From 02718e046ca964742ea2b63db396752b12ff3041 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Sargent Base camp - the potato hut - is where the expo as a whole is organised from.
We do not have a centre of operations in the UK during expo.
Shopping for food and equipment during expo is centered at base camp,
not least because this is where we have the beer fridge.
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Obviously it is vital for safety that we know where everyone is and to ensure that
@@ -21,21 +24,53 @@ because of tourist tax payments.
(including the names of all expoers) before the expo begins.
Your next of kin, insurance and emergency contact details will need to be manually written onto your page of one of these
(the bierbook) on first arrival at base camp as a double-check that we have the latest correct information.
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We have a hard-cover book where we record every caving or surface exploration trip that has departed or returned to base camp. This includes
sketched SRT rigging guides and some cave survey notes - in addition to those recorded in the waterproof underground surveying notebooks.
The text in the logbook is typed up trip by trip as the expo progresses (e.g. see the
2017 logbook). The sketches are scanned on the scanner in the potato hut.
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We have a hardcover book recording who has left base camp to go directly on a caving or surface trip, when they are expected back
and the callout time: the time at which rescue preparations will begin if they have not returned.
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+We have the use of the new potato hut, its loft, and a cupboard - externally accessed - in the old potato hut.
+At the beginning of expo the cupboard and the loft are rammed full of stuff from last year and need to be emptied.
+ One of the first things to do is to put down the floor covering and gaffer-tape table-cloths to the tables in the potato hut.
+But the absolutely first thing to do is to turn on the fridge and to put some beer in it.
+ The bier tent (mess tent) has to be erected - a complex job for 2 people as it has a steel-tube frame and very stiff waterproofed canvas.
+Then the bier tent kitchen (tables, cookers, gas cylinders, pans and plates, and all the stored food) needs to be set up.
+The "kitchen" in the potato hut is just a sink and an electric kettle - and we deploy our bread-making machine there.
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+The tarp needs to be erected which extends from the end or, from 2018 the side, of the potato hut to provide a shaded
+and rain-free area for piles of expo stuff and for people to lurk.
+ Part of the area next to the hut is the winter curling "rink" - a lower area of gravel which we can't use for
+ pitching tents as it floods in heavy rain.
+ Another big job is connecting and configuring the WiFI router, the networking netbook,
+the expo laptop (and extra screen and extra keyboard), the WiFi antenna, the printer, and the scanner.
+These are installed on top of the wood burning stove which we don't use. We also install mains power extension cables with UK-style
+sockets everywhere in the hut.
+ Every year we bring out A0 and A1 printed posters of the cave surveys of the caves which will be the focus of exploration.
+These are stuck up on the walls of the hut.
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Base camp and top camp both have phones using highly-reliable, low-bandwidth Austrian phone company SIMs.
We use phone calls and text messages to coordinate callout times for
caving trips. See these instructions for using these and for renewing the SIM each year.
- There is a whiteboard in the potato hut and another in the Steinbrückhöhle top camp.
These show current important and urgent information: what needs to be brought up to top camp from base, what we have run out of and needs buying
@@ -43,10 +78,48 @@ These show current important and urgent information: what needs to be brought up
The top camp board also records who is out on which caving trips and when they are expected back; and also promising leads to be checked out
in the coming days.
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We also have a bike which we use for shopping when all the cars are up the toll road and there are only
a handful of people at base.
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+ This is not the same as is the UK. Austrians recycle plastic bottles, but no other forms of plastic:
+ The plastic bottles must be PET bottles: the normal fizzy drink type.
+ There is a bin bag for PET bottles (no caps) between the new and old potato huts.
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+ There is a bin bag for aluminium and steel food and drink cans between the new and old potato huts.
+We also put the bottle caps from Gosser beer in there.
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+ There is a bin bag for food waste - putrescible waste - between the new and old potato huts.
+This goes to composting or digestion, so no non-food items should go in here.
+The Biomüll bin truck drives past every Thursday morning, but you need to catch his attention to get them to take it away.
+Twice a week you need to re-bag the food waste , double-bagging if necessary to keep the flies out.
+ Flies, and wasps later in the expo, are a big problem.
+They lay eggs in the food waste and it can be crawling with maggots: which hatch into new flies.
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+There is spray bleach in the bier tent (mess tent) which should be liberally applied around all the bins
+between the old and new potato huts to keep the flies dead. If this runs out be sure to buy some more.
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+ Behind the Gasthof, following a path from the toilets, is the river which comes from Grundlesee and goes to Bad Aussee.
