diff --git a/folk/folk.csv b/folk/folk.csv index 6def74df7..f9c7663ac 100644 --- a/folk/folk.csv +++ b/folk/folk.csv @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ Juliette Nash,Nash,,,l/juliettenash.htm,,,,,,,,,,,,1,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Isaac Neale (Issac), Neale,,,i/2024/isaac_neale.gif,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1 Viz Neogi,Neogi,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,,,,,,,,, George North,North,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, -Amelia Oliver (Mealy),Oliver,1,,i/2022/amelia_oliver.jpg,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,1,1 +Amelia Oliver (Mealy),Oliver,1,,i/2023/amelia+salamander.jpg,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,1,1 Elaine Oliver,Oliver,,,i/elaine.jpg,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,1,1,1,,,,,,, Brian Outram,Outram,1,,i/brian.jpg,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Clive Owen,Owen,1,,,,,,,1,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, @@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ Nick Thorne,Thorne,,,l/nickt.htm,,1,1,1,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Julian Todd,Todd,,,l/jtodd.htm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,1,1,,1,,,1,,,1,1,,,1,1,,,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,-1,1,1,,,,,,,, Jon Arne Toft,Toft,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,1,,,,, Phil Townsend,Townsend,,,l/philt.htm,,,,,,1,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, -Kai Trusson,Trusson,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,1 +Kai Trusson,Trusson,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1, Frank Tully,Tully,1,,i/frankt.jpg,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,1,1,1,,1,1,1,1,,1,,,1,1,,1,,,,1,1, Rachel Turnbull,Turnbull,1,,i/rachel.jpg,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,,1,1,,,,1,, Francis Turner,Turner,,,i/francis_turner.jpg,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, diff --git a/folk/i/2023/amelia+salamander.jpg b/folk/i/2023/amelia+salamander.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..64666a072 Binary files /dev/null and b/folk/i/2023/amelia+salamander.jpg differ diff --git a/handbook/baseops.html b/handbook/baseops.html index 235ba1053..fa1dd1186 100644 --- a/handbook/baseops.html +++ b/handbook/baseops.html @@ -50,19 +50,10 @@ sketched SRT rigging guides and some cave survey notes - in addition to those re 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. -READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! They are here: bier-tent-instructions.pdf. -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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- Tarp on the side in 2018 -
Tarp at the side of the hut in 2018.
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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. +But the absolutely first thing to do is to turn on the fridge and to put some beer in it.

+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 the Bier Tent. +

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.

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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+ Tarp on the side in 2018 +
Tarp at the side of the hut in 2018.
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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. In 2024 we had both side and end tarps. + +

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. + + +

The Bier Tent

+

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: bier-tent-instructions.pdf. +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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+READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! +

Communications with top camp

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. +

In 2024 we trialled text-messaging boxes +which worked extremely well: a couple of battery-powered base stations covered the whole plateau. +

Whiteboards

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- +topcamp whiteboard in 2017
Whiteboard at topcamp in 2017
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