Recent content by GregBrock

No worries, glad you got it sorted, happy to stick with the plan you have already sorted. Catch-up again soon hopefully.

I live on the Mendips (not far from Duncan) and I'll be at Rescon this weekend. If you can get them to Rescon, I'm happy to take them back to the Mendips and give them to Duncan.

A spare battery that goes into a caving light (Petzl brand).

We found a headtorch and spare caving battery at the bottom of Swinsto/Simpson's on Monday. If it's yours, let me know the details, and I'll arrange to get it back to you.

I'd agree that water levels seem to change quickly, both up and down, on that route. I did the Cnwc to Daren through trip with my 12-year-old son on Saturday 4th Jan, and there was hardly any water in Antler Passage. I see that David Rose did it the next day (after all the snow melt) and had to...

Thanks UKC for the rope and the mug, but most of all for managing an awesome cavers forum.

Here's an under 18 photo you're welcome to use for the BCA website. Helictite Passage in Craig-a-Ffynnon.

Both the handline climb usually referred to as the 'Divers Pitch' and the actual historic pitch the divers used, do both end up at the bottom of the same section of rift. It's just the handline climb is wet (very wet in winter), which got me thinking about whether it is possible to use the...

Ah, that's interesting to know. Thanks for that. I'd always assumed the climb with the thick handline was the "Divers Pitch", but I stand corrected. It would be interesting to know if there are any anchors (or naturals) at the window. I don't think they are part of the SWCC Fixed Aids for...

When undertaking the through-trip from OFD1 to CwmDwr/OFD2, just after the Letter Box, and before you do the crawl around to the top of the Divers Pitch, there is a window on the left that looks out over the Divers Pitch. Does anyone know if this is bolted/naturals, and is it possible to abseil...

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Found a watch in one of the ducks on the Swildon's short round trip. It's still working OK, but the strap is broken. Let me know if it's yours.

The rope down to the boat was fine, I used a Petzl Stop on it without any issue. The 'Up' rope out of the lake at the other end was also OK, but as Cantclimbtom said, there are now a line of bolts so you can climb up if the rope is damaged/missing.

I did it twice in August this year. All the ropes were in really good condition. The boat was fine and a new pulley system has been setup to move the boat from one side of the lake to the other.  The tyrolean across the first big lake (after the two 30m abseils) has now been removed and replaced...