As increasingly impoverished students make up a large proportion of the
+
As impoverished students make up a large proportion of the
expedition, which is very far from a "cheap holiday", we are grateful for the
-sponsorship we have received over recent years. Here we detail those who have
-supported the expedition. We also receive monetary support from a number of
-grant-giving bodies.
-
-
-We'd like to thank the following companies for their generous support of the 2004 expedition:
-
-
-
Thomas Tunnock Limited, who have
-offered to supply us with a large quantity of Tunnocks Bars.
-
Quaker Oats, who have provided us
-with plenty of Oatso-Simple, staple of top camp breakfasts.
-
3M, makers of an exceptionally good type
-of reflective tape which we use for marking cairns on the plateau, so they are
-visible when walking at night with torches.
-
Curtec, who make
-the distinctive white-and-red plastic drums that so many cavers use (usually
-known, for no discernible reason, as 'Daren drums').
-
Peli, who have offered us a selection of
-their indestructible plastic cases, which are popular among cavers for carrying
-cameras and other delicate objects underground.
-
+sponsorship we have received over the years. Here we detail those who have
+supported each expedition with food, equipment and other items. We have also received financial support from a number of grant-giving bodies.
@@ -53,6 +33,12 @@ cameras and other delicate objects underground.
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the route description given above for this section of road.
By Train
-
It's been done - apparently it was very tedious, even with a special
- Railwayman's Family Member ticket.
+
This is now pretty easy to arrange and has the advantage of allowing for stopping off en route - get an afternoon/evening Eurostar to Paris then the overnight sleeper train to Munich and you should get to Bad Aussee later that day. In the good old days apparently it was very tedious, even with a special Railwayman's Family Member ticket. However, now just check the routes and prices online using the seat61 website and/or the www.bahn.de German train website (select English at the start). Wookey highly recommends the bahn.de man you can phone in London for getting good deals.
By Bicycle
This has been done twice, first by Dave Fearon in 1992, who took 9
diff --git a/years/2003/index.htm b/years/2003/index.htm
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
2003 Expo documentation index
-
The 2003 expo has now happened; see the report, and for a more colourful account the logbook. The original mission statement is also available, as is a list of our sponsors.
+