Albert Hall ? Beyond Not for the Faint Hearted Albert Hall is a sizable chamber (10m x 5m x 3m) at the furthest accessible point in Dow Cave. It is not easy to find and possibly very few people have ever been there. Dow Cave For those who don?t know it, Dow Cave is a major resurgence cave in...

According the Internet this is what caves sound like: http://caves.ambient-mixer.com/the-dark-cave .. could liven up a routine trip.

Sounds like a tricky rescue in King Pot on Sat, well done to those involved (the rescuers that is), I hope the cave wasn't damaged too much. Out of interest, what role did the divers have? http://cro.org.uk/incident-192014-sat-26-apr-17-11-king-pot-north-yorkshire-cave-rescue/

Two questions: 1. Are the Serendipity pitches in Link Pot now eco-bolted? And if so, is the bolted route any less weather dependent than previously? Is there a rigging guide on the web anywhere (with or without eco-bolts)? 2. According to the CNCC web site, Link Pot is eco-bolted and is...

According to the Red Rose Journal 10, the connection from County Pot to Swindon Hole (and Corner Sink), which was forged in 2003, will 'more than likely .. choke up again when the rains return'. I'm curious to know if anyone has done it in the last ten years. Today, with very low water levels...

Sometimes cave trips go smoothly: you slide effortlessly through the squeezes, you scramble easily down the climbs and you navigate flawlessly through the labyrinths - the cave positively welcomes you to its bosom. Other times, the cave spirits are in a more malevolent mood and everything is...

This thread http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=14150.0 discusses the merits of the fixed rope on the KMC roof tunnel pitch. But there is an important wider question, which is: do we want to remove more of the various 'unnecessary' fixed aids in other less accessible locations? I'm...

Does anyone know if "It's a Cracker" is OK in wet weather?

Last night CRO were called out for a solo caver overdue in Simpson's Pot. He was found safe and well at the bottom of The Pit where he had been waiting for eight hours since pulling down his abseil rope and discovering he'd gone the wrong way. This is of course the latest in a long history of...

.. just stumbled accross this trip report, never heard of Shelob's Lair. Where is it? http://www.white-rose.org.uk/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=229

That quiz (http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=13727.0) included some of the classic round trips in the Dales. Can anyone suggest any others to add to the list. Here's a couple to start the ball rolling: - Lancaster Hole to Stake Pot via High Level, return by the streamway - From the...

If you haven't already tried the quiz, you can find it here: http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=13685.0 The answers are: 1. Bar Pot - Gaping Gill Main Chamber - Mud Hall - Mud Henslers - Henslers Master Cave -New Henslers 2. Meregill Hole - Master Cave - TorrentPassage - Crossover...

For your entertainment, here is the second Cave Maps Quiz. If you missed the first one, it's still available here: http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=11212.msg144722#msg144722 All you have to do is identify the twenty round trips below. They are all in Northern England. The first ten...

Does anyone know whether this is rigged, and if so whether the rigging is still in safe condition?

Can anyone shed any light on this one: http://www.oucc.org.uk/procs/proc05/pigshit.htm

Taking advantage of the fantastic weather we've been having, we had a pleasant evening trip to Boulder Chamber. Water levels were quite low, but the Drown or Glory section had very little airspace and was only passable by ducking under the water. The reason became apparent on the other side: the...

On an evening trip down Rift a couple of weeks ago to try and find the new Mousehole bypass, we found the start of it OK (you climb up a loose rift just before the mousehole), but we didn't get all the way through. After following some low wet crawls we came out in the roof of a small chamber...

I wish I had a photo to illustrate this, but I don't, so you'll have to trust my description. Half way along the the Flood Bypass crawl in Nott's II, which for the most part is hard going and uninteresting, is a chamber with some beautiful stal. There's a big white stalagmite in the centre of...

Can anyone shed any light on the origins of this survey of Lost John's: http://cavemaps.org/surveys/other/full/Ind%20Foley%20Lost%20Johns%20System.png I think it might have been originally published by the YRC, but I'm not sure.

Where can I find a description of the 3d file format?