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[svn r5797] All this bloody mess now validates as XHTML 1.0 Strict. What's more, some of the obviously out of date bits have been updated, or at least notes written to warn people that the information is out of date. I couldn't be arsed to do the surveying guide as well. I've just spent about eight hours doing this, I need food!

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<div align=center><h2>CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CAVING CLUB<br>
EXPEDITION HANDBOOK</h2></div>
<h1>Cambridge University Caving Club
Expedition Handbook</h1>
<p>The pages which make up this handbook were originally based on the paper
documents you might find lying around the Potato Hut or Top Camp.
Increasingly, the web pages are becoming the master documents. They don't
tell you everything you need to know about Expo, but there is a basic minimum
here, with links to more detailed info when you need it.
Increasingly, the web pages are becoming the master documents. They don't tell
you everything you need to know about Expo, but there is a basic minimum here,
with links to more detailed info when you need it.</p>
<p>There are more sections each year, though only three are anything like
complete at the moment:
complete at the moment:</p>
<dl>
<dt><a href="look4.htm">Prospecting</a><dd>The prospecting guide is essential
reading before you wander the plateau stumbling across holes of potential
interest. Vast amounts of work have been wasted in the past through
inadequate recording. It isn't very much extra work, but ensures that your
hard work gains some recognition in the future rather than making lots of
tedious work and the cursing of your name... There is a separate page with
pictures of surface landmarks for <a href="findit.htm">taking bearings</a>,
and a new guide to getting a <a href="survey/gps.htm">GPS fix</a>.
<dt><a href="look4.htm">Prospecting</a></dt>
<dd>The prospecting guide is essential reading before you wander the plateau
stumbling across holes of potential interest. Vast amounts of work have been
wasted in the past through inadequate recording. It isn't very much extra work,
but ensures that your hard work gains some recognition in the future rather
than making lots of tedious work and the cursing of your name... There is a
separate page with pictures of surface landmarks for <a
href="findit.htm">taking bearings</a>, and a new guide to getting a <a
href="survey/gps.htm">GPS fix</a>.</dd>
<dt><a href="survey/index.htm">Surveying</a><dd>Once the cave starts to get
significant (ie. anything which requires getting changed or rigging), it
needs good documentation. This is mostly a matter of doing a cave survey, a
guidebook description and usually a surface survey. The first time you go to
explore a poorly documented question mark, you will realise how important
this is, and it also makes for having a pretty survey on your wall to support
your bullshit. For 1998, the surveying guide has been split into easily
digestible chunks, including pages specifically intended for people who
<a href="survey/what.htm">haven't surveyed before</a>.
<dt><a href="survey/index.htm">Surveying</a></dt>
<dd>Once the cave starts to get significant (ie. anything which requires
getting changed or rigging), it needs good documentation. This is mostly a
matter of doing a cave survey, a guidebook description and usually a surface
survey. The first time you go to explore a poorly documented question mark, you
will realise how important this is, and it also makes for having a pretty
survey on your wall to support your bullshit. For 1998, the surveying guide has
been split into easily digestible chunks, including pages specifically intended
for people who <a href="survey/what.htm">haven't surveyed before</a>.</dd>
<dt><a href="rescue.htm">Rescue</a><dd>You fall and break your leg - probably
need a little help to get out of the cave ? How would you feel if everyone at
this stage took the rescue guide into Hilde's bar and started reading about
what to do ? Not a happy prospect, is it - so in the hope that it is
<b>not</b> you who gets hurt, we suggest you read this <b>now</b> so you know
what to do. It may well help you if it <b>is</b> you who gets injured, and
may even help prevent that from happening. So don't skip it !
<dt><a href="rescue.htm">Rescue</a></dt>
<dd>You fall and break your leg &ndash; probably need a little help to get out of the
cave ? How would you feel if everyone at this stage took the rescue guide into
Hilde's bar and started reading about what to do ? Not a happy prospect, is it
&ndash; so in the hope that it is <b>not</b> you who gets hurt, we suggest you read
this <b>now</b> so you know what to do. It may well help you if it <b>is</b>
you who gets injured, and may even help prevent that from happening. So don't
skip it !</dd>
<dt><a href="phone.htm">Phones</a><dd>How to use mobile phones on expo.
