Cliff Cavern Ropes
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pwhole
Well-known member
Yes please! I do want to have a better look at all that stuff - it's a very interesting area. And obviously Viccy Aven itself, but I know there's concerns about the stability of the top ledge into Elephant's Head Chamber. I have volunteered to help on any remedial work that might need, but I'm unsure how far discussions with the Peak management have progressed - if at all.
pwhole said:
As always, to the DCA Equipment Officer (email link is on the DCA website at www.theDCA.org.uk) or even to the DCA Secretary, i.e. me, who will pass it on.
Jenny Potts,
DCA Hon. Sec.
Update on the Cliff Cavern bolting:
All equipment, BP-bolts, resin, etc. and other kit are now in the hands of the installers. They were going to do it last weekend but were defeated by the high water levels so the job will be done just as soon as conditions permit.
Jenny Potts,
DCA Hon. Sec.
All equipment, BP-bolts, resin, etc. and other kit are now in the hands of the installers. They were going to do it last weekend but were defeated by the high water levels so the job will be done just as soon as conditions permit.
Jenny Potts,
DCA Hon. Sec.
Just to let everyone know that the bolting of Cliff Cavern using the new BP bolts has now been completed. All the records of the work are now being entered into the DCA bolting database.
Note that DCA does not have any input or responsibility for any ropes which may be attached to the bolts - DCA itself does not instal or maintain fixed ropes.
Jenny Potts,
DCA Hon. Sec.
Note that DCA does not have any input or responsibility for any ropes which may be attached to the bolts - DCA itself does not instal or maintain fixed ropes.
Jenny Potts,
DCA Hon. Sec.
hrock
New member
if some one wants to pm me an email address i will email you a topo to post here but i cant work out how to embed a 4mb file or be bothered to tidey up the drawing so i can make it in to a smaller file.
on the description front
head up the only rope from the floor pass hanging re-belay and bad but unessential deviation
at next y hang make your choice:
right along hanging traverse to cliffhanger
straight up single rope to the original root to puzzling evidence (on original botls and rope 1980's
) if you do this can you de-rig it and take the ropes home to your wheel bin
left and up a bit on Tirolean too puzzling evidence utilising the nice new dca bolts.
there is plenty of slack in the assent line of the Tirolean and both ends are rigging so u can abseil one side and ascend the other if you want.
at the top of here there is a traverse that will make those with a bad kit set up or poor technique sweat a little if they have not already.
on that note yes this bit of cave is not safer than it was but it is still not an easy trip and the rope work up there dose involve more than a lot of the SRT you find in uk so if reading this and looking at the topo that might turn up here you think you dont know what your doing then do some more learning first.
hrock
on the description front
head up the only rope from the floor pass hanging re-belay and bad but unessential deviation
at next y hang make your choice:
right along hanging traverse to cliffhanger
straight up single rope to the original root to puzzling evidence (on original botls and rope 1980's
) if you do this can you de-rig it and take the ropes home to your wheel bin left and up a bit on Tirolean too puzzling evidence utilising the nice new dca bolts.
there is plenty of slack in the assent line of the Tirolean and both ends are rigging so u can abseil one side and ascend the other if you want.
at the top of here there is a traverse that will make those with a bad kit set up or poor technique sweat a little if they have not already.
on that note yes this bit of cave is not safer than it was but it is still not an easy trip and the rope work up there dose involve more than a lot of the SRT you find in uk so if reading this and looking at the topo that might turn up here you think you dont know what your doing then do some more learning first.
hrock
MikeyP
Member
Finally got to visit the place the other day! Thanks to everyone involved for their efforts, couldn?t have been easy rigging that monstrous tyrolean :bow:
Managed to see as far as both sumps at either end, quite spectacular all-round. Cliffhanger passage especially, looks like a bomb?s gone off in a boulder factory.
What a shame it hasn?t revealed any big breakthroughs, the place is so big, you feel there must be something more to find up there. But I imagine everything?s been thoroughly ticked off over the years. Is it looking like Western Highway might pop up somewhere along joint effort? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick?
Just one thing, as Henry suggests it is (just about) possible to do a 'rope 2 rope' and abseil then climb the other end up to joint effort, but if you do this you end up ascending the bottom part of the gully with a lot of loose stuff - so best not to.
Top effort everyone. Great to finally see what?s up there
Managed to see as far as both sumps at either end, quite spectacular all-round. Cliffhanger passage especially, looks like a bomb?s gone off in a boulder factory.
What a shame it hasn?t revealed any big breakthroughs, the place is so big, you feel there must be something more to find up there. But I imagine everything?s been thoroughly ticked off over the years. Is it looking like Western Highway might pop up somewhere along joint effort? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick?
Just one thing, as Henry suggests it is (just about) possible to do a 'rope 2 rope' and abseil then climb the other end up to joint effort, but if you do this you end up ascending the bottom part of the gully with a lot of loose stuff - so best not to.
Top effort everyone. Great to finally see what?s up there
