I had always assumed that Dow Cave was entirely situated within the Great Scar limestone. However, I recently read a page online suggesting that the section upstream from Hobson's Choice boulder choke is in the Yoredale series. I find this surprising for two reasons: [list type=decimal]...

Unfortunately our rope got stuck on the final pitch of Simpson/Swinsto. The rope is marked with 'ULSA' on both ends. We intend on retrieving it soon but if anybody is doing either Simpson or Swinsto any time soon then it would be great if you could grab it (if it hasn't been taken already) and...