Imperial members past and present descended on and into Gaping Ghyll from all directions to celebrate 60 years of caving together.

Bullpot farm offered the perfect opportunity to do a rare Easegill traverse, but we couldn't help visiting Leck Fell for at least one day. Others made the most of the sunshine by canyoning and climbing instead, discovering new prime locations for outdoorsy types.

Who knew you can do SRT in the Mendips? We knew! Thrupe Lane and Hunter's Hole for the SRT crew; Swildon's and Sludge for the Dubz.

ICCC love mud! Staying at the novel Derbyshire Pennine Club in Stoney Middleton on a sunny weekend, we did Oxlow and JH to Peak on Saturday, and returned to JH and Carlswark on Sunday.

CSS Whitewalls hosted us for summer Welsh caving. We delved into most of the major systems on the Llangattock escarpment, as well as Ogof Craig a Ffynnon. The highlight was a textbook trip around the Grand Circle in Aggy.

A triumphant Easter tour to County Clare in Ireland, after almost twenty years away! Ferries, river caves and board games all feature strongly in this report of our time there.

Our old frenemy RON yet again challenged ICCC's chancellor, determined to lead the caving club into sunlight. Thankfully a host of our finest cavers arose from the depths and vowed to use their shiny Pixas and less shiny Duos to keep us underground in familar lamplight. After an extremely democratic and thorough voting process RON was thwarted once more.

Congratulations to the new committee:

As always, our commiserations to the winners of the following awards:

Herman Herz: The CHECC 2021 Attendees, for braving an arctic blizzard in the early hours of the morning to pitch their tents, dodging a myriad of flying objects whilst fumbling with slippery poles, and watching helplessly as their companions’ tents were hurled into trees and rivers.

For Evans' Sake: Una Barker, for her failure to lift various layers of caving gear out of the way of the torrent on Winter Tour, having to endure her trip with a damp piss infused arm, and then refusing to do any further caving due to the absence of a washing machine.

A glorious weekend in Yorkshire featuring trips to the infamously windy Fountains Fell and a mass assault on Easegill.

A dozen minds congregated at the YSS to be educated in the delicate art of first aid by Sean over a detailed and informative weekend. Topics included recovery position, CPR, mouth-to-mouth, anaphylaxis, diabetes, tourniquets, bandages and more. We were also practically exposed to how difficult it is move anyone unconcious without causing severe head injuries. A tiny bit of late-night caving also occured on the Saturday.

A large collection of groups convened at the Wessex for some moderate-weather Swildoning, pot and slinging, and late night SRT training chaos.