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*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. | *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 | *Extra gas bottle - not sure how much gas we use, but another bottle could be useful | ||
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*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. | *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. | ||
:::Maybe easiest to buy locally- last year we bought a huge tarp from the garden / hardware store for about 40 euros I think?-[[User:Aaron|Aaron]] 08:31, 21 May 2008 (BST) | :::Maybe easiest to buy locally- last year we bought a huge tarp from the garden / hardware store for about 40 euros I think?-[[User:Aaron|Aaron]] 08:31, 21 May 2008 (BST) | ||
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*Food boxes (transparents)-> Tesco or cheaper | *Food boxes (transparents)-> Tesco or cheaper | ||
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*GPS -> F&T? | *GPS -> F&T? | ||
*Walkie-talkies ->F&T? | *Walkie-talkies ->F&T? | ||
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*Drills - we don't need to buy any as Matika have helpfully donated us some | *Drills - we don't need to buy any as Matika have helpfully donated us some | ||
*Another Pony - we're buying one more from Phil | *Another Pony - we're buying one more from Phil | ||
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Revision as of 21:47, 22 May 2008
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)
Thanks Kathryn! Now, since I've never even been to Expo could I ask for a metalwork/safety gear list to be prepared so I just do the haggling and shopping bit? --Zucca 14:34, 20 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
- 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.
- Maybe easiest to buy locally- last year we bought a huge tarp from the garden / hardware store for about 40 euros I think?-Aaron 08:31, 21 May 2008 (BST)
- 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
- 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
- Phones - we have bought 3 Nokia 1110s and a car charger