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by **tncaveres** » Jun 5, 2007 7:26 pm

Yeah my Bad. It was a type-o.

It was suppose to be level 1

by **Carl Amundson** » Jun 9, 2007 12:17 am

One week till the weeklong.
Oh yeah :banana:

by **tncaveres** » Jun 9, 2007 5:13 pm

I know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was practicing on my haul systems while on shift last night.

by **Stridergdm** » Jun 10, 2007 1:32 pm

Less than a week now.

I can't wait.

(Well with the new job, trying to setup up a 2nd home, driving 800 miles each weekend for the last 2-3 weekends.. I can sorta wait.. but hey.. I can't wait!) :banana:

by **volica** » Jun 10, 2007 9:11 pm

See you guys there :)

by **NZcaver** » Jun 11, 2007 2:36 am

Anyone traveling further than me to get to NCRC this year...? :hairpull:

by **tncaveres** » Jun 11, 2007 6:45 am

It is suppose to take us 7 hrs according to Mapquest . Prolly going to take you about 3 times that i would guess.

by **Tim White** » Jun 11, 2007 8:06 am

We need to plan for a CaveChat beer at the Alamo. :beer30:

Friday night, to get things started?

by **tncaveres** » Jun 11, 2007 9:17 am

Are we going to have wireless internet there?
And also does anyone know of any good pits close to where we are staying that we could possible hit on friday when we arrive.
We have a 280' rope we are bringing incase we find one to do.

by **Carl Amundson** » Jun 11, 2007 9:59 am

Tim White wrote:We need to plan for a CaveChat beer at the Alamo.
Friday night, to get things started?

Works for me, just pick a time.
I'm planning on spend a little time at the vertical workshop.
I might as well have an instructor look at my form before the testing on Saturday.

by **Tim White** » Jun 11, 2007 10:14 am

junkman wrote:
Tim White wrote:We need to plan for a CaveChat beer at the Alamo.
Friday night, to get things started?

Works for me, just pick a time.
I'm planning on spend a little time at the vertical workshop.
I might as well have an instructor look at my form before the testing on Saturday.

I will be helping Beck with the SRT workshop.
Let's get together after the workshops finished.

by **Stridergdm** » Jun 11, 2007 9:03 pm

Tim White wrote:We need to plan for a CaveChat beer at the Alamo.
Friday night, to get things started?

You know Tim, that's really not fair, tempting newbies with the Alamo.

For those who are not familiar with the Alamo, let me offer these two pieces of advice.

1) Never, ever, fall asleep at the Alamo.

2) When in doubt, refer to rule #1.

:-)

Seriously... I may actually have time to go to the Alamo a bit more this year.

by **ljthawk** » Jun 11, 2007 9:54 pm

Stridergdm wrote:1) Never, ever, fall asleep at the Alamo.

2) When in doubt, refer to rule #1.

I once fell asleep at the Alamo, but was lucky enough to have Putnam there to save me before anything happened.

Also, I never noticed before, but the illustration for “Fixed Brake Lower” doesn’t show the person operating the rack as a variable friction device.

I hope I remember how to do my check off skills.

L.J.

by **ljthawk** » Jun 11, 2007 9:59 pm

Another question, do they have a tall tower or are we going to be lowered while climbing for the SRT check off? If lowered, how are they going to have us cross the knot on Rappel after it is lowered to the floor?

I forgot what the setup was when I took level two.

L.J.

by **Carl Amundson** » Jun 12, 2007 10:51 am

ljthawk wrote:Another question, do they have a tall tower or are we going to be lowered while climbing for the SRT check off? If lowered, how are they going to have us cross the knot on Rappel after it is lowered to the floor?

I forgot what the setup was when I took level two.

L.J.

From what I remember there are fixed ropes hanging from the rafters.
They were long enough for the SRT check-offs and attached to a rack incase a student had to be lowered.

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