knitting in docmn for writing logbook entries, fixing old survey methods

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the base camp logbook or the top camp logbook. All these logbook entries are then typed into a laptop (often the expo laptop)
which is then synchronised the version control system.
<h3>Where the logbook file is kept</h3>
<p>The logbook writeup is the oldest and most basic way of recording your trip but it must not be neglected. This is also where you put
your speculations and ideas for what looks promising and what is obvious but doesn't go: things that are vital to future expoers. And please, please
do lots of sketches in the logbook.
<h3>Where the logbook computer file is kept</h3>
<p>If you are using the <em>expo laptop</em> just edit this file:
<pre>
/home/expoweb/years/2018/logbook.html
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copy it by email or USB stick to another laptop, edit it there and then copy it back. That will
<em>delete other people's work</em>.
<p>If you are using your own laptop then you will need to
<a href="update.htm#manual">install and learn how to use</a> the version control software.
<p>If you are using your own laptop then you will need to either:
<ul>
<li>Just type up your trip as a separate file, or just write it in an email, and send it to someone nerdish, or
<li><a href="update.htm#manual">install and learn how to use</a> the version control software.
And you will need to synchronise regularly (every day) to
ensure that the updates from all the people entering trip data are OK and don't get overwritten by ignorant use of this software.
</ul>
<p>Logbooks are typed up and kept in the [expoweb]/years/[nnnn]/ directory as 'logbook.html'.</p>
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<p>Note that the ID's must be unique, so are generated from 't' plus the trip date plus a,b,c etc.
when there is more than one trip on a day.</p>
<p>T/U stands for "Time Underground" in hours <em>or</em> minutes.
<p>T/U stands for "Time Underground" in hours (6 minutes would be "0.1 hours").
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<h3>Historical logbooks</h3>