Sunday 5th May
We had just got to the bottom of Diccan Pot when we heard a rock “boom” from the direction of the open shaft. Time: 12.55.
We headed up towards the bottom of the last pitch of Alum Pot to look at the view.
Literally as we looked up at the daylight a rock (we both estimated to be the size of a microwave) came down and smashed into the floor and disintegrated and sent debris in our direction, my caving partner felt some small bits hit him. The air smelled of impacting rock. Time 13.05
We made a swift retreat and headed out.
A detailed look around the inside top of the enclosure showed no evidence of movement, I also abseiled down to the rebelay of the NW route and saw no evidence of any rockfall.
Take care.
Ian Patrick
Best guess of location
The view we were looking at.
We had just got to the bottom of Diccan Pot when we heard a rock “boom” from the direction of the open shaft. Time: 12.55.
We headed up towards the bottom of the last pitch of Alum Pot to look at the view.
Literally as we looked up at the daylight a rock (we both estimated to be the size of a microwave) came down and smashed into the floor and disintegrated and sent debris in our direction, my caving partner felt some small bits hit him. The air smelled of impacting rock. Time 13.05
We made a swift retreat and headed out.
A detailed look around the inside top of the enclosure showed no evidence of movement, I also abseiled down to the rebelay of the NW route and saw no evidence of any rockfall.
Take care.
Ian Patrick
Best guess of location
The view we were looking at.