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<h1>Useful Things to Bring on Expo</h1>
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<p>(Written from my experience as an Expo novice last year, when I managed to
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forget about half of this.)</p>
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<li> Caving gear (obviously). Full SRT kit, the works. Probably not a good idea
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to attempt to borrow too much of this off the club, as the rental price would
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add up to about the cost of a new kit over the length of a reasonable stay.
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<li>The caves of the plateau are a great deal colder than in the UK, so a
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balaclava, and possibly thermals, are a good idea. On the other hand they tend
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to be fairly dry so don't bother with a wetsuit/neofleece (even if you have
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one).
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<li>There are no battery charging facilities on the plateau! Either use
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carbide, which is what most of the old lags do; or use a long-duration (pref.
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LED) light. The latter are much easier to use, and a modern LED can last 50
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hours on a single charge; but they are quite expensive if you buy one, and
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difficult to make yourself unless you know quite a bit about electronics (talk
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to someone like Mark or Wookey). I've never used carbide, but no doubt someone
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else will extoll the virtues of it.<br>
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If you use an electric lamp, you will be able to charge it at Base Camp with
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the Inferno Machine; but this is not entirely trustworthy, and many people
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prefer to bring their own chargers. If you do this, you might like to also
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bring some kind of multiway socket thing, and/or a Europe to UK plug adapter.
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<li>Camping stuff. It's a good idea to have two sleeping bags, as this will save
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you lugging one back and forth across the plateau repeatedly, which is a Bad
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Idea (the plateau is bad enough walking without a heavy pack). You'll need a
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reasonable quality sleeping bag (3 season or so) for the bivvy, but more or
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less anything will do for base camp.
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<li>The same goes for karrimats - you will need two of them; and make sure you
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have at least one completely knackered one, as the bivvy spaces at
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Steinbrücken are floored with sharp stones which will destroy mats very fast.
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<li>The club has some tents, so don't go out and buy one especially for Expo - we will sort this out nearer the time.
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<li>Good quality walking boots, with good ankle support for hopping about on
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rocks. Have a look at some of the photos of the plateau on the website and
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you'll see what I mean.
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<li>Eating irons: knife, fork, spoon, plate, bowl, mug for use at base
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camp; duplicates, preferably something like a mess-tin you can also cook in,
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for top camp. (This is one of the things I forgot last year, sentencing myself
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to two weeks trying to drink tea out of a broken plastic jug patched with
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gaffer tape.)
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<li>Bolting spanner (13mm) - necessary for using old-style screw-in anchors,
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which are being replaced with P-hangers in the UK but are still going strong
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in Austria. It's a good idea to tie it to yourself with cord. Not entirely
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compulsory for the Expo novice who is unlikely to be leading a rigging trip,
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but as we found out in the Ardèche at Easter, it's a good idea if we have
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a few spares!
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<li>Obviously one person's karabiners look very much like another's, so you
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should mark all your gear. Most people use electrical insulation tape in
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various colours; have a look at the <a href="cucc.survex.com/cucc/tapes03.shtml">list</a> and pick a combination not already in use.
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<p align="right"><i>David Loeffler, April 2003</i></p>
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