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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2>
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<h1>Base camp operations</h1>
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<p>Base camp - the potato hut - is where the expo as a whole is organised from.
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We do not have a centre of operations in the UK during expo.
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<p>Shopping for food and equipment during expo is centered at base camp,
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not least because this is where we have the beer fridge.
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<h2>Records kept at Base Camp</h2>
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<p>Obviously it is vital for safety that we know where everyone is and to ensure that
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(including the names of all expoers) before the expo begins.
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<p>Your next of kin, insurance and emergency contact details will need to be manually written onto your page of one of these
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(<a href="bierbook.html">the bierbook</a>) on first arrival at base camp as a double-check that we have the latest correct information.
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<h3>Base camp logbook</h3>
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<p>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
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sketched SRT rigging guides and some cave survey notes - in addition to those recorded in the waterproof underground surveying notebooks.
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<p>The text in the logbook is typed up trip by trip as the expo progresses (e.g. see the
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<a href="../years/2017/logbook.html">2017 logbook</a>). The sketches are scanned on the scanner in the potato hut.
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<h3>Base camp callout book</h3>
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<p>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
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and the callout time: the time at which rescue preparations will begin if they have not returned.
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<h2>Preparing base camp at the beginning of expo</h2>
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<p>
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<figure>
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<img src="i/base-tarp2017.jpg" width=50% hspace=5px alt="Tarp on the end in 2017">
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<figcaption><em>Tarp at the end of the hut in 2017.</em></figcaption>
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</figure>
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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.
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At the beginning of expo the cupboard and the loft are rammed full of stuff from last year and need to be emptied.
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<p>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.
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But the absolutely first thing to do is to turn on the fridge and to put some beer in it.
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<p>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.
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Then the bier tent kitchen (tables, cookers, gas cylinders, pans and plates, and all the stored food) needs to be set up.
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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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<p>
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<figure>
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<img src="i/base-tarp.jpg" width=50% hspace=5px alt="Tarp on the side in 2018">
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<figcaption><em>Tarp at the side of the hut in 2018.</em></figcaption>
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</figure>
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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
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and rain-free area for piles of expo stuff and for people to lurk.
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<p>Part of the area next to the hut is the winter curling "rink" - a lower area of gravel which we can't use for
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pitching tents as it floods in heavy rain.
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<p>Another big job is connecting and configuring the WiFI router, the networking netbook,
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the expo laptop (and extra screen and extra keyboard), the WiFi antenna, the printer, and the scanner.
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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
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sockets everywhere in the hut.
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<p>Every year we bring out A0 and A1 printed posters of the cave surveys of the caves which will be the focus of exploration.
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These are stuck up on the walls of the hut.
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<h2>Communications with top camp</h2>
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<p>
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Base camp and top camp both have phones using highly-reliable, low-bandwidth Austrian phone company SIMs.
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We use phone calls and text messages to coordinate callout times for
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caving trips. See <a href="phone.htm">these instructions</a> for using these and for renewing the SIM each year.
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<h3>Whiteboards</h3>
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<h3>Whiteboards<a href="http://expo.survex.com/years/2017/ukcaving/index.html#msg_282612"><img src="../years/2017/ukcaving/36547905301_986fc71f08_c.jpg" align="right" width=50% hspace=5px></a></h3>
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<p>There is a whiteboard in the potato hut and another in the Steinbrückhöhle top camp.
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<p>
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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
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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
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in the coming days.
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<h3>Base camp bike</h3>
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<p>We also have <a href=bike.html>a bike</a> which we use for shopping when all the cars are up the toll road and there are only
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a handful of people at base.
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<h2>Recycling</h2>
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<h3>Plastic bottles</h3>
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<p>This is <b>not</b> the same as is the UK. Austrians recycle plastic bottles, but <b>no other forms of plastic</b>:
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<ul>
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<li>no egg cartons, <li>no plastic bags, <li>no film food packaging,
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<li>no polythene milk bottles, <li>no PVC shampoo biottles, <li>no yoghurt pots, <li>no plastic cups; nothing.
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</ul>
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<p>The plastic bottles must be PET bottles: the normal fizzy drink type.
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<p>There is a bin bag for PET bottles (no caps) between the new and old potato huts.
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<h3>Metal cans</h3>
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<p>There is a bin bag for aluminium and steel food and drink cans between the new and old potato huts.
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We also put the bottle caps from Gosser beer in there.
