Hi all,
Off the back of a fairly recent trip to Box Mine, my friend and I are planning on going caving this weekend.
We're trying to find a cave which doesn't have any SRT/climbing requirements (well, anything other than a scramble) but ideally still showcases a lot of other aspects of caving - sumps, squeezes, etc...
I've done some reading around on the forum and Great Douk and Long Churn seem to get bandied around a lot. Any other caves that people would recommend? We're making a weekend of it so will travel wherever necessary to ideally see as much as possible.
Also, by all accounts, a lot of cave guide books are out of print (with 2nd hand copies very pricey) but trying to find online maps is a bit of a nightmare. e.g. is this still the best/most appropriate map for Long Churn - http://cavemaps.org/surveys/gc/full/GC%20J2-1%20Long%20Churn%20and%20Diccan%20Pot%20to%20Alum%20Pot.png ?
Any advice/tips/etc would be most appreciated! I know the general advice is find a caving club, etc - and agree that long term, we need to do that, especially for climbing, etc., but advice for appropriate caves, etc. as well would be great.
Pete
Off the back of a fairly recent trip to Box Mine, my friend and I are planning on going caving this weekend.
We're trying to find a cave which doesn't have any SRT/climbing requirements (well, anything other than a scramble) but ideally still showcases a lot of other aspects of caving - sumps, squeezes, etc...
I've done some reading around on the forum and Great Douk and Long Churn seem to get bandied around a lot. Any other caves that people would recommend? We're making a weekend of it so will travel wherever necessary to ideally see as much as possible.
Also, by all accounts, a lot of cave guide books are out of print (with 2nd hand copies very pricey) but trying to find online maps is a bit of a nightmare. e.g. is this still the best/most appropriate map for Long Churn - http://cavemaps.org/surveys/gc/full/GC%20J2-1%20Long%20Churn%20and%20Diccan%20Pot%20to%20Alum%20Pot.png ?
Any advice/tips/etc would be most appreciated! I know the general advice is find a caving club, etc - and agree that long term, we need to do that, especially for climbing, etc., but advice for appropriate caves, etc. as well would be great.
Pete