Caving & Exploration (1954-2023)
Ian and Adele, 5/01/2019 After many trips into Fairy Holes, this final section of the cave had to be investigated. A previous attempt at a surveying trip a few years previous had ended when my companions lost interest, so I felt fortunate to have the ever-keen Adele in support this time. I had a feeling …
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Main photo - Abigail Rhodes in Compass Pot 2006. Photo by Steve Warren Length c88m Depth c22m The Explorers :- Simon Beck, Richard Bendall, John Clarke, Ian Cummins, Richard Gibson, Graham Huck, Phil Parker, Chris Smith, Alan Speight, Abigail and Gary Rhodes, Phil Ryder, Steve Warren For the last 3 decades the White Rose have …
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Ian and Adele 28/06/2018 The aim of this dive was to get through the narrow rift after sump 1 to check the status of the belay at pitch 2 - hoping to find some nut cracks to avoid hauling bolting gear through.....but the best-laid plans..... A scorching day in Buckden ruled against walking in …
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Seventy Three Series: Steve Woods & Johnny Roe (19th June 2018). Pics by Johnny Roe.
Redmire Pot - Ian and Adele (4/6/18) After last year’s one-day effort with my daughter Beth ended in finding sump 1 to be choked with sand, I decided to return with a bit more gear this year. With two trips in to deposit two 3L cylinders and other diving gear, the obstacles down to the sump were …
Carefully, positioning my feet on slopy footholds, I looked ahead. The passage continued on in a similar manner but the best footholds seemed to further up, meaning I would have to climb upwards to carry on..
Seventy Three Series: Chris Camm, Iain Geldard, Johnny Roe (12th May 2018). Pics by Johnny Roe.
NGR NY 751 263 Alt 585m Length c30m "Are we going to look 'for something' or are we going to look 'at something' " I enquired as we parted from the walkers' route, and turned off onto the open fell. "We're going to look 'at something" replied Patrick, “and I think you'll like it." I …
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Weather permitting we continue to return to this project and make slow progress in the final boulder choke. ‘The office’ though remains a formidable obstacle. Not a place to hang about.
Another classic Langstrothdale discovery in 2010 that led to 134 metres of new passage.
The White Rose Pothole Club 