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<h3>"Biomüll" - food waste</h3>
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<p>There is a bin bag for food waste - putrescible waste - between the new and old potato huts.
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This goes to composting or digestion, so no non-food items should go in here.
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The Biomüll bin truck drives past every Thursday morning, but you need to catch his attention to get them to take it away.
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Twice a week you need to re-bag the food waste , double-bagging if necessary to keep the flies out.
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<p>Flies, and wasps later in the expo, are a big problem.
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They lay eggs in the food waste and it can be crawling with maggots: which hatch into new flies.
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<p>
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There is spray bleach in the bier tent (mess tent) which should be liberally applied around all the bins
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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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<h2><img src="i/elaine-in-river.jpg" align=right hspace=5px alt="Of course my survey drawings are up to date.">The river</h2>
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<p>Behind the Gasthof, following a path from the toilets, is the river which comes from Grundlesee and goes to Bad Aussee.
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There is a small dam making a swimming pool and a raft to sit on with your feet in the water while drinking Gosser.
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The river (Grundlseer Traun) is not only a cool festering spot and excellent swimming location, but also provides
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us with some turbulence from a weir which is an ideal
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place <a href="../piclinks/washit.htm">for washing ropes</a> and other gear at the end of each expedition. See
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<a href="../fester.htm">the festering guide</a> for other non-caving activities to do from base camp.
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<p>
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In July 2018 the Gasthof nearly ran out of water because so many tourists were visiting for a music festival,
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and Hilda asked us to use river water if possible.
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<h2>Computer, printer and scanner</h2>
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<p>We have a complex installation of internet-connected computer hardware and WiFi in the potato hut - all running on donated or loaned gear.
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This is primarily for recording the surveys of the cave we discover during expo. See <a href="computer.html">base camp computers</a> for more details.
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We use this book to record where everyone spends the night. This is <b>important</b> because this is used to record our <b>tax liability</b> 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".
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<p>
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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.
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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.
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<h3 id="sesh">The Sesh Book</h3>
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<ul>
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LiIo CHARGE<br>
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C=3300mAh 14.4Vp
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</p>
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<p>If this is not the case then move to the long instructions.
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<p>If this is not the case then move to <a href="#long">the long instructions</a>.
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<br><br>
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<p>If it is showing <em>exactly</em> as shown above, hold down the "<b>Enter, Start Stop</b>" button
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(the one at the <b>right-hand end</b>, the <b>4th one from the left</b>) for two seconds.
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LI+3.26A 15.331V
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</p>
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<p>If this is not the case then move to the long instructions.
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<p>If this is not the case then move to <a href="#long">the long instructions</a>.
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<h3>Long Instructions</h3>
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<h3 id="long">Long Instructions</h3>
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<p>First insert the battery.
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<p>If the charging screen is not displaying the settings shown above then the correct <b>charging settings</b> need to be selected.
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You can do this as follows.
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"<b>Dec</b>" buttons until <b>14.4Vp</b> is displayed.
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</ul>
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<p>Now hold down the "<b>Enter, Start Stop</b>" button for 2 seconds until "<b>Battery Check</b>" is displayed
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and the screen looks similar to below, but with but with different numbers:
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and the screen looks similar to below, but with different numbers:
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<p style="
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color:darkblue;
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need replacing - which means reassembling it back in Cambridge and welding in a new cell pair).</p>
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<h3>Makita charging protocol issues</h3>
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<figure>
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<img src="i/makita2.jpg">
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<figcaption>
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<em>An unmodified Makita mains charger</em>
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>Makita have put very 'conservative' software in the batteries (as bought) which
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will stop them working on an as-bought, unmodified Makita charger, even when they are in
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fact fine. The monitoring board in the batteries is powered from the 1st cell pair so
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Further explanation: the charger uses a different pair of electrical connections from those used by the drill - that's why there are
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not just two electrical connectors in the charger - to accommodate those extra connections.
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<figure>
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<img src="i/makita-panel2.jpg" width=45%>
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<figcaption>
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<em>A close-up of the control panel of an unmodified Makita mains charger</em>
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<h3>Types of charger</h3>
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<p>We have these types of charger; the non-mains chargers are all at top camp and can run all night using the car batteries:
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<h3>Makita batteries: taped and un-taped</h3>
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<p>If a battery has green insulation tape on it it has been
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modified by us and <b>will not charge</b> on an unmodidfied as-bought Makita charger.
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modified by us and <b>will not charge</b> on an unmodified as-bought Makita charger.
