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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.
<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.
But the absolutely first thing to do is to turn on the fridge and to put some beer in it.
<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.
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! They are here: <a href="/expofiles/documents/bier-tent-instructions.pdf">bier-tent-instructions.pdf</a>.
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.
<p>
<figure align=center>
<img src="i/base-tarp.jpg" width=50% hspace=5px alt="Tarp on the side in 2018">
<figcaption><em>Tarp at the side of the hut in 2018.</em></figcaption>
</figure>
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.
<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
pitching tents as it floods in heavy rain.
But the absolutely first thing to do is to turn on the fridge and to put some beer in it.<p>
The "kitchen" in the potato hut is just a sink and an electric kettle - and we deploy our bread-making machine there. We make coffee
and sandwiches there, but all cooking i done in <a href="#biertent">the Bier Tent</a>.
<p>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
@@ -70,16 +61,43 @@ sockets everywhere in the hut.
<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.
These are stuck up on the walls of the hut.
<p>
<figure align=center>
<img src="/handbook/i/base-tarp.jpg" width=50% hspace=5px alt="Tarp on the side in 2018">
<figcaption><em>Tarp at the side of the hut in 2018.</em></figcaption>
</figure>
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. In 2024 we had both side and end tarps.
<p>Part of the area next to the hut opposite the door is the winter curling "rink" - a lower area of gravel which we can't use for
pitching tents as it floods in heavy rain.
<h4 id="biertent">The Bier Tent</h4>
<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.
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! They are here: <a href="/expofiles/documents/bier-tent-instructions.pdf">bier-tent-instructions.pdf</a>.
Then the bier tent kitchen (tables, cookers, gas cylinders, pans and plates, and all the stored food) needs to be set up. </p>
<a href="/years/2015/biertent.png">
<img width=10% src="/years/2015/biertent.png"/></a>
<a href="/years/2015/biertent2.png">
<img width=10% src="/years/2015/biertent2.png"/></a>
<br />
READ THE <a href="/expofiles/documents/bier-tent-instructions.pdf">INSTRUCTIONS!</a>
<h2>Communications with top camp</h2>
<p>
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 <a href="comms/phone.html">these instructions</a> for using these and for renewing the SIM each year.
<p>In 2024 we trialled <a href="https://meshtastic.org/docs/introduction/"Meshtastic</a> text-messaging boxes
which worked extremely well: a couple of battery-powered base stations covered the whole plateau.
<h3>Whiteboards</h3>
<figure class=onright><a href="../years/2017/logbook.html#2017_s17_blog">
<img src="../years/2017/blogimages/36547905301_986fc71f08_c.jpg"
<figure class=onright><a href="/years/2017/logbook.html#2017_s17_blog">
<img src="/years/2017/blogimages/36547905301_986fc71f08_c.jpg"
alt="topcamp whiteboard in 2017"
align=right width=50% hspace=5px><figcaption style="text-align: center"></a>
Whiteboard at topcamp in 2017<br />Click for larger images and more examples