I've read alot of debate over how to restrict access to caves where its needed and although in theory gates provide the best solution the issue is cost, land owner permission, and quite possibly natural england permission. And none of these things are easy to come by (case in point people have...

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I climb with some salewa screw gates (same as your pic) they seem excessively thin and light but ive taken a factor 2 whilst top roping on a single one of these (slack caught in tree branch belayer didnt notice hence the long fall) and there was no damage. The nose is smooth keylock (not...

I was quite optimistic with my probably yardstick there. If your live depended on it and you only had a coat hanger and some pliers i'm sure you'd give it a crack though.

what's the challenge?

Ive seen dowsing work on an archaeological dig on longis common in alderney, it accurately showed above ground the location of stretches of roman walls (pre-excavation). After seeing it in action i've used it myself to find an old drain in one of my fields. There's theories about how when you...

I used that method first time i did Garlands pot but with a 2 skinny climbers belay, works alright. But I'm speaking to people about assistance so all sorted now. And the LH passage bolt, RH passage bolt, Y hang for 2nd shaft seems most appropriate for the circumstances (my poor unscaled...

If anyone is interested in a fun game...If you had 4 bolts where would you put them? (Assuming there are suitable anchors available at ground level)

Thanks for the tips. So where's a good place to buy scaffolding poles from? Some Cavers seem to go through miles the stuff.

Wondering if anyone has any idea how you might go about making a tripod suitable for SRT rigging. All of the consumer options seem unnecessarily expensive.

They went through the same entrance ive just found "We landed after 45ft on a rubble cone in a chamber."

Ive just been out with a box full of 100m tapes and a prodding stick and found the entrance shaft. Based on the location Shepherd's mine is not the cave i found. however given its Sheperds mine seems to be semi-lost at the moment might be interesting expedition if anyone is interested?

Its in coombs dale yeah do you know it? Ive been told its bad practice to give out the exact location though.

Ive got an interesting update, this afternoon i found "seethenmere" carved in big letters on a boulder. i guess thats the name of someone who visited maybe? ive heard of ppl carving their names into caves and churches before. And ive checked the mine databases and cant find anything within a few...

In the passage part the walls and floor are very smooth, narrow and winding with the calcium stuff everywhere. ive never seen a mine but just get the feeling it might be natural