Trips that go in the wet...
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langcliffe
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GT said:
It's all relative - I remember a member of the CPC telling me that on one occasion there was a lake visible not so far down the second pitch on the fossil route in Sell Gill.
langcliffe
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SamT said:
I've been down Juniper Gulf when the penultimate pitch was impassable. The water bounced off the opposite wall straight onto the rope, and one would have drowned. Mind you, it was pretty extreme at the time
Depends how wet and what you would call 'good' but a few suggestions of mostly SRT trips that are probably ok in average wet conditions; :-\
Flood Entrance
Old Rift Pot
Rowten Pot
Lost Johns (New Roof Traverse)
Aquamole Pot (someone told me it was probably ok in the wet, never confirmed, never tried!)
Lancaster Hole (only one pitch unless you go about rigging other odds and ends, like Graveyard, Fall Pot etc)
For more of a challenge to your trip;
Large Pot (avoid Red Herring route and go for Colossus, which should be ok)
Boggarts Roaring Holes (extensions)
Trapdoor Pot
Rumbling Hole - Dead Bobbin Series
Flood Entrance
Old Rift Pot
Rowten Pot
Lost Johns (New Roof Traverse)
Aquamole Pot (someone told me it was probably ok in the wet, never confirmed, never tried!)
Lancaster Hole (only one pitch unless you go about rigging other odds and ends, like Graveyard, Fall Pot etc)
For more of a challenge to your trip;
Large Pot (avoid Red Herring route and go for Colossus, which should be ok)
Boggarts Roaring Holes (extensions)
Trapdoor Pot
Rumbling Hole - Dead Bobbin Series
langcliffe
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I was once told by Salford Phil that the entrance pitch in Bar Pot has been known to be well-nigh impassable due to a rapid thaw of snow in the shakehole.
He may have been having me on, though.
He may have been having me on, though.
Cavematt
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As dunc says, Trapdoor is an excellent choice in the wet, and doesn't require a permit. The only water we had contact with (and this was during an exceptionally wet period) was coming into the chamber below the FTSE choke pitch - this flows down a tight squeeze (The Gripper) which gets you wet if like me you have to spend a few minutes wiggling to get through. But I can't imagine it ever becoming impassible. We since went back in only moderately wet weather and it was much more pleasant. Probably one of my favourite trips of 2009!
Cavematt
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We had a trip down to Collossus last winter - it was moderately wet above ground. Everything was fine until Collossus where there was a lot of water going down, and a lot of spray. The pitch was passable, but we couldn't find the rebelay at the ledge a short way down. The amount of spray was reducing visibility and it wasn't a place our rigger wanted to be hanging around searching for spits/hangers (he was freezing when he called it a day). Can anyone describe exactly how to find them? Other than that, it was a superb trip!
There isn't a rebelay from a ledge part way down. It's all on Eco-Anchors and there's a 4 bolt traverse and y-hang followed by a deviation from a short cord 1m down on the right hand side (facing the moonmilk). That gives an almost clear hang to the bottom. The rope touches the moonmilk occasionally but it's nothing to worry about.Cavematt said:
footleg
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While it is possible to do Rowten Pot in wet conditions, you do need to know the correct route to rig all the pitches. Rowten takes a lot of water, and there is still the significant danger of being swept off your feet at the bottom of the main shaft trying to cross the stream. I've been half way down the main shaft when a thunderstorm passed over and saw a 3ft wall of water arrive down the streamway. A very sobering experience!
