stabilisation

Run down to sump one and back, fairly wet @JonnyC: A good, swift trip to sump one and back, pretty wet although not up to the standard Paul had seen a few weeks prior. We were gonna push further, but Paul was feeling under the weather and I was tired. Pretty sure there were visible signs of disspointment in Rich's face when we turned back at the sump :-) Fair amount of broken calcite found in Barnes Loop covering a few square metres, fairly well broken up, sickened by the idea that someone might ...

V passage + 18inches

Cave Rescue Practice

Leading novice to drainpipe and back @RichM: Main entrance, terrace, boulder chamber, water chamber, drain pipe and return via tradesman's

Proper explore of some of the challenges that would be useful when leading a party of mixed abilities @JonnyC: A trip back to goatchurch to try some personal challenges on for size. We all did the coal chute (with a handline), then rich demoed without. I did the superman. Rich and I did the under over. Rich squeezed through into the top of the water chamber. Darrem dropped down the rift under the coffin lid. I squeezed into the waterfal chamber. Great fun.

Digging

Pushing thr boundaries a little in Swildons into St Pauls Series and back @JonnyC: A trip into swildon's via the short dry way, down the twenty, up tratmans temple into St Pauls, through the mud sump and back out. Good trip, DG was feeling a bit under the weather and tired towards the end, but all was well.

Digging

Digging