BrezzvezdnaNoc2009

Brezzvezdna Noč 2009

Planning & etc.

Notes from Feb 2009 Slov trip (typed on plane):

• Move bivi?
  • Imagine will take ~1 man day effort. Move nearer Vrtnarija?
  • Perhaps just leave till next year (when finally finished with high plateau).
• Dye Tracing
  • Andrej in contact with water company and government to organise official resurgence tracing, perhaps even possibility of sponsorship / payment.
  • Permission needed even for very small local traces, due to possibility of detection in Tmin water supply and resulting furore.
• Slideshow
  • Must be after mid August Slov bank hol
  • Therefore seems to make sense to have on last weekend of expo
  • If Sat afternoon, will have to leave promptly to be back at sensible time.
  • Therefore derig Ravne, pack van and cavers' party on Friday?
• Radio Direction Finding to colocate end of M2 c.f. end of Capt K?
• Would require placing transitter in M2, then pickup equip in Capt K... bearings from multiple positions to add to survey...
• Underground Camp
  • More fleece snorkels ?
  • Army wool balaclavas?
  • Chase Beast for products inc. produced version of snorkel?
  • Fleece liners to go with Nitestar 350x2 (Left,Right Zip), 10mm mats
  • Mood lighting? Candles? Omni LED?
• UG Food
  • Make up freezer-bag meals in UK? Check out Veggie back pack book?
  • Food dehydrate ? Find wholesale dried veggies?
  • MISO powder!
  • Go with Tranga, but buy Meths/alcohol before?
• High power UG camp stereo?
  • Worth the extra weight, cost (~30 squid) and bother?
  • Rik + Dan suggest use a car full-range driver, pointless to have Daren box...
  • + 7 day shop SD/MP3 player to use as source
• Film / audio
  • 10W LED light should be built for UG filming - then just use compact digital camera
  • Ambient sound recording might be very interesting - maybe even noise-activated recorder?
• Bolts
  • Need lots of Spitz - Lyon?
  • various sized 8mm stainless throughs for drill bolts
  • Some more exciting perm rigging soln? 10mm non-CE throughs? Petzl integrated hangers?
• Bivi
  • More Tarps
  • 2nd regulator for Amorph PV panel? Voc too high for current X'tal one. Or just direct connect & occ. check for overcharging with multimeter?
  • Lead-Acid charge spec for various T
  • Pressure cooker? (McGowan safe ?)
  • Wood oven?
  • ROCKET STOVE!!! (Tin Snips, Nido tins...elbow joint?)
• Survey
  • Survex (CVS) on OLPC lappy
  • Calibrate compasses (out of London? Kent?) Multi points?
  • Check + pos make more survey books
• Surface Survey
  • WAAS measurements of Trig points / tie-in stations - data log to laptop?
  • Delphi code from nice Italians for transformation to Gauss Kruger - pythonise?
  • Panorama photo from Kuk? Calibrated against bearings?
  • Incorp DEM data more properly - check Survex list for Java program to SVX'afy DEM data (uses landsat info...), same as Google earth?
• First Aid
  • Most injuries are minor burns and flesh wounds from rock - anti sep, burn cream and lots of light dressings used
  • Serious aid for the serious possiblities (massive petrol burns, broken bones) - TimO