Classic trip and great write up. My write up went “Swildons 12345678987654321” Found it much easier and more pleasant than damp link / long round trip route to 9. Found the hardest bit was Sump 4 downstream direction which was digging through worm infested mud / sht through a bendy passage -...

Very entertaining and well produced:clap:

Finding a way to attach a chest strap to back of harness (currently doesn't) might be a way forward but as Andrew Mcleod pointed out the bottom line (ha) might be that the harness just doesn't fit if it can be pulled down without loosening.

Hi All I have currently got an AV avalon harness but I find it very hard to get it tight enough so that it doesn't slip down when I am not actually on the rope. Not sure if it is the design and / or my body shape but I don't get the problem with climbing harnesses which are more leg loop /...

It was actually because the access description was fairly prescriptive in that ladders required a lifeline and I wanted to check so access wasn't jeopardised.

Is srt permitted on the pitch?

Will it be possible to see the full version sometime?

The Peak District Guide cover doesnt really sell the place !o_O

Interesting …. Where does it connect …if this is not too controversial a question

Stoke lane ?? Is this a recent thing?

Break on through - The Doors

I would say using a bottle in a free diveable sump was being cautious but I can see the reasoning behind it. If we are talking about swildons- which we probably are- then it would make things a bit more leisurely and if the air supply failed then you would just pull like Fck as per a free dive...

How long would a 3 litre bottle last roughly assuming shallow dive breathing normally.

In the 80s it was common to wear full wetsuit for a lot of trips with only a small amount of water. The ultimate was meeting a chap wearing a wetsuit in (bone dry) Blacknor hole on Portland ….

At first glance it looked like Wessex CC were charging people £50 to go to sump 1 :)

Where is the best place to park for AA to not annoy locals - assuming not staying in whitewalls. Thanks

Thanks all esp huge and SF 😀

Thanks ...my next query ...how do you reach ogof capel?

They would need to build a replica swildons to sump 1 wherever the Olympics was and set permissable Butcombe etc blood levels ...

Thanks all...my next question ....htf do you get down to it ...I had a look yesterday and couldn't see any feasible way though the river was very full... thanks D