Hidden Earth
2008 National Caving Conference and Exhibition
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Hidden Earth 2008 will be held from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 September 2008 at Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley, West Yorkshire. (See Location Info) (Also see Reports of past events). HE 2008 on-site events will include...
Speleo-Olympics: Grab a mate and try the newly-designed 2008 caver assault course, with the prospect of winning a bottle of champagne and your names on the trophy. (The event will take place at times throughout the weekend, in the exhibition area). SRT Competitions: Prusik race, assault course (passing re-belays) tackle-bag stuffing and, in remembrance of pre-SRT days, a ladder climbing race. Men's and women's prizes in each category. Once again, these competitions are organised by Mark Wright Training, who will be offering the prize of an Industrial Rope Access Course to the overall winner. (Event will take place at announced times throughout the weekend, in the exhibition area). Saturday Evening: This year's after-dinner speaker is David Checkley, the BCRA President. David has been caving for nearly 40 years and has had the pleasure of being on expeditions exploring caves for over four years of his life - sad or what? Just to prove that he is a really slow learner he still goes digging in Yorkshire. He promises to share with you some of the highlights of those 40 years, before he sinks into the oblivion of caving bureaucracy. After the dinner there will be the usual Stomp and Bar. The Stomp band, this year, is Rockaholic. Once again, the bar will be run by cavers, so the beer won't run out; and the on-site camping means you won't have to stagger far afterwards. The BCA Rope Testing Rig will be on site and the BCA's training committee will be organising SRT and Gear workshops. BCRA Photo Salon: The Photo Salon is a place where everyone from beginner to seasoned professional can display their photographs. There are three main categories of competition - colour print, monochrome print, and 'projected images' (slides and digital). Additional prizes include the prestigious Premier Trophy, best UK newcomer, cave life and the fun shot, judged by the audience 'laughometer'. Prizes in all categories. This year, there are two additional special photographic prizes...
There is also a non-competition category to the Photo Salon - the 'digital showcase'. Just bring along a CD-ROM of your photos and they will be displayed on a monitor in the exhibition area. Video Media Salon: The term 'video media' is intended to encompass all depictions of moving images and sequences of pictures and the competition will cover any aspect of caves, mines or potholes. Entries will be screened at the conference and will be judged for their artistic, technical and aesthetic qualities with particular emphasis on artistic originality and innovation. Prizes awarded. ISSA Art & Cartoon Salons: These are open to all forms of visual art, except photographs, including drawing, painting, print-making, sculpture and textiles relating to any aspect of caves and caving. Entries will be judged for their popular appeal by a ballot of conference delegates. Organised for Hidden Earth by the International Society for Speleological Art. Display your Club T-shirt and if it catches people's eye for its art or wit, you may win a prize. Try our Closed-loop Surveying Competition and show us how good (or bad) you really are at cave surveying. Design an impressive Caving Club Stand and win a prize. Admission fees now unchanged for four years! The rate 'on the door' is £15/day or £25 for the weekend, with discounts for advance booking. The Saturday dinner is £14 and must be booked in advance. Camping is £5/tent. To book: please register on-line from 1 June, then pay on-line, or post us a cheque. If you prefer, you may download a paper booking form (from 1 June) or, if you do not have Internet access, please send a self-addressed envelope to our bookings manager, marked 'booking form'. This page last updated on 17 May 2008 As a spam-reducing measure, the e-mail addresses on this page have been modified to try to foil search-engines. If you have a Javascript-enabled browser then the mail links should still work. Otherwise, or if you are typing the addresses manually, please replace [at] with the @ symbol and add .org.uk to the end of the address
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