Difference between revisions of "Expo 2008/Survey Equipment"

Revision as of 14:29, 30 June 2008

What we currently have

At the tackle store clearout (18th May) we counted:

• 1 good tape (there are 3 good tapes and 13 old tapes on the 'left at basecamp' list)
• 4 compass with working lights
• 2 clinos with working lights
• 1 compass with broken light
• 3 clinos with broken lights
• 1 pony
• 1 working pencil

There was also a daren drum with what looked like taken apart survey instruments/batteries in...

Wookey is going to put new batteries in the instruments so that the lights work Kathryn 17:45, 27 June 2008 (BST)

Ponies

I've contacted Phil, asking for a new Pony for CUCC. He's kindly offered to lend us one if he can't make a new one in time. Ollie s

Distos

Do we want more distos? - the club currently only has one, and they are very useful. Ollie s

• Currently applying for some disto sponsorship - wil keep you posted. Edvin

Wookey is going to buy one disto for the club, and has also kindly offered to lend us his personal one. Kathryn 17:40, 27 June 2008 (BST)

Paper & pencils

I expect we need to buy several more pads of waterproof paper- I think we were running out last year. I googled "waterproof paper caving" and was excited to find that both CUCC and Wookey are mentioned in the first result- [1]. I guess we should call 01473 890285 and order a few Waterbooks then.

We don't need to use waterproof paper most of the time though - how much dry paper (which is much cheaper) do we have? [Becka]

Wookey is going to get some waterproof paper for us Kathryn 17:36, 27 June 2008 (BST)

Survey tapes

The stuff in austria list says we have 16 tape measures at base camp, of which 3 are in good condition. Let's buy a few more! -Aaron 08:27, 21 May 2008 (BST)

I can probably get 30m Tajima open-reel fibre tape measures (they're good!) for about 6 or 7 quid in Chongqing (I need to check the current price). My mum's coming to visit soon and I could send some back to the UK with her. Duncan Collis 13:27, 30 May 2008 (BST)

James Hickson says that there are some tape measures with Mark's stuff in his garage, so we probably don't need any more. Kathryn 17:35, 27 June 2008 (BST)

Are we sure these are open-reel, have ends, and are readable? I thought the tape situation was non-ideal at the end of last expo, but I could be misremembering. -Aaron 15:29, 30 June 2008 (BST)