ICal missing calendars and crashes?

hi all,
just upgraded to SL. i backed everything up except my iCal data, and now that's the only thing that's giving me problems.
when i launch iCal all i get is empty calendars, and my years of dates and appointments are now missing. i tried deleting the "Calendar Cache" file, but when i relaunch. it says it's "Upgrading iCal calendars" then crashes out. not cool. any ideas?
here's some of the crash report, if that helps...
<code>
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Application Specific Information:
abort() called
* Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'Failed to write dictionary', reason: 'failed to write to file /Users/craig/Library/Calendars/Calendar Sync Changes/91F237BF-FA9D-485B-9764-AD39EECE1A88.tmp'
* Call stack at first throw:
0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff823a25a4 __exceptionPreprocess + 180
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff86cc2313 objcexceptionthrow + 45
2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff823a23c7 +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 103
3 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff823a2354 +[NSException raise:format:] + 148
4 CalendarStore 0x00007fff80a29b64 -[CalAbstractCDChangeTracker handleContextSave:] + 141
5 CalendarStore 0x00007fff80a049d5 -[CalChangeMonitor managedObjectContextDidSave:] + 224
6 Foundation 0x00007fff86a47926 nsnotecallback + 167
7 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8234ae4a __CFXNotificationPost + 954
8 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff823377f8 _CFXNotificationPostNotification + 200
9 Foundation 0x00007fff86a3e890 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 101
10 CoreData 0x00007fff8416e07f -[NSManagedObjectContext(_NSInternalAdditions) _didSaveChanges] + 1295
11 CoreData 0x00007fff84168ac3 -[NSManagedObjectContext save:] + 1347
12 CalendarStore 0x00007fff80a24be1 -[CalManagedObjectContext save:] + 82
13 CalendarStore 0x00007fff809ec1ff +[CalManagedStore restorePersistentStoreInManagedObjectContext:error:] + 3950
14 CalendarStore 0x00007fff80a3370d -[CalPersistentStoreCoordinator restorePersistentStore:] + 123
15 CalendarStore 0x00007fff809b92db +[CalCalendarStore(CalCalendarStore_Internal) setupCalendarStore:] + 624
16 iCal 0x00000001001c5a92 0x0 + 4296825490
17 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8235183d -[NSSet makeObjectsPerformSelector:] + 205
18 AppKit 0x00007fff87001cf3 -[NSIBObjectData nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 1445
19 AppKit 0x00007fff86ffff29 loadNib + 226
20 AppKit 0x00007fff86fff639 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 763
21 AppKit 0x00007fff86fff26e +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibNamed:owner:] + 326
22 AppKit 0x00007fff86ffc7ef NSApplicationMain + 279
23 iCal 0x00000001000025b0 0x0 + 4294976944
24 iCal 0x00000001000a27f8 0x0 + 4295632888
</code>

I am afraid that .... But, anyway, try searching for iCal. I have seen one case where two of the same apps has been present after SL. You also could look manually in both "Applications" and "Utilities."

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