Sheffield University Speleological Society (SUSS)

CHECC ’09 South Wales Caving Club (Part 1)
By Chris Playfoot
20/11/09 – 22/11/09

So once again the wonderful CHECC weekend was upon us. A staple date in the student caver calendar, I wasn’t about to let work on Sunday make me miss the fun (I was sick… honest…) On Friday, at about 1.30, me, Tom1 and Denise [...]

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Tim goes diving in Knotlow…

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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 Rosie
On 7-8th over 20 SUSSians descended on Castleton for a weekend of caving and fireworks.
Most met at the early hour of 8.30 (before I’d ever get up for lectures!) to drive out and get into Peak Cavern in time for 10. 3 trips went for a pleasant trip down there, often bumping into each [...]

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By Imo
Well I’ve got a nice new camera! At last! Thought I’d take it down Holme Bank Chert Mine last week, to test it out, but DOH! I forgot the tripod. As a result the photos are not all that great. Still for those folks that came down to help me – here is the [...]

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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 Tom1
Well, this was both mine and Chris’ first time rigging underground on our own, nervous, excited, psyched.
We got underground at about midday and wasted no time getting to the first pitch where we found another group just finishing getting down. We both agreed that Chris would rig the first pitch as I had already [...]

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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 Chris Playfoot
So i’ve been wanting to practice how to rig for a while now, so when the opportunity to rig Eldon Hole came up I jumped at the chance. Nothing like a good bit of exposure on pitches eh!
I rigged the West wall route which had a few Y hangs and single rebilets. No [...]

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