Caving & Exploration (1954-2023)
Leader Adele Ward - Chris Dudman, Matt Dudman, Fay Hartley, Lee Smith, Pat Sanderson (NYMCC), Connor Stokes (NYMCC), John Cameron (NYMCC). It was too wet underground to take photos, but I caught the cavers on the surface and managed to get a couple - Phil. Plus one of the cavers sunbathing by Adele.
Scanty Lardos Pot: Mick Ellerton, Steve Woods, Olly Rees (Over and Under) & Rich Hudson (BPC), 28th July 2020. It’d been a protracted abstinence. Various new ‘guidelines’ and details were now in place and to be followed. It was exciting to be heading underground finally though; a return to some semblance of normality. Anticipating this …
Recent photos by Bill Nix of Scanty Lardos Pot capture many of the highlights of this ongoing club project...
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..
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.
Scanty Lardos Pot: Richard Bendall & Ian Cummins (3rd July 2016). Has this etymologically-challenged discovery been introduced to an eager public yet? I can state that if one descends a drain look-alike somewhere in Wharfedale then a fine caving experience awaits. A rare midweek trip for me to meet Richard Bendall after an invite to …
Scanty Lardos Pot: Steve Woods, Joe Parsons, Chris Smith, Nigel Easton, Andy Cole, Jon Cadamarteri (16 January 2016). 1) take carpenters B&Q steel rule. 2) measure out rope. 3) knot rope each metre for cave streamway length measurement. 4) make sure overhand knots are secure and do not disappear in tension !!... 5) make sure …
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The White Rose Pothole Club 