<dt><a href="phone.htm">Phones</a></dt>
<dd>How to use mobile phones on expo.</dd>
<dt><a href="photo.htm">Photography</a><dd>This section is hardly even
written, let alone useful :-)
<dt><a href="photo.htm">Photography</a></dt>
<dd>This section is hardly even written, let alone useful :-)</dd>
<dt><a href="rigit.htm">SRT Rigging</a><dd>This one's also minimal - but
links to useful info on another site. There is (Jan 2000), however, in
addition to the rudimentary page above, a few pages towards a full
Austria-specific guide. The <a href="rig/index.htm">contents page</a> links
to an <a href="rig/intro.htm">Introduction</a> and a useful section on
<a href="rig/boltin.htm">placing bolts</a> and it may be useful to refer to
the expedition <a href="../fixaid.htm">Fixed Aids</a> list to see what gear
has been left in place from previous years.
<dt><a href="rigit.htm">SRT Rigging</a></dt>
<dd>This one's also minimal &ndash; but links to useful info on another site.
There is (Jan 2000), however, in addition to the rudimentary page above, a few
pages towards a full Austria-specific guide. The <a
href="rig/index.htm">contents page</a> links to an <a
href="rig/intro.htm">Introduction</a> and a useful section on <a
href="rig/boltin.htm">placing bolts</a> and it may be useful to refer to the
expedition <a href="../fixaid.htm">Fixed Aids</a> list to see what gear has
been left in place from previous years.</dd>
<dt><a href="update.htm">Updating the website</a><dd>This tells you how to use CVS to download and update the master copy of the website.
<dt><a href="update.htm">Updating the website</a></dt>
<dd>This tells you how to use CVS to download and update the master copy of the
website.</dd>
<dt><a href="vocab.htm">Useful vocabulary</a><dd>This is hardly a "section",
but contains a possibly useful table of translations of climbing (mainly) and
caving (some) terms into German, Spanish and French. It's here mainly
because I had the material to hand and it would be silly not to make it
available.
<dt><a href="vocab.htm">Useful vocabulary</a></dt>
<dd>This is hardly a "section", but contains a possibly useful table of
translations of climbing (mainly) and caving (some) terms into German, Spanish
and French. It's here mainly because I had the material to hand and it would be
silly not to make it available.</dd>
<dt><a href="leader.htm">Checklist for expo leaders</a><dd>Whilst it will not
often be the case that the expedition leader has not been before, in 1998 the
entire expo leadership were neophytes. Despite much support from previous
leaders, a few odd things got forgotten, like envelopes for survey notes. One
of the good things they invented was an annual suggestions file for making
things better next time. One of the suggestions was a handbook section
telling them what to do! We hope that this checklist will become useful for
"experienced" leaders as well as vital guidance for anyone new to the job.
However, <b>do not rely on it being complete</b>, at least, not yet.
<dt><a href="leader.htm">Checklist for expo leaders</a></dt>
<dd>Whilst it will not often be the case that the expedition leader has not
been before, in 1998 the entire expo leadership were neophytes. Despite much
support from previous leaders, a few odd things got forgotten, like envelopes
for survey notes. One of the good things they invented was an annual
suggestions file for making things better next time. One of the suggestions was
a handbook section telling them what to do! We hope that this checklist will
become useful for "experienced" leaders as well as vital guidance for anyone
new to the job. However, <b>do not rely on it being complete</b>, at least,
not yet.</dd>
<dt><a href="http://mrs30.quns.cam.ac.uk/expo/treasurer/">How to
be Expo Treasurer</a><dd>How expo accounting works in theory and
practice, the treasurer's tasks, and how to accomplish them.
<dt><a href="http://mrs30.quns.cam.ac.uk/expo/treasurer/">How to be Expo
Treasurer</a></dt>
<dd>How expo accounting works in theory and practice, the treasurer's tasks,
and how to accomplish them.</dd>
</dl>
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