Otter's Cave trip on 24th July

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Cristian, a UKMC member and a CDG trainee, has undertaken a solo trip to the well decorated Otter's Cave in North Yorkshire.
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With useful information provided by fellow CDG members G. Davies and C. Armstrong, the cave entrance was easy found in the south bank of the river Cover.
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Not far from the cave entrance, a decomposing sheep was spotted.
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Once inside the cave, a short passage lead to the start of sump 1. Sump 2 it's separated by sump 1 by an airbell.
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A pleasant swim in 1-2 metres visibility and the diver surfaced in a big boulder chamber.
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On the left side of the ceiling, geographical south, a big rock slab was seen to start detaching from the roof.
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Cristian dropped here one of his cylinder together with the fins and continued upstream admiring the beautiful decorations.
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Sump 3 was easily passed and sump 4 was just a duck with usable airspace. The remaining of the diving equipment was dropped and Cristian continued to the boulder choke at the end of the passage.
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After a quick look at the choke, he returned around Gemini Chamber and had a look into the passage that has been dug towards  Passage of Thor.
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The boulders around were slightly moving, which seemed a bit too risky to undertake on this ocasion. A careful retreat was made back to the main passage, and back to the diving kit.
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Few video clips were recorded on the route and soon the diver was back out of the cave, couple of minutes ahead of a good rain session.
Cristian would like to thank G. Davies and C. Armstrong for useful information and directions on this site.

Below a link to a little clip uploaded on youtube:
https://youtu.be/If5vW_-6YDE
 
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