hornbydd
New member
Hello Mendip Cavers,
Been flicking through my copy of Mendip Underground and was curious about the cave Thrupe Swallet the much smaller cave near Thrupe Lane Swallet. There is much discussion on this forum about Thrupe Lane Swallet but not Thrupe Swallet. I was thinking I would like a crack at it as I have never visited it. Reading the tackle required section, it states a 15m ladder is required for Persistence Pot. My ladder is 9m so I was wondering if this could be easily done as an SRT pitch as I would have enough rope?
I was hoping anyone who has visited this cave could provide any advice on this pitch, for example are there P-bolts in place or does one rig of naturals? Also sounds like it could be a bit dodgy in places (i.e. boulders requiring very little to get them going...) :doubt:
Duncan
Been flicking through my copy of Mendip Underground and was curious about the cave Thrupe Swallet the much smaller cave near Thrupe Lane Swallet. There is much discussion on this forum about Thrupe Lane Swallet but not Thrupe Swallet. I was thinking I would like a crack at it as I have never visited it. Reading the tackle required section, it states a 15m ladder is required for Persistence Pot. My ladder is 9m so I was wondering if this could be easily done as an SRT pitch as I would have enough rope?
I was hoping anyone who has visited this cave could provide any advice on this pitch, for example are there P-bolts in place or does one rig of naturals? Also sounds like it could be a bit dodgy in places (i.e. boulders requiring very little to get them going...) :doubt:
Duncan