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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2>
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<h1>Expedition Handbook</h1>
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<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. These web pages are now the master documents. They should tell you everything you need to know about Expo. Please update them/add info as required.</p>
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<h2>Basic Beginnings</h2>
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<h1>Expedition Handbook</h1>
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<p>If Expo was a programming language this would be its documentation page.</p>
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<h2>First steps</h2>
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You've never been to expo? This is a place to start
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<ul>
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<li><a href="../primer.htm">Primer</a> - for new expedition members</li>
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<li><a href="kitlist.html">Kit list</a> - Things to bring on expo.</li>
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<li><a href="paperwork.html">Needed paperwork</a> - Things to do to join expo.</li>
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<li><a href="../travel.htm">How to get to Expo</a></li>
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<li><a href="bankofexpo.html">How to use the Bank of Expo</a></li>
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</ul>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="rescue.htm">Rescue</a></dt>
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<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 <strong>not</strong> you who gets hurt, we suggest you read this <strong>now</strong> so you know what to do. It may well help you if it <strong>is</strong> you who gets injured, and may even help prevent that from happening. So don't skip it !</dd>
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<dt><a href="1staid.html">First Aid</a></dt>
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<dd>Info on expo first aid kits and caving first aid course.</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2>How do I...?</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="paperwork.html">Arrange to come on expo</a> - Things you have to do.</li>
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<li><a href="baseops.html">Learn what I need to do</a> - Base camp operations.</li>
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<li><a href="geartape.html">Label my gear and stuff</a> - the gear-tape colours in use.</li>
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<li><a href="lights.html">Charge my light</a> - at top camp and at base camp.</li><br>
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<li><a href="phone.htm">Send a message to top camp</a> - or base camp.</li><br>
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<li><a href="logbooks.html">Type up my trip </a> - in the logbook</li>
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<li><a href="uploading.html">Upload my photos</a> - of people, landscape and cave entrances.</li>
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<li><a href="essentials.html">Download GPS data to my device</a> - to find caves and to not get lost.</li>
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<li><a href="gpxupload.html">Upload GPS data from my phone (or device)</a> - where I found a new cave.</li>
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<li><a href="survey/newcave.html">Record my new cave discovery</a> - on paper and online</li>
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<br>
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<li><a href="survey/status.html">Discover whether my trip notes have been scanned</a> - what is the current status of all expo cave surveying?</li>
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<br>
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<li><a href="stool.htm">Perform bodily functions up the mountain</a> - on a matter of stooling.</li>
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<li><a href="charging.html">Charge a drill battery up the mountain</a> - cave exploration.</li><br>
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<li><a href="bierbook.html">Record how much beer I've drunk</a> - from the base camp fridge.</li><br>
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<li><a href="paperwork.html#nok">Record who my next of kin is</a> - & emergency medical details.</li><br>
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<li><a href="getsurvex.html">Set up my laptop for looking at cave surveys</a> - Survex, aven etc.</li>
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<li><a href="nerd.html">Set up my laptop for everything</a> - surveying, data management, version control etc.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Where and How</h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="stool.htm">On a matter of stooling</a></dt>
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<dd>Seriously, this quite important. Do read this document, and when you have finished having a laugh, remember it.</dd>
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<dt><a href="baseops.html">Base camp operations</a></dt>
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<dd>To attend expo we need to know who you are and what you are doing. This is where we keep the formal records of who is where and what they are doing.
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</dd>
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<dt>History of Camps</dt>
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<dd><a href="../bcamps.htm">Base camp</a> and <a href="../tcamps.htm">History of high camps</a></dd>
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<dt><a href="meteo.htm">Weather</a></dt>
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<dd>Unpredictable in the mountains. Local thunderstoms with rapid run-off are the biggest danger.</dd>
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<dt><a href="datamgt.html">Cave data management</a></dt>
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<dd>The biggest surprise for new people on expo are the intense efforts on recording and
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managing cave data. This tells you why.<br><br>
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The most basic data we keep is the record of your trip in the logbook and then
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<a href="logbooks.html">typing that in online</a>.<br><br>
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When you discover and survey a new cave we have <a href="survey/newcave.html">a good process</a> for recording the discovery and the cave data.</dd>
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<dt><a href="look4.htm">Prospecting Issues </a></dt>
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<dd>The printable <a href="/prospecting_guide/">new prospecting guide (slow to load)</a> is a list of all known cave entrances and is essential reading before you wander the plateau stumbling across holes of potential interest. <br><br>
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Do now read <a href="look4.htm">plateau prospecting: issues and explanations</a>.<br><br>
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Vast amounts of work have been wasted in the past through inadequate recording. It isn't very much extra work,
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but ensures that your hard work gains some recognition in the future rather than making lots of tedious work
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and the cursing of your name... <br><br>
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There is also a graphical <a href="prospecting_guide_short.html">prospecting map guide</a> which shows
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the caves and cave entrances we know about (This is currently broken in that it is not showing
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a map background so is rather incomprehensible unless you already know the plateau quite well.)<br><br>
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There is a separate page with pictures of surface landmarks for <a href="findit.htm">
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taking bearings</a>, and a new guide to getting a <a href="survey/gps.htm">GPS fix</a>.</dd>
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<dt><a href="survey/index.htm">Surveying</a></dt>
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<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 <br><br>
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<ul>
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<li>doing a cave survey,
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<li>writing a guidebook description
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<li>tagging the entrance
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<li>taking photographs of the entrance, and
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<li>recording the GPS location of the entrance (or doing a surface survey).
