Razzerip1
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Saturday May 8 2010
This was my second trip into Dan yr Ogof cave system, the first was the show cave only.
We arrived at around 10.30am after a two hour drive, our first port of call was a walk around the resurgence, and the water was fairly deep here in places.
We then made our way through the show cave into the main cave system
We made our way across the lakes and deep into the heart of the mountain, through climbs and crawls until we reached the start of the long crawl. The crawl was a picnic compared to the Daren Cilau crawl.
We then climbed down through the roof onto a fixed ladder and made our way into the upper series of the loop route, the passage was big!
We made our way to Flabbergasm Oxbow to take in the views and take a few photo's, the route then varied in size.
The Candlewax Formation
Flabbergasm Oxbow
We the made our way into Cloud Chamber the highlight of the trip.
Cloud Chamber
We used a couple of Scurion lights (K - (1300) AND P7 - (900)) to light up this shot
http://www.scurion.ch/jm/
The Green Canal
Our next stop was the green canal, a long stretch of deep water, the fun really started here trying to swim with a life jacket and tackle bag, Matt went for the rubber ring option, the green canal then joined up with the main fossil passage where we took an excursion towards the Great North road. We made a u turn at the ladder and made our way back through the passage towards mazeways, this part of the cave is normally sumped, lucky for us there was plenty of air space to explore all of the tunnels, this part of the cave looks incredible, the tunnels end in various sumps.
The Washing Machine
Our next stop were some fine pools and a 50 foot climb down into the large lower series, impressive to say the least, a climb over the Camel?s back and one last tricky climb back into the upper series.
The trip lasted about eight hours as we were taking our time
If you have never been to this cave it is a must!
More photo's - http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve-sharp/
http://www.showcaves.co.uk/index.html
http://www.dyo.org.uk/
This was my second trip into Dan yr Ogof cave system, the first was the show cave only.
We arrived at around 10.30am after a two hour drive, our first port of call was a walk around the resurgence, and the water was fairly deep here in places.
We then made our way through the show cave into the main cave system
We made our way across the lakes and deep into the heart of the mountain, through climbs and crawls until we reached the start of the long crawl. The crawl was a picnic compared to the Daren Cilau crawl.
We then climbed down through the roof onto a fixed ladder and made our way into the upper series of the loop route, the passage was big!
We made our way to Flabbergasm Oxbow to take in the views and take a few photo's, the route then varied in size.
The Candlewax Formation
Flabbergasm Oxbow
We the made our way into Cloud Chamber the highlight of the trip.
Cloud Chamber
We used a couple of Scurion lights (K - (1300) AND P7 - (900)) to light up this shot
http://www.scurion.ch/jm/
The Green Canal
Our next stop was the green canal, a long stretch of deep water, the fun really started here trying to swim with a life jacket and tackle bag, Matt went for the rubber ring option, the green canal then joined up with the main fossil passage where we took an excursion towards the Great North road. We made a u turn at the ladder and made our way back through the passage towards mazeways, this part of the cave is normally sumped, lucky for us there was plenty of air space to explore all of the tunnels, this part of the cave looks incredible, the tunnels end in various sumps.
The Washing Machine
Our next stop were some fine pools and a 50 foot climb down into the large lower series, impressive to say the least, a climb over the Camel?s back and one last tricky climb back into the upper series.
The trip lasted about eight hours as we were taking our time
If you have never been to this cave it is a must!
More photo's - http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve-sharp/
http://www.showcaves.co.uk/index.html
http://www.dyo.org.uk/
Sounds like you had a grand time.