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<ul>
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<li>Taped batteries must be charged on the balance pp (or RC chargers).
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<li>Taped batteries must be charged on the balance ProPeak (or RC chargers).
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<li>Untaped (standard, as-bought) batteries will not charge on the balance chargers, so must
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be charged on the Makita charger (or RC charger).
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<h3>Can I tell if a battery is already charged?</h3>
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<p>Simplest it try to charge it again and find that it says it is done
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<p>Simplest is try to charge it again and find that it says it is done
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in a couple of minutes (Up to 4 mins on the balance chargers). This
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may 'waste a life' on batteries that still work on the Makita
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charger. Checking it on the RC charger will not waste a life. It will
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<body>
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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2>
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<h1>Charging your light (and phone)</h1>
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<h2>Top camp</h2>
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<p>Top camp has no mains 230V electricity.
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<p>Top camp does have solar-powered car batteries, so you need to bring a <b>12V car-type charger</b> for your caving light and phones.
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<p>At top camp there is one USB-charging socket (a pair of USB sockets) provided. This just plugs into one of the 12V sockets. Since this is not enough for everyone's phones, you need to <b>bring your own</b> 12V-to-USB plug-in. (Providing proper permanently-wired USB charging is on our to-do list.)
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<p>USB to multiple-USB (e.g. 1:4) expander boxes don't work for charging lights. Even for charging phones they are very, very slow. So if you are using USB to charge your caving light <b>you must</b> bring a light charger which <b>plugs directly into the 12V socket</b>.
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<p>At top camp there is one 12V socket with an expo-supplied plug providing a pair of USB sockets.
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Since 2 USB sockets is not enough for everyone's phones, you need to <b>bring your own</b> 12V-to-USB plug-in.
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(Providing proper permanently-wired USB charging is on our to-do list.)
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<p>USB to multiple-USB (e.g. 1:4) expander boxes don't work for charging lights.
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Even for charging phones they are very, very slow.
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So if you are using USB to charge your caving light <b>you must</b> bring a light charger which <b>plugs directly into the 12V socket</b>.
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<h2>Base camp</h2>
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<p>Base camp has mains power and UK-style 230V mains sockets as well as EU-style mains sockets. So your usual UK chargers will work and you don't need to bring any converter plugs.
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<p>We have no permanent USB charging sockets. People bring their own mains-to-USB chargers so you may be able to borrow one, but this does mean that enough people bring one. So to be sure, <b>bring your own</b> (and label it with your gear tape).
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<p>Base camp has mains power and UK-style 230V mains sockets as well as EU-style mains sockets.
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So your usual UK chargers will work and you don't need to bring any converter plugs.
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<p>We have one expo USB charging unit (labelled with purple gear-tape: the expo colour):
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it has 6 powered big USB sockets and we have 2 microUSB cables and 2 USB-C cables.
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People also bring their own mains-to-USB chargers but there may not be enough.
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So to be sure, <b>bring your own</b> (and label it with your gear tape).
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<h2>USB cables</h2>
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You need to bring your own USB charger cable for your phone (typically big USB to micro-USB). Yes, there are a lot of them about, but they are all personal gear. So <b>bring your own</b> (and a spare) and label it with your gear-tape colour.And bring a spare.
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You need to bring your own USB charger cable for your phone (typically big USB to micro-USB).
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Yes, there are a lot of them about, but they are nearly all personal gear.
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So <b>bring your own</b> (and a spare) and label it with your gear-tape colour.
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<h2>Phone recharging battery</h2>
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If you are doing a lot of surface prospecting, and especially if you are using your phone for GPS location, you will want to bring a spare battery which re-charges your phone, e.g.
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<h2 id="permission">Permission</h2>
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<p>You have to be <em>individually</em> invited to come on the
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CUCC (Cambridge University Caving Club) Expo. You must not just turn up
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CUCC (Cambridge University Caving Club) Expo. You cannot just turn up
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and assume that you can join in. This is important as our relationship
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with the local caving club - whose permission we have to apply for every year -
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depends on this. Get in touch with CUCC <a href="https://www.srcf.ucam.org/caving/wiki/Main_Page">here</a>.
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<p>Your permission to attend must be confirmed in writing by the expedition leader before the expo starts.