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<li><a href="../travel.htm">Travel</a> - Ways of getting to Austria.</a></li>
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<li><a href="geartape.html">Kit labelling</a> - Gear-tape colours in use.</li>
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<li><a href="lights.html">Lights charging</a> - Power at topcamp and at basecamp.</li>
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<li><a href="stool.htm">Topcamp 'toilet'</a> - How to use topcamp toilet. (important!)</li>
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<li><a href="meteo.htm">Weather</a> - What to expect at top camp.</li>
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<li><a href="survey/index.htm">Surveying</a> - Why and how we survey caves. (important!)</li>
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<li><a href="survey/what.htm">Surveying - beginners guide</a> - Jump to: Beginners guide.</li>
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</ul>
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<br>
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The first time you go to explore a poorly documented question mark ("QM"), you will realise how important this is, and it also makes for having a pretty survey on your wall to support your bullshit. 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>. See also the <a href="look4.htm">prospecting introduction</a> for how and why we identify and tag entrances.
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<p>
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<hr>
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<dt><a href="phone.htm">EXPO Phones</a></dt>
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<dd>How to use and update the base camp and top camp mobile phones on expo. (Not your phone.)</dd>
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<dt><a href="charging.html">Charging</a></dt>
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<dd>How to charge the 14.4V Makita Drill batteries.</dd>
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<dt><a href="rope_history.html">Rope</a></dt>
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<dd>History of our ropes and our retirement plans.</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2>Comunication</h2>
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Need to get in touch with someone? Look here.
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<ul>
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<li><a href="phone.htm">Phone numbers and setup</a> - Topcamp and basecamp numbers, adding credit.</li>
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<li><a href="rescue.htm">Rescue</a> - How and when to call rescue. (read before you need!)</li>
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</ul>
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<hr>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="solar.html">Solar Panel system</a></dt>
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<dd>Description of setting up and putting away the solar powered battery charging system at the stone bridge</dd>
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<dt><a href="bivirig.html">Bivi Rigging Guide</a></dt>
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<dd>Pictorial guide on how to rig the tarps at the stone bridge bivi site.</dd>
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<h2>Computing</h2>
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This is a scientific expedition - the Austrian government allows us to wander around the plateau in exchange for cave surveys. Learn how to contribute!
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<li><a href="essentials.html">Cave locations</a> - How to download locations of known caves.</li>
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<li><a href="gpxupload.html">Phone GPS</a> - How to upload location of the cave you've found.</li>
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<li><a href="survey/newcave.html">Recording newly found caves</a> - What and how to record. (important!)</li>
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<li><a href="logbooks.html">Logbook</a> - Adding trip notes and cave descriptions.</li>
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<li><a href="datamgt.html">Cave data management</a> - General guidelines about keeping records.</li>
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<li><a href="getsurvex.html">Getting Survex</a> - How to set-up centerline preview software.</li>
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<li><a href="uploading.html">Uploading photos</a> - How to add visuals to your trips.</li>
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<li><a href="exposerver.html">Expo Server</a> - Master archive of expo data and webpage.</li>
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<li><a href="nerd.html">Experienced computing setup</a> - Surveying, data management, version control etc.</li>
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<li><a href="update.htm">Gandalf-grade computing info</a> - Online Systems and Data: Catalog structure, access and update.</li>
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<br>
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<li><a href="survey/status.html">Trip report status</a> - Missing .svx's, missing tunnel drawings etc.</li>
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</ul>
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<hr>
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<dt><a href="photo.htm">Photography </a></dt>
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<dd>- embryonic photography handbook.</dd>
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<dt><a href="rigit.htm">SRT Rigging</a></dt> <dd>This one's also minimal – but links to useful info on another site.
