Dales trips for an aspirant CIC

[Pete K]

I'm a Derbyshire caver currently working towards my CIC assessment. A recent trip to the Dales led to a lengthly debate with some collegues about which caves I should endeavour to do before starting my assessment. Eventually I end up with a list of about 40 caves and the prospect of spending every day off for the next decade driving up to Yorkshire. Having looked through the previous posts and not found a great deal of inspiration I thought I would start a new topic.

I've recently done Ireby Fell, Bull Pot, Jingling, Rowten, Swinsto p/thro, Yordas, Allum and Great Douk. As well as a brief trip into the Ease Gill system and Bull Pot OTW.
I'm simply looking for a dozen or so trips at different levels that will give a good grounding in Yorkshire caves. Not looking for a 'tick list' of hard ones for the log book, just good trips, don't care if the're grade I or V or how vertical.

Anyway, I thought I would put it to the Yorkshiremen & women. What trips would you recommend for an aspirant CIC?

 

[cap n chris]

Solo or group trips?

 

[Pete K]

Solo/small group trips for gaining experience, not for taking clients (although possibly in the future).

 

[Cave_Troll]

Tatty wife
Meregill

 

[Limestone_Cowboy]

I would suggest King potnad any of the gaping gill system entrances eg. Bar pot, Flood entrance, Stream passage pot, small mammal pot etc.

 

[Les W]

Diccan 

 

[Trog]

How about any of these...

More Easegill trips
Lost Johns, Boxhead, Notts
Marble Steps, Large Pot
Vesper Pot
Meregill
Washfold Pot
Penyghent Pot
Gaping Gill, Stream Passage pot, Dihedral, Flood entrance, Bar Pot

 

[Stu]

Rumbling Hole

 

[damian]

in addition to all those above ...

Little Hull Pot & Hunt Pot
Long Kin East
Black Shiver Pot
Simpson's
Short Drop to Gavel Pot

... but the list could be a lot longer. I guess what you're after is stuff to widen your experience and, in a way, any cave will provide that. My guess is what you're really asking for is a list of trips that aren't grim, but that will give you a greater breadth of Dales' experience. All the trips listed so far will definitely do this.

 

[Pete K]

Cheers for the rapid responses. Some of the names have come up in discussion with others already but some are new to me. I'll have to do a bit of research. I agree that the list could go on and on but its nice to have another opinion on the matter.

Thanks damian, don't mind the grim stuff either.

 

[Cave_Troll]

do Penygent on Naturals

 

[gus horsley]

If you're looking for some easy trips try the Birkwith area:  Birkwith, Old Ing and Dismal Hill are all worth a look and are good solo trips, and if you fancy a little-visited but interesting one in the same area I'd recommend Sykes Cave.

 

[seddon]

Determine what trips you wouldn't take clients down, but are popular with northern cavers; how about

Dow - Prov

Car Pot

Brown Hill

Langstroth Pot

Pasture Gill

Not hard by any means, but a good grounding in MOR Dales caving, with many nice things to see en route! After all, a CIC most be competent in Grade IV caves...(Note that none of these are Grade V...)

And if you want to check out an unusual but not uninteresting Grade III, how about Knackertrapper?

 

[LarryFatcat]

For group work, I would thoroughly familiarise yourself with Upper and Lower Churn, with a bit of vertical - Calf Holes and for basic SRT- Sell Gill.