If that's the one I'm thinking of - about 15 years ago? - then I remember talking with you shortly afterwards. Pretty sure you were still high on adrenaline (and/or shitting yourself) even days later - a very near miss 😬

Dried mango is excellent. I mainly eat it post-caving, but works well underground as well. Sweet, so gives an immediate energy boost, but has chewiness to it which I like for hunger cravings.

The Speleogical Federation of Turkey seems to be providing updates on their twitter (X, whatever) account with pretty regular intervals: https://twitter.com/tumaf1 Some only in Turkish, but the translate function works fine, and their website usually has dual language statements...

I’m sure it will! It looked like some initial work on clearing had already happened, but it was a pretty substantial tree, so we didn’t hang around to see what was being done 😉 (It did derail today’s Lost Johns trip a bit, but we found alternatives - just wanted everybody else to be aware for...

Road up to Leck Fell somewhat impassable at the moment (noon-time Thursday 10th Aug), see picture. Looked recent, so hopefully it’ll be cleared soon.