Expo 2008/Gear order

On the 18th May at the tackle store clearing sessions we counted:

• 16 tackle sacks in usable condition
• 25 slings
• 24 deviation hangers with deviation cord
• 28 karabiners
• 208 hangers with maillons
• 21 clown hangers
• 2 hangers without maillons
• 8 hangers without bolts or maillons
• 13 ring hangers without bolts (they need a different type of bolt apparently)

We also found some bolts, but no o rings. See Expo 2008/Survey Equipment for a list of surveying equipment that we found. Kathryn 19:43, 18 May 2008 (BST)

Suggested gear to buy this year

Here's the list of items people have suggested that we should buy for this year (from the meeting we had a few weeks ago, and suggestions made over the past few weeks):

• Expo GPS - a GPS that would live at top camp for anyone to use
• Walkie-talkies - for shaft bashing/rescue I guess
• Expo video camera - for filming the documentary
• Food boxes - to keep squirrels + mice at bay. Hammocks don't protect against squirrels and it's not very easy to see/access the contents of the large darren drums.
• Extra gas bottle - not sure how much gas we use, but another bottle could be useful
• New phones - essential - to replace old unintuitive phones that no-ne knows how to use
• Extra tarps - I think it would be good to wind proof the bivi. It would make it much warmer if we had a tarp covering the entrance/back.
• New lead-acid battery - to supplement the current one. The solar panels we have are quite powerful, and I doubt we're collecting all the energy they produce during the day. For ease of carrying it might be easier to get two smaller batteries than one monster large one.
• Distos - We already have one disto, but more could be useful. I think one per pony would be a good number to have.

Ollie s 20:55, 18 May 2008 (BST)

so it seems that I've been elected to do the gear order. Yadda.

could you please reorder the list so I know what to tackle first?

some ideas I gathered

• Food boxes (transparents)-> Tesco or cheaper
• new phones -> Tesco or Staples or Argos (max £20 each, will get a couple)
• GPS -> F&T?
• Walkie-talkies ->F&T?

• video camera -> Ask Olly M, he just bought one which is helmet mountable.

• gas bottle -> where do I get it from? and to what specs? Can somebody else do this?
• lead battery -> ditto
• Distos -> ditto (and what is a disto?)

--Zucca 14:30, 20 May 2008 (BST)

Items already obtained

• Drills - we don't need to buy any as Matika have helpfully donated us some
• Another Pony - we're buying one more from Phil

Ollie s 20:55, 18 May 2008 (BST)