Experiences of Chris Jewell http://www.casj.co.uk 2010-03-18T19:13:12+01:00 text/html 2010-02-24T22:53:19+01:00 http://www.casj.co.uk http://www.casj.co.uk/content/view/146/26/ Having seen the semi closed rebreather Rick Stanton used to push the end of Cocklebiddy and after some conversations with John Volanthen about small rebreathers he agreed to loan me a small 1kg scrubber he’d had made – complete with male p-port. I purchased a CDBA mouthpiece from a diver... text/html 2010-02-24T22:51:50+01:00 http://www.casj.co.uk http://www.casj.co.uk/content/view/145/9/ We split the 9 people into two groups for this trip to the monster Austrian cave - the 97.5km long Hirlatz. A plan was hatched for myself, Laura, Dave P and Mike (Pyro) Young to go to the West to Grunkogel to move the camp there to Sahara whilst... text/html 2009-11-11T00:14:39+01:00 http://www.casj.co.uk http://www.casj.co.uk/content/view/139/9/ We went to do Cueto - Coventosa but it rained. So instead Phil, Andy and myself did a trip into Fresca to find the way to the bottom of the pitches on Friday. Then after it rained even more we decided to to Tonio - Canuela on Saturday instead. All... text/html 2009-10-25T22:49:08+01:00 http://www.casj.co.uk http://www.casj.co.uk/content/view/138/9/ It’s 6.00am on a Friday morning and my alarm goes off, I hit snooze for 5mins but I can already hear my host moving around the house and no doubt he’s been up for at least an hour already getting some last minute work done. I’m lying in my sleeping... text/html 2009-09-21T17:41:07+01:00 http://www.casj.co.uk http://www.casj.co.uk/content/view/137/9/ Mike Bottomley give me a hand with my gear into Roaring on Sat - and waited patiently whilst I dived. This is an awkward site, with a rift you need to negotiate in your dry suit and a pitch down into the sump pool. I used a 5lt stage bottle...