Topic

Getting up onto Leck Fell was not a problem for us as Paul was in his Jimney and i was in my Trooper although i was towing Julians fiesta Once at the car park and changed it was off for a stomp through the snow and when we got to the shakhole, we realised we would not get down the 4th pitch as we had to use this rope to get in the shakehole after having first made a way through a 6ft cornice of snow, although the 20ft icicles around the edge of the shakehole were pretty impressive.
After dropping the 2nd pitch and the boulder climb we made our way downstream to the top of the third pitch, but decided against doing this due to time constraints. then on the way back out we went for a detour and had a good look in Glasfurd Series befoe exiting for a cold walk back to the cars.
Trip time 3hrs
Ian, Ian, Julian, Paul, Nigel, Keith

I'm glad we came out in daylight, if it had been dark I would have felt like a polar explorer trudging across endless snow. Lost my elbow pad somewhere too

It was an old knee pad which is why it was a bit big, my arms aren't as big as my legs anymore. so if anyone sees a knackered knee pad lying around somewhere about Gavel Pot, please don't curse the caver who dumped his crappy knee pad, it's a genuine loss. I had a look but decided scratting around for it might make getting changed a very slow business as my fingers were slightly icy.

Fun trip though, it's been a while since I've seen a bat underground and the frozen water was impressive in the entrance hole, frozen waterfalls, huge icicles which are remarkably scary when you're beneath them, thanks chaps.

iball wrote:

it's been a while since I've seen a bat underground

I suspect it's been even longer since they've seen an Ian Ball underground

ive got photos of ian caving im sure they will be in the next news letter
a great trip even better second time around and one i intend to return to , nice to meet ian ball at last

You never know, next time might be 3rd time lucky and you could even make it to the bottom

dweare wrote:

iball wrote:

it's been a while since I've seen a bat underground

I suspect it's been even longer since they've seen an Ian Ball underground

Don't be silly Damien, it's most certainly not the same bat so it would be the first time it had seen me underground

Nice to meet you Paul, sorry about your tow rope. I noticed your Scouting sticker on the jeep, I've sent a pm.

Ian B.

Good to meet you Ian. In my business a PM implies a Post mortem, hope this differs in scouting parlance:)

Ooof! Private Message in this instance. I'm after some tips and suggestions for talking to a load of scouts about caving.

I was going to start by saying there are loads of girls who go caving, just watch the Descent.