+There is a small dam making a swimming pool and a raft to sit on with your feet in the water while drinking Gosser.
+The river (Grundlseer Traun) is not only a cool festering spot and excellent swimming location, but also provides
+us with some turbulence from a weir which is an ideal
+place for washing ropes and other gear at the end of each expedition. See
+the festering guide for other non-caving activities to do from base camp.
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+In July 2018 the Gasthof nearly ran out of water because so many tourists were visiting for a music festival,
+and Hilda asked us to use river water if possible.
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We have a complex installation of internet-connected computer hardware and WiFi in the potato hut - all running on donated or loaned gear.
This is primarily for recording the surveys of the cave we discover during expo. See base camp computers for more details.
diff --git a/handbook/bierbook.html b/handbook/bierbook.html
index 79a75ad6f..2d989748d 100644
--- a/handbook/bierbook.html
+++ b/handbook/bierbook.html
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ This is used to record vital information:
We use this book to record where everyone spends the night. This is important because this is used to record our tax liability which is part of our camping fee for the Gasthof. We have been visited by tax inspectors in the past, so this is not just a "nice to have".
-This also records the number of nights spent at the bivvy and underground camp. We really do use this data to help us plan the food needed up the mountain for future expeditions.
+This also records the number of nights spent at the bivvy and underground camp. We use this data to help us plan the food needed up the mountain for future expeditions.
CUCC Expedition Handbook
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Base camp operations
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Records kept at Base Camp
Base camp logbook
Base camp callout book
Preparing base camp at the beginning of expo
+Communications with top camp
Whiteboards
+Whiteboards
Base camp bike
Recycling
+Plastic bottles
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+Metal cans
+"Biomüll" - food waste
+The river
+Computer, printer and scanner
The Sesh Book
diff --git a/handbook/charging.html b/handbook/charging.html
index bc0039839..5f0210978 100644
--- a/handbook/charging.html
+++ b/handbook/charging.html
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Check that screen looks like this: Displaying
LiIo CHARGE
C=3300mAh 14.4Vp
If this is not the case then move to the long instructions. +
If this is not the case then move to the long instructions.
If it is showing exactly as shown above, hold down the "Enter, Start Stop" button
(the one at the right-hand end, the 4th one from the left) for two seconds.
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ CHG 0.04 00002
LI+3.26A 15.331V
If this is not the case then move to the long instructions. +
If this is not the case then move to the long instructions. -
First insert the battery.
If the charging screen is not displaying the settings shown above then the correct charging settings need to be selected. You can do this as follows. @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ You can do this as follows. "Dec" buttons until 14.4Vp is displayed.
Now hold down the "Enter, Start Stop" button for 2 seconds until "Battery Check" is displayed -and the screen looks similar to below, but with but with different numbers: +and the screen looks similar to below, but with different numbers:
+
Makita have put very 'conservative' software in the batteries (as bought) which will stop them working on an as-bought, unmodified Makita charger, even when they are in fact fine. The monitoring board in the batteries is powered from the 1st cell pair so @@ -133,6 +137,12 @@ packs, and 3 automatic balance chargers were built by Wookey.
Further explanation: the charger uses a different pair of electrical connections from those used by the drill - that's why there are not just two electrical connectors in the charger - to accommodate those extra connections. +We have these types of charger; the non-mains chargers are all at top camp and can run all night using the car batteries: @@ -157,9 +167,9 @@ for full, red for flat, half and half for 'partly used'.
If a battery has green insulation tape on it it has been -modified by us and will not charge on an unmodidfied as-bought Makita charger. +modified by us and will not charge on an unmodified as-bought Makita charger.
Simplest it try to charge it again and find that it says it is done +
Simplest is try to charge it again and find that it says it is done in a couple of minutes (Up to 4 mins on the balance chargers). This may 'waste a life' on batteries that still work on the Makita charger. Checking it on the RC charger will not waste a life. It will diff --git a/handbook/i/base-tarp.jpg b/handbook/i/base-tarp.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..48da668b43fbfa83f1749da2e52b36eb9312c2f5 GIT binary patch literal 125274 zcmeF2byyYM_vnWX=}_X(2Wcb@NOyNP3LNSn-Jrk#lF}t29FPt{K_nGKkyN?_6qE*$ z7D2%~fbaM9cc14z&%J-&?{Ma<YN{?Y-BI*)wzaJ@tDYAk$D$R{=0EFaR~^5BU9= zq+B@=
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