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Caution with Cows-tails

Worth a read about a incident several years ago where it would appear a student[…]

Cutting ropes under tension

As part of the work I’ve been playing around with on Tyroleans the question of[…]

North Wales LCMLA Panel Training and Assessment Course Feedback

Your feedback is the one of the best ways we can improve future courses.  Please[…]

Level 2 Essential Knots

Here’s a few knots I’d say are essential for all Level 2 Cave & Mine[…]

Broad (load bearing?) belts for Cave/Mine Leader trips

  Belts are not PPE kit, as such they are not tested and not rated.[…]

Pull test on traverse line knots

One of the things that came up on a recent training course was a conversation[…]

Baggy

Underwent my SRT for leader ( Dec 2015 ). Well paced day, lots of beta[…]

Forces in SRT

Having run a SRT session today we took the opportunity to fit the load cell[…]

Caban Magazine Online

The Caban magazine is arguably one of the best resources for gaining an insight into[…]