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There is (Jan 2000), however, in addition to the rudimentary page above, a few pages towards a full
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Austria-specific guide. The <a href="rig/index.htm">contents page</a> links to an <a href="rig/intro.htm">Introduction</a>
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and a useful section on <a href="rig/boltin.htm">placing bolts</a> and it may be useful to refer to the
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expedition <a href="../fixaid.htm">Fixed Aids</a> list to see what gear has been left in place from
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previous years. See also Sherry's <a href="http://www.cavepage.magna.com.au/cave/SRTrig.html">Alpine Rigging guide</a>
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(beta release)</li>
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<!--... of which there may be a <a href="handbook/3rdparty/sherry/srtrig.htm">local copy</a> if you are
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browsing from disc-->
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<h2>Topcamp info</h2>
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Things that are likely to be relevant at topcamp.
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<li><a href="charging.html">Drill battery charging</a> - How to charge drill batts. (important! you could break them)</li>
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<li><a href="look4.htm">Prospecting - first steps</a> - How to check out a possible entrance safely.</li>
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<li><a href="/prospecting_guide/">Prospecting guide</a> - Maps of known entrances and potential locations of interest.</li>
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<li><a href="prospecting_guide_short.html">Web-based prospecting guide</a> - Web-based prospecting guide. (under construction)</li>
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<li><a href="findit.htm">Surface landmarks</a> - Finding places on plateau by taking bearings.</li>
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<li><a href="survey/gps.htm">GPS fix</a> - Finding places on plateau using GPS-magic.</li>
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<li><a href="solar.html">Solar Panels</a> - Set-up and put-away info.</li>
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<li><a href="bivirig.html">Bivi Rigging</a> - Bivvi rigging guide for topcamp.</li>
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<li><a href="photo.htm">Cave photography</a> - Very brief photograpy handbook.</li>
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<li><a href="rigit.htm">SRT Rigging</a> - How to rig caves on expo.</li>
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<li><a href="rig/intro.htm">SRT Rigging - Introduction</a> - Jump to: Introduction.</li>
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<li><a href="rig/boltin.htm">Placing bolts</a> - Guide to putting bolts.</li>
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<li><a href="1staid.html">First Aid</a> - Guide to First Aid.</li>
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<hr>
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<dt><a href="vocab.htm">Useful vocabulary</a></dt>
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<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>
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<dt><a href="planning.html">Expo Planning Guide</a></dt>
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<dd>How to plan and organise an expo.<dd>
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<dt><a href="leader.htm">Checklist for expo leaders</a></dt>
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<dd>Expo organisers usually haven't done it before, so a list of the necessary jobs is useful. This section is a side-effect of the entire expo leadership being neophytes in 1998. 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, <strong>do not rely on it being complete or uptodate</strong>, at least, not yet.</dd>
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<h2>Basecamp info</h2>
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Things that are likely to be relevant at basecamp.
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<li><a href="baseops.html">Basecamp</a> - How to basecamp.</li>
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<li><a href="bierbook.html">Bierbook</a> - Recording beer and expenses at basecamp.</li>
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<li><a href="computer.html">Basecamp computer</a> - What's the setup, how to use it.</li>
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<li><a href="rope_history.html">Rope history</a> - Rope usage and retirement policy.</li>
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<li><a href="bankofexpo.html">Bank of expo</a> - How to use the Bank of Expo.</li>
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</ul>
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<hr>
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<dt><a href="treasurer.html">How to be Expo Treasurer</a></dt>
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<dd>How expo accounting works in theory and practice, the treasurer's tasks, and how to accomplish them.</dd>
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<h2>History</h2>
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<li><a href="../primer.htm">Primer</a> - For new expedition members</li>
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<li><a href="../bcamps.htm">Base camps</a> - History of basecamps</li>
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<li><a href="../tcamps.htm">Top camps</a> - History of topcamps</li>
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</ul>
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<hr>
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</dl>
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<hr />
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<h2>Computing and data stuff</h2>
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<dt><a href="computer.html">Expo Computer</a></dt>
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<dd>Details on how the expo computer and network is set up and administered.</dd>
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<dt><a href="exposerver.html">Expo Server</a></dt>
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<dd>The current location of the expo server which holds the master archives and
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serves the web pages.</dd>
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<h2>Misc</h2>
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<li><a href="vocab.htm">Travelling cavers phrases</a> - Vocabulary in (German, Spanish, French).</li>
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<li><a href="planning.html">Expo Planning Guide</a> - How to plan and orgnise expo.</li>
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<li><a href="leader.htm">Expo leader checklist</a> - For leaders: check these before you leave UK.</li>
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<li><a href="treasurer.html">Expo treasurer's guide</a> - For treasurers: tasks, tips.</li>
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</ul>
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<hr>
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<dt><a href="update.htm">Online Systems and Data - Manual</a></dt>
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<dd>This reminds the expert administrator nerds how the cave survey data, trip reports, rigging guides,
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handbook pages and cave guidebook descriptions are arranged, accessed and updated.</dd>
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</dl>
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<li><a href="index.htm">Expedition Handbook</a>
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