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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook - Gear Tape</h2>



<h1>Gear tape colours for Expo 2024</h1>

<style>
        .geartable td{border: 1px solid #eee;}
  .gear{border: 1px solid black;text-align: center;}

        .gear.white{background-color: white;}
        .gear.gray{background-color: gray;}
        .gear.black{background-color: black; color:white;}
         
  .gear.red{background-color: #c00;color:white;}
        .gear.pink{background-color: pink;}      
        .gear.yellow{background-color: yellow;}  
        .gear.orange{background-color: orange;}
        .gear.yellow{background-color: yellow;}
        .gear.green{background-color: darkgreen; color:white;}
        .gear.blue{background-color: darkblue; color: white;}
  .gear.purple{background-color: purple;color:white;}
        .gear.brown{background-color: #8B4513;color: white;}

        .gear.earth{            
            color: black;
            background: repeating-linear-gradient(
                90deg,
                yellow,
                yellow 10px,
                lightgreen 10px,
                lightgreen 20px
            );
        }

        .gear.rainbow{            
            color: white;
            background: repeating-linear-gradient(
                90deg,
                red,
                yellow ,
                green ,
                blue ,
                purple 
            );
  		}
    	.gear.zac{            
            color: red;
            background: linear-gradient(
                to right,
      			white,
      			white 20%,
                black 20%,
      			black 40%,
      			white 40%,
      			white 60%,
      			black 60%,
      			black 80%,
                red 80%
            );
    		text-indent: -9999px;
        }
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    <table class="geartable" cellspacing="0">
        <colgroup width="312"></colgroup>
        <colgroup span="5" width="85"></colgroup>
        <tbody>
            <tr>

                 <td>Amelia Oliver</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
              	<td>&nbsp;</td>
              	<td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
             <tr>
               <td>Aila Taylor</td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear purple">purple</div></td>
              <td><div class="gear pink">pink</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
               <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Becka Lawson</td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear yellow">yellow</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Charlotte Payne</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Christian Kuhlmann</td>
                <td><div class="gear black">black</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
              
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Jacob Chuck</td>
                <td><div class="gear earth">earth</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear red">red</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>James Waite</td>
                <td><div class="gear earth">earth</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear pink">pink</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Jono Lester</td>
                <td><div class="gear green">green</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear yellow">yellow</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear green">green</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
                        <tr>
                <td>Lucy Hyde </td>
                <td><div class="gear green ">green</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                            <td>&nbsp;</td>
                            <td>&nbsp;</td>
                            <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
          <tr>
                <td>Marie Donovan</td>
                <td><div class="gear red">red</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
              <td>&nbsp;</td>
              <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
          <tr>
                <td>Martin Green</td>
                <td><div class="gear orange">orange</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear orange">orange</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
              <td>&nbsp;</td>
              <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Nat Dalton</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Philip Balister</td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear green">green</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear red">red</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Philip Sargent</td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear red">red</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Sarah Parker</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
          <tr>
                <td>Sieds Lykles</td>
                <td><div class="gear red">red</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
              <td>&nbsp;</td>
              <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Tom Phillips</td>
              <td><div class="gear white">White</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear black">Black</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear red">Red</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Wassil Janssen</td>
                <td><div class="gear black">black</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear black">black</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
                          <td>Wookey</td>
                <td><div class="gear green">green</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear brown">brown</div></td>
            <td>&nbsp;</td>
            <td>&nbsp;</td>
            <td>&nbsp;</td>
              
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Zac Woodford</td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear black">black</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
              <td><div class="gear black">black</div></td><td><div class="gear red">red</div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Zac Woodford</td>
              <td><div class="gear zac">_____</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
			<tr>
                <td></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td><span style="color:red">EXPO - common property</span></td>
              <td><div class="gear purple">purple</div></td>
              <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>

<h1>Gear tape colours for Expo 2023</h1>

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        .geartable td{border: 1px solid #eee;}
  .gear{border: 1px solid black;text-align: center;}

        .gear.white{background-color: white;}
        .gear.gray{background-color: gray;}
        .gear.black{background-color: black; color:white;}
         
  .gear.red{background-color: #c00;color:white;}
        .gear.pink{background-color: pink;}      
        .gear.yellow{background-color: yellow;}  
        .gear.orange{background-color: orange;}
        .gear.yellow{background-color: yellow;}
        .gear.green{background-color: darkgreen; color:white;}
        .gear.blue{background-color: darkblue; color: white;}
  .gear.purple{background-color: purple;color:white;}
        .gear.brown{background-color: #8B4513;color: white;}

        .gear.earth{            
            color: black;
            background: repeating-linear-gradient(
                90deg,
                yellow,
                yellow 10px,
                lightgreen 10px,
                lightgreen 20px
            );
        }

