brown, Alys Mendes and Me went to check out Crem. We can now announce that the winch is in working condition and Crem is open for business!
We dug a fair amount in the hour and half that we [...]

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By Tom Bell
On 31st October I got a second look around Ogof Draenen’s gigantic system on a digging trip to the Dolimores series alongside Peter (a chap from Hampshire), Trevor (a friendly local) and three Aberystwyth Uni student cavers, Oli, Henry and Rich. After getting ourselves optimally wet in the entrance series at 11ish we [...]

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By Henry Rockliff
The trip last week on tuesady had 5 of us head down for a good dig. we got about 70 buckets. It continues up steadily and is all looking good. We broke the pick axe! And wore a hole in one of the buckets and there is
ever more need for a [...]

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by Henry Rockcliff
On saturday myself and Edd got 50 bukets out, which was pretty good for 2 of us (thanks edd for doing the bulk of the hauling). The passage is still going up nicely, digging might be geting a bit easier, (less hard packed gravel).
I have made some new improvements  (soon to be more) hauling harnesses and it is [...]

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By Henry Rockcliff 
The dig continued up hill with ever more rock in the fill this makes the
digging harder but still nothing like as hard as dragging the fill up
the hill.
the air seemed to hold up dispite a much bigger team although we did
get though some 17-18 ah of power at about 11-15 v the new [...]

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By Henry Rockcliff
Well after the last trip, I completely broke the fan whilst testing it. I removed it from the cave to fit a new connecter, which failed on the
last section. 
 
BUT….i have now got a better* fan and I am keen to do a long trip on the 20th. Is any one coming with me (some people [...]

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