Birkwith

[Limestone_Cowboy]

Hi

Just wondering if anyone has ever done the coppy gill exit from the birkwith red moss system, the description in NC2 says that you may have to dig it out from the surface first before attempting it from Birkwith. Any comments would be useful.

 

[susie]

I did it a long time ago, and I don't remember any particular problems. It was just a low grind. It would be useful to check that the exit is open, however.

 

[Rachel]

I had a look at it last year, but got pretty confused. I got as far as lying on my front in a bedding plane that wasn't overly spacious, without much room to move my head from one side to the other. Looking around, there were lots of little stal columns joining the floor and ceiling and it wasn't clear at all where the way on was. Seeing as I hadn't bothered to check if the exit was clear, I gave up at that point as I had visions of trying to reverse through the stal forest and getting tangled up. Maybe you'll have better look than me though.

 

[gus horsley]

I also did it many years ago, not long after it was discovered.  A gloopy crawl as I remember with a bit of white mud to relieve the monotony.  The exit was a corrugated iron sheet covered with boulders.  Only did it the once though.

 

[Pitlamp]

Wasn't it the Gritstone Club who explored it?  If so it probably involved the late Roger Sutcliffe.  There is an article and photos somewhere.  If it's not in the Gritstone Journal it might be in an early Descent (try the Descent index?).  I have found their website very useful for answering queries about their past explorations.

 

[susie]

Wasn't it the Gritstone Club who explored it?  If so it probably involved the late Roger Sutcliffe. 

Indeed it was, and indeed he did: The Gritstone Club Journal 1966 pp. 55-59. 

 

[tubby two]

Nothing to do with birkwith, which was incidentally very full of students, freshers, inflatables and water this saturday, but a note about dismal hill pot- i noticed the slab covering the entrance has been removed (which i didnt know, but it is, so now you know too if you didnt before), does anyone know if the assault course has been replaced in there, and if a through trip from old ing is again pssible without swimming?

tt.

 

[dunc]

but a note about dismal hill pot- i noticed the slab covering the entrance has been removed (which i didnt know, but it is, so now you know too if you didnt before), does anyone know if the assault course has been replaced in there, and if a through trip from old ing is again pssible without swimming?

Was there in August and it had a wooden board thing covering it.. And what is/where is this assualt course thing I keep hearing about, whats it like?? Is that what the traverse rope at the upstream sump in Dismal is for?

 

[Limestone_Cowboy]

Cheers for the info about Birkwith guys and gals. I was one of the students there on Saturday with our inflatables but I couldn't persuade anyone to join me in exploring the coppy gill exit passage but maybe another day.

 

[gus horsley]

You would have to deflate your inflatable to get it down Coppy Gill.  I don't think you've missed much.

 

[Peter Burgess]

Inflatable what ?

 

[Limestone_Cowboy]

Well we only had a childs inflatable raft with a weight limit of about 35Kg, however we did meet a vast congregation from ULSA who had some childs arm bands, a childs inflatable ring, 2 shit lilos and an inflatable male sex doll. So all in all it was quite a collection.

 

[Peter Burgess]

inflatable male sex doll

I did wonder.  :