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<p>We have to know when you are arriving and when you are leaving
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<p>
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In the past, <a href="https://www.snowcard.co.uk/adventure-travel-insurance">Snowcard</a>
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has been the most popular option but feel free to find something else
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if it seems more reasonable (but make sure it is definitely legit). The policy option you need for Snowcard is
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if it seems more reasonable but make sure it covers what you need: expedition potholing with ropes in
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unexplored caves, helicopter rescue, repatriation to the UK,
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adequate reimbursement of costs incurred in coping with accident (clothing cut off a broken leg, for example).
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The policy option you need for Snowcard is
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<a href="https://www.snowcard.co.uk/activity-levels/max-adventure">"Max Adventure"</a>
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which covers original cave exploration in an area which has "organised local cave rescue".
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<p>It is very difficult to find out whether any insurance policy actually covers expedition caving or not.
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<a href="http://www.hoehle.at/wordpress/verein/unterstutzungsmitglied-spenden/">www.hoehle.at/wordpress/verein/unterstutzungsmitglied-spenden/</a>
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and needs to be emailed to <em>hoehle (at) tele2.at </em> which goes to Robert TWC (The Wonder Caver).
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<p>Cost of VfHÖ membership is €30. There are details of how to do the bank transfer on their website
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<p>Cost of VfHÖ membership is €30 per year. There are details of how to do the bank transfer on their website
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but generally Robert turns up at the dinner and cash is handed over. But do not let this informality mislead you: a renewal fee may be due every year thereafter and the expo may be responsible. This is why you need to understand the implications of using this mechanism to get insurance and get agreement from the expedition.
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<em>
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<div style="margin-left:30px">
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<p>
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The Austrian Speleological Association (VÖH) offers insurance for leisure time activities to their
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members in cooperation with the Allianz-Elementar insurance company. All members of caving clubs within
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the VÖH organisation (except Caving Club Ebensee) are automatically assured to the following conditions.
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To choose a club to become a member, please visit:
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<a href="http://hoehle.org/mitgliedsvereine">hoehle.org/mitgliedsvereine</a>.
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Insurance sum:
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The insurance is valid for all leisure time accidents, except accidents in residental areas and households. The insurance is valid world wide. The insurance sum is subsidiary with other insurances.
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<p>
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Invalitidy: Invalidity will be paid from 25 - 100 % (no benefit below 25 %).
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Invalidity: Invalidity will be paid from 25 - 100 % (no benefit below 25 %).
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<p>
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Exclusion of liability: Reasons for exclusion of liability are influences from alcohol or drugs, using aircrafts, air- and motorsports, explosives, war, diving (pressure chambers are not covered), expeditions in glaciated areas outside of Europe and participation at competitions.
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<p>
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@ -84,14 +90,16 @@ All statements without guarantee.
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Contact person for questions (also responsible for forwarding claims to the insurance company):
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Thomas Exel versicherung@hoehle.org Tel: 0699/ 18 21 91 17
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</em>
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</div>
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<h2 id="medical">Medical Form</h2>
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<p>At the start of expo we have asked people to fill in an anonymous form
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for their health and medical details that will be kept secure in the tattie hut and only accessed
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for their health and medical details that will be kept secure in the potato hut and at top camp and will only accessed
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in the case of an emergency.
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<p>
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If anybody has any suggestions for updates to this form or other things apart from basic medical
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details, history and requirements (and your insurance details) please suggest this by emailing the expo list (having first read the previous emails on this matter).
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details, history and requirements (and your insurance details) please suggest this by emailing the expo list
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(having first asked a 2018 expo member to show your the previous email correspondance on this matter).
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<h2 id="nok">Next of Kin record</h2>
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<p>Please write the contact details of your next of kin above your name (you have your own page for "Money owed to...") in <a href="bierbook.html">the Bier Book</a>
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@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ Top camp: 00 43 664 871 6782 - what it uses to send texts and make calls (from
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we have finally settled on a foolproof method for communicating callouts from top camp to base camp: mobile phones.
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Cheap Austrian pay-as-you-go mobiles have sufficiently good reception on the plateau for sending SMS messages,
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and even occasionally for conversation.</p>
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<p>After the 2016 expo we decided that it would be a good idea to
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<a href="http://expo.survex.com/years/2016/rescue_debrief.html">invest in second phone at top camp</a>
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which could be used at cave entrances
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in the case of a rescue. This has not yet been done.
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<p>For some years (including 2018) we have been using the "B-Free" mobile scheme provided by the A1 company.
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We get reception even inside the Stone Bridge bivvy.
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(In 2011 we tried using another provider which picked up the T-Mobile network,
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