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As the permit said Car Pot then thats what 5 of us decided to do, the weather wasn't looking to bad so after bagging up the ropes etc we set off for Clapham. Once parked up and changed we set off up towards Trow Gill, as we passed Ingleborough show cave the weather changed its mind and treated us to a flurry of snow. After we arrived at the shakehole and rigged the first pitch, we dropped down to the bottom of the rift, but after several attempts to get through to the top of the second pitch and getting soaked with icy cold snow melt we decided to call it a day. So after a long cold walk back to the car we were soon changed and heading off to Inglesport for some cheesy chips.
Car Pot 1..........YSS 0
Ales Hrabec, Susan Blackburn, Rich Rae, Nigel Steel, Keith Mason

Followed by a few pictures... Unfortunately, with no picture of the Baptistery crawl this time The slot towards the second pitch was horrendous.

Some photo's




Ready for action at the entrance




Ingleborough I




Ingleborough II




Penyghent




One of the resident moths (with massive legs)

I read an account of Carr Pots discovery last night, including an interesting story concerning the ledge that is half way down the first pitch. I have scanned in Adobe reader and will post below, you will have to rotate the images. The reference is Howard Becks 1984 edition of Gaping Gill.
Hope this works,
here goes...

Nice reading Nigel