Chris Jones
Elected Member
Active Expedition Caving Committee Member
GPF contact for logistics, project overview and technical advice
Areas of Expedition Expertise:
- Multi-day underground camps; exploration; aid climbing; surveying; bolting & rigging; and, sadly, diving support.
- "Lightweight" exploration: what are the essentials and what can you leave at the kit dump.
- Surface work; prospecting, topography, map reading
- Happy in remote situations / locations
- Optimism
Caving & Expedition Background:
- Active expedition caver, plenty of experience with alpine caving.
- Participation in over 20 expeditions across Europe and the Americas.
- Active UK caver, mostly sport trips, with some exploration.
What to Contact Chris About:
- Logistics around an interesting idea / location in a new area.
- Kit planning
- Grant applications and funding decisions, supporting documentation, and reporting.
- Expedition planning, funding, report writing.
- If you need to feel better about your surveying skills
To contact Chris please email secretary@gharparau.org.uk