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Grebe - what's happening Cap'n?
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whitelackington
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There is a lot happening in the area but not in Grebe
Old Farts Dig,
Charnel Shaft,
Roman Rake,
Timber Hole,
Cow Hole,
Upper Flood Swallet
Old Farts Dig,
Charnel Shaft,
Roman Rake,
Timber Hole,
Cow Hole,
Upper Flood Swallet
cap n chris
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mrodoc said:
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whitelackington
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cap 'n chris said:
You wanna get digging in Grebe,
tis beginning to look like it links
cap n chris
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Easier said than done, Mr. Realitylackington.
cap n chris
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Really? Where?
mrodoc
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Willie Stanton dug along a narrow rift - cannot remember what he called it.There is a sort of causeway part way along. It ends at a point where it intercepts a choke which draughts well. On my sole visit I remember commenting on it to Martyn Grass and thinking that if permission were granted there obviously good prospecting for extension. It would need some brute chemical force but is a perfectly feasible dig and almost certainly, I would have thought, must be linked to the Upper Flood system. One good bit of news about such a dig is that it is in natural cave and well away from any of the archaeological bits.
cap n chris
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The narrow rifts are called the Blasted Rifts, leading via respite at Breather Chamber, to Semicostatum Ruckle - an undefined rockmare; forays for an elusive draft have proven inconclusive with a greater possibility that the draft is caver-created convection current. The present depth is pretty nearly aligning with the bottom of Waterwheel Swallet, circa 55m below entrance. Flush Chamber mid way along Semicostatum Ruckle has had some initial desultory poking but no draft has been forthcoming. Chemical/engineering would be required but stacking space is majorly lacking. Dr. Stanton had a jolly good go at it and moved on. I think there's something to learn from his decision.
cap n chris
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martinr said:
I'm thinking there's maybe something more to learn from learning from learning from decisions....
mrodoc
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The draught i felt was in no way a convection draught! Certainly portage of spoil would be energetic but I have seen far worse potential dig sites.
Talking of Willie Stanton I have a theory about Reservoir Hole. I think the lower passages that flood apparently in wet weather led to upstream Goughs beyond the present diver's limit. The divers encountered a big choke and my suspicion is that in high water water backs up into lower Reservoir choking the lower phreatic tubes with mud. A sustained dig there should get back into the Gough's streamway. I have heard it said that the diver's limit is upstream of Reservoir but I don't believe this.
Talking of Willie Stanton I have a theory about Reservoir Hole. I think the lower passages that flood apparently in wet weather led to upstream Goughs beyond the present diver's limit. The divers encountered a big choke and my suspicion is that in high water water backs up into lower Reservoir choking the lower phreatic tubes with mud. A sustained dig there should get back into the Gough's streamway. I have heard it said that the diver's limit is upstream of Reservoir but I don't believe this.
cap n chris
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One trip per week only during Winter means a survey may take a while!
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andymorgan
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Does the choke in Gough's end at the gorge, or does the known limit of Gough's pass beyond the gorge?
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