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Sell Gill exchange trip report - Sunday 28th Dec 2025 (by Fran Brook) 31 Dec 2025 07:53 #21960

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With 6 of us keen for something a bit civilised we decided to break into two teams of three and do an exchange through Selgil. 
Entering via the dry way were Evil-Stu, Claire and Wayne, and the Goblin Route included Phil, Keith and Fran. 
The "wet" (Goblin) route didn't live up to its name as we remained remarkably dry as we navigated the pitches and a very fun traverse around a pillar. It was handy that Keith had prior knowledge of the bolt positions as I imagine some of the traverse ones may be bit tricky to spot.
As we entered the last pitches we could hear voices rumbling below from the dry team.
Phil and I decided to continue down and have a look at the true bottom of Selgil, via a duck and blasted section. We certainly weren't dry upon return to the main chamber. 
Boots squelching, we set off up the dry pitches with Phil de-rigging. Both teams emerging at approximately the same time, to engage in a woolly hat hunt. 
Not sure how long we were underground but it felt fast. 
Emerging into the sunshine felt worlds away from the previous day's experience!
 

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There are many club organised caving weekends, with a mixture of easy and difficult caving.  Over the past few years we have given lots of people the opportunity to experience caving with our "Try Caving" events.  These are quite popular and quite a few people have subsequently joined the club. We have YSS members caving most weekends so it is easy for new cavers to tag onto the easier caving trips and find people to help with more training.

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