        .gear.rainbow{            
            color: white;
            background: repeating-linear-gradient(
                90deg,
                red,
                yellow ,
                green ,
                blue ,
                purple 
            );
        }
    </style>
    <table class="geartable" cellspacing="0">
        <colgroup width="312"></colgroup>
        <colgroup span="3" width="85"></colgroup>
        <tbody>
            <tr>
                <td>Adam Aldridge</td>
                <td><div class="gear gray">gray</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear black">black</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear yellow">OR</div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Adam Baldock</td>
                <td><div class="gear brown">brown</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear orange">orange</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Adam Erskine-Jones</td>
                <td><div class="gear green">green</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Alice Kirby</td>
                <td><div class="gear red">red</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear green">green</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Amelia Oliver</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Ash Gregg</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Becka Lawson</td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear yellow">yellow</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Ben Chaddock</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Buck Blake</td>
                <td><div class="gear purple">purple</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear green">green</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear orange">orange</div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Charlie Crossley</td>
                <td><div class="gear yellow">yellow</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear black">black</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear yellow">yellow</div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Charlotte Payne</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Chris Densham</td>
                <td><div class="gear black">black</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Christian Kuhlmann</td>
                <td><div class="gear black">black</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>David Botcherby</td>
                <td><div class="gear purple">purple</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear yellow">yellow</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Ely Brookes-Hefetz</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Emily Mabbett</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Emma Caspers</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Frank Tully</td>
                <td><div class="gear earth">earth</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Hannah Collings</td>
                <td><div class="gear black">black</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Harry Kettle</td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear orange">orange</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Honorata Bogusz</td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>James Waite</td>
                <td><div class="gear earth">earth</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear pink">pink</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Jana Podbelsek</td>
                <td><div class="gear orange">orange</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Janis Huns</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Joe Stell</td>
                <td><div class="gear black">black</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Joel Stobbart</td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear yellow">yellow</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear red">red</div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Jono Lester</td>
                <td><div class="gear green">green</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear yellow">yellow</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear green">green</div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Jonty Pine</td>
              <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear earth">earth</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
          
              <td>Jonty Pine</td>
              <td><div class="gear purple">purple</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear earth">earth</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
                <td>Kai Trusson</td>
                <td><div class="gear rainbow">rainbow</div></td>
              <td><div class="gear yellow">yellow</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Lea Giguere-Richards</td>
              <td><div class="gear green">green</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Lizzie Caisley</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Luke Stangroom</td>
                <td><div class="gear black">black</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear red">red</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Mark Shinwell</td>
                <td><div class="gear purple">purple</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear yellow">yellow</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Martin Green</td>
                <td><div class="gear orange">orange</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear orange">orange</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Merryn Matthews</td>
                <td><div class="gear green">green</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Mike Butcher</td>
                <td><div class="gear red">red</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Nadia Raeburn-Cherradi</td>
              <td><div class="gear brown">brown</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Nat Dalton</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Nathan Walker</td>
                <td><div class="gear rainbow">definitely not rainbow</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Oakem Kyne</td>
                <td><div class="gear red">red</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear red">red</div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Philip Balister</td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear green">green</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear red">red</div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Philip Sargent</td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear red">red</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Radost Waszkiewicz</td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              	<td>Rob Hucknall</td>
                <td><div class="gear orange">orange</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>              	
                <td>Rob Watson</td>
                <td><div class="gear brown">brown</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Ruairidh Macleod</td>
                <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear brown">brown</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Sam Lee</td>
                <td><div class="gear yellow">yellow</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Sarah Parker</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Tom Phillips</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Wassil Janssen</td>
                <td><div class="gear black">black</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear black">black</div></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Will Kay</td>
              <td><div class="gear blue">blue</div></td>
              <td><div class="gear green">green</div></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Zac Woodford</td>
              	<td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear black">black</div></td>
                <td><div class="gear white">white</div></td>
              
            </tr>

            <tr>
                <td></td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td><span style="color:red">EXPO - common property</span></td>
              <td><div class="gear purple">purple</div></td>
              <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>
  
<h3>Gear-tape - labelling</h3>
<p>It is almost essential (for caving generally, but particularly for Expo) to settle
on a particular combination of colours of electrical insulation tape, and label
<em>absolutely everything</em> you own with the stuff. The table above shows combinations already taken. 

For other CUCC colour combinations already in use see <a href="https://camcaving.uk/Gear/Tape/">CUCC current colours</a> and, if you are really keen on being unique, also check out <a
href="https://camcaving.uk/Documents/Legacy/Gear%20Tape%20Colours%20-%20Cambridge%20University%20Caving%20Club.htm">older cavers' gear colours</a>. 

<figure align=right class="onright">
<a href="i/geartapebag.jpg"><img  border=1 src="i/geartapebag.jpg" width="100px"></a>
<br><figcaption>Personal gear-tape bag</figcaption>
</figure>
<p> Tape
<em>everything</em>, not just your caving gear; while one karabiner looks much
like another, it's equally true that one karrimat looks much like
another. And one pack of cheese looks much like another (un-taped cheese is expo common property - beware). And especially your Decathalon rucksac, phone, phone cable, charger, charger-cable, laptop, mouse, mug/plate/cutlery -
essentially anything you want to be reasonably sure to get back.</p>


 

<p>P.S. It is even worth gear-taping the bag holding your gear-tape:
<hr />

<p>Geartape lists for CUCC and previous expo years: <a href="https://camcaving.uk/Documents/Legacy/Gear%20Tape%20Colours%20-%20Cambridge%20University%20Caving%20Club.htm">CUCC</a>,
<a href="geartape2019.html">2019</a>,
<a href="geartape2018.html">2018</a>,
<a href="geartape2018.html">2022</a>.
<p>

<hr />
<h1>Zac</h1> Woodford would also like for it to be known that he has tough-tagged some of his equipment and written his initials "<b>Z W</b> somewhere on other pieces.
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