cooleycr
Active member
All,
Please do NOT enter the passage above the Hanging Boulder in the roof passage of Suicide Cave (as re-opened by myself and DJ over the last couple of seasons.)
There is a major lump of rock that is in danger of relocating itself, with the aid of gravity, onto someone's head/foot/other.
It had previously come loose from the upper section of this passage (narrowly missing Dave!) and on a recent visit we had heard it moving!!!
I had intended to either
a: push it back against the "Mud Wall" or
b: with the aid of a wire loop, bring it down the passage in a "controlled" manner..
However, I discovered this week that it is now positioned right on the edge and one side is being held by a loop in our handline.
If the waters continue to erode the mud that it is currently supporting one side, i can envisage it coming free.
we plan to make this safe but it will take a while longer..
Please do NOT enter the passage above the Hanging Boulder in the roof passage of Suicide Cave (as re-opened by myself and DJ over the last couple of seasons.)
There is a major lump of rock that is in danger of relocating itself, with the aid of gravity, onto someone's head/foot/other.
It had previously come loose from the upper section of this passage (narrowly missing Dave!) and on a recent visit we had heard it moving!!!
I had intended to either
a: push it back against the "Mud Wall" or
b: with the aid of a wire loop, bring it down the passage in a "controlled" manner..
However, I discovered this week that it is now positioned right on the edge and one side is being held by a loop in our handline.
If the waters continue to erode the mud that it is currently supporting one side, i can envisage it coming free.
we plan to make this safe but it will take a while longer..